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8 Grant Research Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Foundation grants now represent 19% of total giving to nonprofits – the largest share on record. The websites listed below can help your nonprofit search and apply for grant funding. Candid offers a searchable database of foundations and grants, grants for individuals, and Requests for Proposals published by funders.

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6 Benefits of Fund Accounting Software for Nonprofits

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Users enjoy access to real-time information such as expenses, sub-awards, obligations; all presented in easy-to-understand displays. Dashboards show graphs and visualizations of awards and spending. 4) Automate and simplify grant compliance. 1) Improve decision making. 2) Increase efficiency. 3) Streamline processes.

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13 Tips for Ensuring Government Grant Compliance for Your Nonprofit Organization

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Grant funding looks beautiful in your income statement, but if you’re not careful, the reporting requirements can be prickly. In our webinar with Rachel Werner and James Spencer from RBW Strategy, they covered steps to help nonprofits that receive—or are looking to start receiving—government grant funding.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds. Unlike for-profit businesses, churches are not owned but rather are run by pastors, a church board, other governing bodies, and staff who are often a combination of paid employees and volunteers. Many receive a combination of both.

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I Signed up for What?! A Primer for Pre- and Post-Award Grant Readiness

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Initiatives like the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and other pass-through funding to states and local governments have spurred a surge in nonprofits seeking federal funding. How will the program continue after the grant concludes? This is the key to risk avoidance and mitigation.

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Diversifying Your Grant Portfolio

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If your organization tends to receive funding from the same small pool of grant sources — perhaps benefiting from one or two government grant awards each year — then it may be a good time to start diversifying your grant portfolio.

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Change Climate Change: A New Approach to Grant Applications?

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It’s an interesting combination of social media-based contest, submissions of ideas comments and voted on by readers, and traditional grantmaking, requiring all submission to also fill out a grant proposal for their requested funding. Change Climage Change: Grant Proposals Open. Do you have a guess at how it will play out?

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