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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

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The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. As they wait, organizations, ideas, and potential progress suffer, and the riskier and newer a proposal feels, the more it is placed in the wait-and-see category.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

sgEngage

But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Running Your First Capital Campaign

Get Fully Funded

Funds typically come from three main sources: major gifts , corporations, and grants — with the bulk of the money coming from major gifts. This is definitely NOT a “build it and they will come” activity, meaning just because you post a Facebook fundraiser asking for $750,000 that you’ll get it.

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The FCC and Accessibility

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. Specific comments on the proposed Clearinghouse. Old Clearinghouses rapidly became out of date, especially after the initial grant expired. Old Clearinghouses rapidly became out of date, especially after the initial grant expired.

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[VIDEO] Building a Better Grants Strategy Post-COVID

Bloomerang

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. We’re here to talk about how to build a better grant strategy in this post-COVID, to the extent that we are post-COVID world. Rachel: Mm-hmm.

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The Nonprofit Fundraising Strategic Plan Guide

Everyaction

Check your organization’s website, recent RFPs, grant proposals, etc. Use this section as the “elevator pitch” for your fundraising proposal. Don’t forget - despite the structured, sometimes mechanical feel a fundraising plan can have, storytelling does have a place in the planning process. Fundraising plan summary.

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Nonprofit Consulting Firms: 26 Leaders in Their Spaces

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Create a request for proposal (RFP). Review their proposals. Develop a basic scoring system for each key stakeholder to use when reviewing and ranking each proposal. Speak candidly with any prospective consultant partners to develop a clear understanding of their fee structure. Getting Attention – Google Grants.