NonProfit PRO

MAY 8, 2024

The 2024 IMAGINE Grant cycle is now open. Visit the submission portal today to download guidelines, review criteria for evaluation, and submit your proposal!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Having a framework is the magic wand to writing a successful grant proposal. Most people don’t write grants with this in mind. Most grant writers just start with long responses to grant applications, instead of first setting up their own plan. This 6-step GRANTS Writing Formula can help!

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Qgiv

MAY 16, 2022

It’s important for every nonprofit to have multiple revenue streams to build a healthy, sustainable organization, and a common source of funding for nonprofits is through grants. Grants aren’t always easy to get, but with a well-written proposal, you can blow your competition out of the water. What is a grant? Government.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 30, 2024

You know that securing grants will be a great way to fund your nonprofit’s programs and diversify your revenue streams. In this guide, we’ll walk you through those four main types of grants available to nonprofits and break down everything you need to know! Securing a grant is only step one. That’s why we’re here to help.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For those familiar with the process, developing an application for any type of financial support (grants, corporate sponsorship , contract, etc.) The clues are in the Request for Proposal (RFP) – let’s discuss! The post Where Can Nonprofits Find Hidden Treasure In A Request For Proposal? What are funders looking for in the RFP?

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2023

Grants can be a wonderful vehicle to fund a new program or expand an existing one; however, if your organization is new to the “grant world,” you may be unfamiliar with the work involved with both applying and managing grants. In other words, let’s look at the readiness to apply for grants and readiness to manage grant projects.

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Candid

APRIL 15, 2024

Institutional funders are typically organizations with large budgets and long grant cycles, such as government agencies, corporations, and foundations. Assess your readiness to apply for grants You’ll need to assess your capacity before you start the grantseeking process and funder prospecting efforts.

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sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

Grant management is the comprehensive process of overseeing all activities related to grants: from identifying recipients, to awarding funds, to reporting on outcomes all while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements. Table of Contents Grant Lifecycle Who Handles Grant Management for Grantmaking Organizations?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2017

Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. A proposal should include more than just the organization’s mission statement and program description. In other words, is the nonprofit already thinking about what happens after this grant?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While most nonprofits find funding from a variety of sources, one of the staples of charitable support comes in the form of grants. Consequently, nonprofit professionals should be well versed in crafting and compiling well-written grant proposals. Proposed strategy for meeting those goals. Executive summary.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 24, 2021

Finding the right foundation to write a grant for is confusing, especially if the organization has no prior relationships to build on. Some foundations have open RFIs (Request for Information), open LOIs (Letter of Inquiry), RFPs (Request for Proposal) and others have open calls for applications around a campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds. Raising funds and winning grants is difficult and requires significant staff time and resources. Similarly, a grant might have specific conditions like the types of activities it can fund or allowances for overhead expenses.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 22, 2023

10 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal by Christine Newman, Blackbaud Making impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough grant proposal evaluation. Be sure you’re looking for these 9 things. Be sure you’re looking for these 9 things.

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Blue Fox

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

"Getting actionable financial data for grant writing all comes down to the setup of your financial systems." You know that you need to finish this grant request, but you’re stuck. The narrative is coming along, but your roadblock is the financial justification for the grant. And you’re right.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As a result of a sound impact management strategy that bridges the gap between fundraising teams and program teams, the fundraisers can base new fundraising proposals on programs that have been prioritized by the programs team. Such alignment and collaboration increases efficiency but also effectiveness in achieving the impact goals set out.

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Media Cause

JUNE 29, 2024

Grant Writing: AI is a game-changer for grant writing. It can analyze grant requirements quickly, craft compelling cases of support, and ensure that all criteria are met by processing multiple documents. This drastically streamlines the grant application process. The world of AI is constantly evolving.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

As AI is increasingly used in high-impact ways such as writing and assessing grant proposals, how can we make sure that it is used ethically, minimizing the risk of harm? We continue to refine the data we use for training and evaluating our grants auto-coding system. The harmful impact of these early problems was clear.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Rachel Sacks, MPH will help demystify all five phases of the grants lifecycle: identifying well-aligned prospects, cultivating funder relationships, preparing compelling submissions, maintaining grants through stewarding and reporting, and submitting renewals. We are here to talk about “Demystifying the Grants Lifecycle.”

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2024

Grants managers are adept problem solvers. These migrations slow us down considerably and distract us from the high-risk compliance and risk-mitigation work primary to our grants manager job descriptions. Writing RFPs and managing technology migrations detract from grants managers’ ability to process grants.

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Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Strategic Planning: When it’s time to do strategic planning, you want board members to have respect for you, listen to your ideas, and take your proposals seriously. Annual Evaluations: When it comes time for your annual evaluation, you want board members to see you as someone who is successful and upbeat.

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VQ Strategies

MAY 17, 2023

The post What is Strategic Volunteer Engagement? first appeared on VQ Strategies.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Like it or not, grants are a necessity for nearly all nonprofits to stay alive and do good work. One tip I could have used early on was to plan and design the grant project before writing up a query letter or proposal. Once you plan your project, it will be easier to evaluate specific funding sources (our next step!)

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The article outlines steps for establishing an evaluation process for bias and harm, building an ethical AI tool, and testing and providing ethical usage guidelines before launch. Where can fundraisers and grant writers read more about using AI technology? Is your nonprofit thinking about using ChatGPT?

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

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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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

There is a saying among fundraising professionals that proposal writing is both an art and a science. The art aspect refers to how well an inspired writer describes a project and the grant-seeking organization. Grant seekers must find ways for their proposals to stand out among the rest. Poorly developed evaluation plans.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

Our grantmaking is informed by TBP in the following ways: Annual open calls for proposals : We offer equitable access to funding opportunities that don’t depend on personal relationships. We only ask for the information we need to understand the proposal and then dive deeper via phone calls.

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Candid

JULY 12, 2022

F iscal sponsorship may give you access to a team of dedicated professionals who handle your accounting, grants management, human resources, administration, and other needs. When approaching prospective fiscal sponsors, be ready to give a project proposal that explains: . Have a question? ET, Monday-Friday). .

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Volunteer Grant Programs Volunteer grant programs are offerings where employers provide grants to organizations where their employees volunteer. Community Grant Programs Community grant programs are initiatives where companies allocate funds to support local organizations based on specific criteria or community needs.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Grant makers and nonprofit professionals are now talking openly about some very painful (and inter-related) issues in philanthropy, such as. Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. The state of grant seeking. Answers on grant proposals if nonprofits were brutally honest with funders.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

In September 2022 (and thanks to support from our Innovation Fund, which you can learn more about in Candid CEO Ann Mei Chang’s open grant report to MacKenzie Scott ), we decided to dive into creating short-form videos for social media to evaluate the potential benefits.

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Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

And, if you intend to seek grants, you’ll want to reflect the value of your volunteers in your budget and grant proposals. Plan and Evaluate with a Budget Expressed in financial terms, a budget is a map that shows what you plan to do and how you plan to get there. Reviewing last year’s budget is a key part of the process.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 30, 2021

And those that comply with regulatory requirements allow for tax-deductible donations and tax-free grants within the United States. A tax-exempt relief fund’s charitable class is the group of individuals who are eligible to apply for and receive a grant. Grant Criteria. How large of a grant can be requested?

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Required documents: To obtain grants, you need proof of your nonprofit status or fiscal sponsor. Your proposals serve to gain their interest and “buy-in.” Before committing to a collaborative venture, you evaluate each potential partner to ensure alignment with your organization’s mission, values, and goals. Any testimonials?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Similarly, a lot of DAF managers (like Fidelity and Vanguard, two of the biggies) are not set up for you to send a proposal to request funding. They want to find you (on behalf of Bob), and there isn’t usually a grant application process you can use to get in front of them. This means that Bob is probably hard to find.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2023

Nonprofit organizations do not frequently use indirect costs unless they pursue government grants , but an indirect cost rate can be helpful to all organizations. Whenever an organization can, it should include indirect costs in grant budgets. Indirect Costs Help Quickly Estimate Proposed Program Costs.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This post features advice from IT and grants management experts on how to streamline your tech solutions, create clear processes, and drive more external and internal impact. The Foundation uses the Blackbaud Grantmaking system, and to expedite the timing, grants managers completed applications on behalf of island employees. “I

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Simply put, the people who write grant applications may be surprised to discover how difficult it can be for respondents to understand and answer their questions.” Add it to your process and make sure you have the facts or data in hand.

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