sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Successful grant management for your nonprofit, foundation, or federal grant recipient depends on doing the small tasks well, such as internal controls and risk management, while also understanding what opportunities (and threats) are ahead. Three Best Practices for Successful Grant Management. Not so much.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2024

A huge thank you to Audrey Kidwell, Grants Manager for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, for providing many of the resources and tips included in this article. Look for community foundations with missional overlap and create plans for mutual support during a crisis. Hurricanes. Prolonged droughts.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Today’s question comes from a Director of Development who wants advice on what to do when the board thinks their individual fundraising success will depress grants. The future is bright, and our fundraising shows that donors and foundations agree. Or, they don’t want to grow. So help your colleagues by asking away.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Here’s why we applied for a federal grant and why we think you should add “America’s Seed Fund” to your deep tech fundraising mix. Ours is powered by the National Science Foundation. These grants are highly competitive and, if chosen, can establish and strengthen your company’s technical image on the market.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 24, 2017

Finding grants for your nonprofit organization is a lot like shopping for a pair of jeans. Plenty of resources exist to find that perfect grant for your organization that has the style, flexibility and price tag you need – or maybe that’s the jeans. Square one on your mission to finding grants for your nonprofit starts here.

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 17, 2024

The V Foundation for Cancer Research in Cary, N.C. The V Foundation, DCC and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center have committed to a collective 10-year, $30 million investment dedicated to game-changing cancer research. This collaboration represents the largest fundraising partnership in the history of the V Foundation.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 23, 2022

Since 1991, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF) has invested more than $230M into a collection of programs seeking to make Jewish life and Jewish community more connected. Phase 1: Service Desk + Customer Support. Phase 2: JCamp 180 + Migration from Blackbaud Grant Management Software.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 18, 2006

Dave Severns and his family's foundation has been our lead funder for Route 66. Our other main funder is the Special Hope Foundation , which just surprised us with a follow-on grant for Route 66 this month! I think they knew we needed funding for the next phase of Route 66, now that we are spooling up our efforts.

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

Much of the non-governmental funding went to the Maui Strong Fund at the Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF), which received almost $188 million in donations (including earned interest) as of March 22. As far as we know, this is the highest amount ever raised by a single community foundation for a non-terrorism-related disaster.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I had recently joined Madison House Autism Foundation as the Director of the Autism After 21 Utah Project (AA21 Utah). I quickly became responsible for identifying potential funding opportunities, grant-writing, stewardship efforts, and reporting to funders. I’d taken it for granted that these resources were just there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The Case Foundation is giving away $650,000 in grants and prizes as part of its initiative, Finding Fearless , with REI & Microsoft !

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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. Lisa Tacker and her team at Two Ten Footwear Foundation , a charitable foundation based near Boston, were scrambling.

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Qgiv

APRIL 2, 2024

Nonprofit grant proposals can be a daunting task for fundraisers, but it’s a key way to help gain more sustainable funding for your organization. From finding the right grants to writing and applying for them, grant proposals require a lot of research and attention to detail! What is a grant proposal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

Via Allison Fine The Case Foundation is looking for some folks to serve as external reviewers for the first part of its new grantmaking effort focused on igniting citizen-centered community work across the country. The Foundation has received some great applications from a number of people across the country.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

With emergency funds at foundations, and some federal assistance programs created in the wake of that crisis being phased out, a growing number of nonprofits are competing for fewer dollars than expected. In addition, institutional and governmental donors often require a report on how grant money was spent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The Foundation has teamed up with an evaluation consultant, TCC Group, to figure out if working wikily can enhance the quality of learning as the OE Goldmine Research project and the Foundation’s OE program review move forward.

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Candid

MARCH 13, 2023

Building a “unified platform” is a goal Candid has been working towards since Foundation Center and GuideStar joined forces in February 2019. Folks visit Foundation Directory to search for grants data, GuideStar for nonprofit data, Issue Lab for research reports on best practices, Philanthropy News Digest for news, and so on.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Reduction of time spent on grant reports. Just like building a house, your project (and related costs) consists of three phases: design, build, and maintenance. First, there is a design and planning phase. Second is the build, or implementation, phase. Increase in single donations. Increase in recurring donations.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

One of our clients is the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC; [link] ). Because of their broad vision and future-looking leadership, AFC was recently awarded a substantial grant from a private foundation that will help them improve their client information systems, including enhancements to further leverage their implementation of ClientTrack.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2008, the Points of Light Foundation and the Salesforce Foundation conceived HandsOn Connect — a native Salesforce application designed specifically to make volunteering easier for employees and nonprofits — in a series of whiteboard sessions in San Francisco.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy. Philanthropy loves “new” things.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

SkyMul is looking for funding, having spun out of Georgia Tech and going through Comcast-NBC accelerator The Farm and then being granted a National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I award (with hopes for a Phase II). Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar trillion-dollar industry.

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2022

corporate giving programs can include everything from matching gift and volunteer grant programs to community grants, annual giving, and more. Grant funders. Nonprofit grants can come from many different sources, including corporations, foundations, government agencies, or individuals.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

A strong fundraising strategic plan starts with a solid foundational case statement. Check your organization’s website, recent RFPs, grant proposals, etc. The critical next step in this initial planning phase is to determine the assets your organization has at its disposal. This is definitely an “ask” worth making!

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change. Most importantly, in this current phase of philanthropy and understandings of social change, we are acknowledging that shared meaning making, and datamaking as one aspect, are central to the work of change itself.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Dear Charity Clairity, We just launched the very beginning phase of a capital campaign to create ADA handicap access in our Studio Annex where art classes are held. One option is to secure a capacity-building grant for this purpose from a foundation. We hired a Campaign Consultant.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Now, the company just has to raise some more money to get to the next phase. To date, the company has raised $500,000 through a series of government grants and competitions. . The money will also help Minerva hire some new technicians to assist as it gets to the validation phase. Image Credits: Minerva Lithium.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

These low-tech but high-impact attacks — where hackers manipulate employees into granting them access to companies’ services and data — increased by almost threefold last year, and have so far this year claimed several high-profile victims, from Twilio and Mailchimp to Revolut , and most recently Uber.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The purpose of this invitation-only phase of the research was to make sure we were getting representation from around the country, and not just the coasts and major urban areas. The donations ranged from $3.77 (users donating the price of a beer at a performer’s request) to $50,000 (a foundation grant). The panic is over!

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

You move tasks from the idea phase to various stages of in-progress and finally to completion. Increasingly, CRM tools are offering management of other aspects of the donor ecosystem, including grants, sponsors, and, even, volunteers. Grant Searching . Finding grant opportunities is an important activity for all nonprofits.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Still, it can be challenging to navigate the complexities of workplace giving without a solid foundation of knowledge on the topic. Volunteer grants: Similar to matching gifts, some employers also provide charitable grants when their team members volunteer a certain number of hours with an organization.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The new BRIDGE IDs are the culmination of year-long joint efforts of the core team member organizations (CTMs) — TechSoup Global , GuideStar , GlobalGiving , and Foundation Center — in conjunction with our contracted software development firm, Future Processing. A New Phase of the Project. Also, as major v1.0 spanhidden.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2021

How To Increase Brand Equity + Reach With The Google Ad Grant + Paid Advertising . With your Google Ad Grant campaigns up and running, you have a strong foundation to be found when folks search for your organization directly or when they are searching for things related to your mission and cause. It’s Not One-Size-Fits-All.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The process of outlining your nonprofit’s digital strategy can be broken up into four phases for a total of seven steps, as follows: Phase 1: The Identification Stage. Phase 2: The Planning Stage. Phase 3: The Execution Stage. Phase 4: The Analysis Stage. Let’s begin with an overview of the first phase.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I had recently joined Madison House Autism Foundation as the Director of the Autism After 21 Utah Project (AA21 Utah). I quickly became responsible for identifying potential funding opportunities, grant-writing, stewardship efforts, and reporting to funders. I’d taken it for granted that these resources were just there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

We think that it is time to invite them to the “adults’ table”—even though this may entail a gawky “adolescent” phase. That aspect of our work transcends individual grants and moves our entire body of work toward Mr. Kiewit’s fundamental goal for his philanthropy: to build and sustain the communities we share, literally and figuratively.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It really started from a student success standpoint, but as we gathered people together and explored what legacy systems we wanted to phase out, we saw an opportunity for a much bigger project.”. Solidifying Student Success. Seeing the Bigger Picture.

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