Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What is the secret to successful grant writing?” Align yourself with your organization’s highest intentions, and ensure your grant writer knows how to tell a compelling story that connects the dots between your needs and the funder’s interests.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Often, the first step in getting a grant is a Letter of Inquiry (sometimes called a Letter of Intent ) – or LOI, for short. Grant writing doesn’t get any better than that! 5 Tips to Getting Grants with an LOI 1. Give the gift of dance, and you might end up sending a kid to college on an academic scholarship!

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2025

What can we learn from last years largest gifts from individuals about the latest giving trends and what to expect in 2025? Candids Philanthropy News Digest and the Chronicle of Philanthropy covered 24 nine- and 10-figure gifts from U.S.-based But the total dollar amount of those mega gifts fell more sharply, to about $4.35

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Many non-profit organizations rely on grants from foundations, corporations, and government agencies to round out their fundraising efforts. If your non-profit is looking for new grant opportunities, here are six tried-and-true places to find them: #1 – Your Board I always start my grant research with my board.

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Candid

JANUARY 29, 2025

These include categories like grants, donations from individuals, support from companies, and earned income from services or products. Those capabilities cant be built overnight, so youll need to share your findings and proposed funding strategy with key internal stakeholderswho are vital to implementing it.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 22, 2021

billion in grants, a 27% increase over the same six-month span of 2020. Fidelity Charitable, an independent public charity and the nation’s largest grantmaker, distributed those gifts to more than 123,000 charities. In the first half of 2021, donors have recommended a record $4.3

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Candid

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

While we continue to monitor developments , here are some resources on how nonprofits can mitigate potential impacts: Diversifying nonprofit revenue streams Diversifying revenue streamsincluding with government grants so youre not dependent on one unsustainable source is not a new idea but perhaps a more urgent one.

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CauseVox

JULY 2, 2024

Well the good news is that with a matching grant or matching gift, you can! Not only does every donation get doubled (or tripled) but with a match in place, 84% of donors say they’re more likely to give, and a staggering 1 in 3 say they would give a larger gift if matching is applied to their donation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2019

When you solicit a prospective supporter, you need to be prepared with data, compelling testimonials, personal knowledge of what motivates the donor as an individual, and a concrete plan of how their major gift will help you make major changes. That way, these gift records are linked together for easy reference, tracking, and reporting.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 22, 2024

FreeWill has acquired GrantAssistant, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven platform designed to provide nonprofits and international development organizations with a proposal workflow toolkit that streamlines the grant application process. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. GrantAssistant’s full team, located in Washington, D.C.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 20, 2023

Givinga has announced a partnership with Double the Donation, a provider of matching gift and volunteer grant solutions for nonprofits. The partnership is designed to drive corporate accessibility and connectivity by providing matching capabilities to all partners.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

By Steve Latham , CEO & Co-founder at DonateStock – a fundraising platform that makes stock gifting to nonprofits easy and accessible. The table below shows how nonprofits that receive non-cash gifts (in addition to cash) have been much more successful in growing their top lines. million DAF accounts worth $250 billion in assets.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

These may include delays in grant approvals, rescheduling of major events due to unforeseen circumstances, or sudden increases in demand for disaster relief services. Planned Giving Campaigns: Encourage donors to designate planned gifts specifically for the operating reserves.

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Charity Village

MAY 23, 2024

Writing grants is a highly sought-after skill in many nonprofits, and can be overwhelming for those just getting started. Grant writing requires a strategic approach to knowledge and demands more than just a compelling idea.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2025

Submit three grant applications by March 31, targeting $100,000 in potential funding. Owner: Grant Writer. Launch a GivingTuesday campaign by November 15 and secure 150 individual gifts. Secure $50,000 in sponsorships for the annual gala by November 1. Owner: Development Team. Owner: Annual Fund Manager.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2022

Although the Twitter thread doesn’t dive into how the foundation will spend the money, we have a few recommendations for staying on top of that news: Keep an eye on their grants page. If you head to the foundation’s website, you’ll see their grants page. You just have to be proactive and look for them.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This means distinctly separating net assets with donor restrictions, such as grant funding, from those without donor restrictions to better understand the liquidity of your resources. While a nonprofit accountant can be helpful for financial statement preparation, they can also support your financial activity on an ongoing basis.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 30, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to credit and acknowledge donor advised fund gifts in their donor database: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m unsure how to enter donor advised fund gifts in our database so they’re credited and acknowledged appropriately. And do I thank the donor or the administrator?

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The LISC gift was not a solo. The gifts come a few weeks after a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that showed she sold 61.66 This is Scott’s second grant to LISC, one of the nation’s largest community development organizations. It is the largest contribution in LISC’s nearly half-century history.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In that same spirit, we asked some of our favorite fundraisers to share their best piece of fundraising advice, as a way of paying it forward to other gift officers. Tracey Harrow, private elementary school Make a Special Swag Delivery to Major Donors “Members at the two highest levels receive physical gifts.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 23, 2024

You have multiple income streamsdonations, grants, service feesas well as all the ways you use the money. Imagine tracking the revenue and expenses of hundreds of programs funded by scores of grants within a dozen or so cost centers in a system like QuickBooks. Your funders trust you to spend their gifts the way you said you would.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Here are some common fundraising myths that trip up many new nonprofits and folks new to fundraising: [we’ll talk about what DOES work in the next section] Myth #1: My first step should be finding grant opportunities! Grants can be an excellent source of revenue, but not for new nonprofits.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 19, 2021

Jeff Bezos will donate $200 million to the Smithsonian—its largest donation since James Smithson’s founding gift in 1846. Meanwhile, a Bezos company foundation awarded $1 million grants to 19 nonprofits.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 9, 2025

A reserve can provide the flexibility necessary to pay for items that arent covered by restricted grants. The more dependable and regular your funding is, the less risk you have and the lower your reserves can be.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The story starts in April 2021 when Brownsville, Indiana resident Judy May fell victim to a scammer posing as a relative who told her she was eligible for federal grant money if she bought Google Play gift cards. Read Entire Article

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

You’ve been grant shopping for some time now, but are you prepared for what’s next once you start to receive them? Many grants come with significant—and detailed—compliance requirements. If you are a grant-funded organization, it will be important to manage spending restrictions and meet reporting requirements.

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Charity Village

JUNE 20, 2024

Grant writing has always been challenging, but has become easier over the years thanks to modern technology. With tools at our disposal to improve our time and task management, research capabilities, and access to information at the click of a button, grant writing has become both more accessible and more competitive.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Foundations: Relying on experienced, proven grant writers to research and write proposals. Government agencies: Using experts to review the federal grant register and target new grant opportunities. This brings the listener into a uniquely powerful frame: “We don’t seek gifts. Fundraising mistake #2.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The first program is Mary’s Pence Grants , which funds women-led grassroots organizations in the U.S. Mary’s Pence goes beyond the money in their two programs: Mary’s Pence Grants Program in the U.S. Grantees are eligible for a mid-cycle capacity-building grant of up to $750.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate. Myth 1: “Candid grants data” is the same as “990 data.” institutional grantmaking and provide the starting place and scaffolding for Candid’s grants data. Years ago, this was true. institutions.

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Candid

JUNE 15, 2022

It’s been one year since Candid received the email every nonprofit dreams of: confirmation of your $15 million grant. Not only is the size of your gift significant, its unrestricted nature allows us to place bold bets to improve the social sector’s collective future. To MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett, . Take care of Candid staff .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Matching gifts are truly the social benefit sector BOGO. Raise one gift, get the second gift free!

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Major Gifts Officer A major gifts officer manages all activities related to major gifts, generally focusing on major gift solicitation and stewarding major donor relationships. Grants Specialist Fundraising doesn’t just consist of revenue from donors—grants are another valuable revenue stream for nonprofits.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Microsoft’s Ads for Social Impact or the Microsoft Ad Grant is a program available to eligible nonprofits to help transform their digital presence. Like the Google Ad Grant program , Microsoft is offering a monthly grant to advertise on their owned and operated websites (such as Bing, AOL, Outlook, Yahoo, MSN, and Microsoft Edge). .

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Your thoughts and feedback might just grant your favorite gadgets a Mashable Readers’ Choice Award — plus you could win a $250 Amazon gift card. In our first edition of our Smartest Home Readers’ Choice Awards, we’re asking Mashable readers about the smart home devices you use in your home and daily life.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Recurring Donation Options Many online platforms, such as Blackbaud’s Donation Forms, allow donors to set up recurring gifts, turning one-time contributors into ongoing supporters, thus improving donor retention. This can include anything from merchandise, art pieces, restaurant meals, golf outings, and gift cards.

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