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Navigating the nonprofit RFP process

EveryAction

She asked for some advice around her (bumpy) request for proposals (RFP) process at her nonprofit. Her board had approved the budget for a new CRM and asked her to follow this process to find the right software. I thought we’d be done with the selection process in a month, but it’s month four with no end in sight.

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5 Essential RFP Writing Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Request for Proposals (RFPs) are a critical tool for nonprofits seeking services from vendors or consultants. Pulling from experience with thousands of RFPs, Prosal shares five best practices to enhance your RFP writing process. 1) Start with Research Before an RFP The RFP really should be the second step in your process.

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A Proposal: Should the Nonprofit CEO and Board Make Marriage-Like Promises to a Nonprofit?

NonProfit PRO

Back to day one, a new executive, and hopefully every nonprofit employee, often consumes a large part of their first day of employment in the human resources office being onboarded to the proper processes and rules of the organization. But what if, for CEOs in particular, a bit more ritual was added to the first day?

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Strong Proposals Start with Asking 11 Internal Questions

The NonProfit Times

As grant directors, managers, and writers you need to understand what you are writing about in your proposals, especially if you aren’t involved directly in the project or program development. However, through the process, you should gain not only answers to your questions but also confidence in your ability to continually seek clarity.

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Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant proposals?

Candid

Greg Stanley at PEAK Grantmaking has argued that generative AI tools can streamline the grant application process by enabling grantmakers to summarize, categorize, and pre-screen applications and by making it easier for grantseekers to fill out application forms. Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant applications?

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On Your Mark… Get Set… Submit!

NonProfit PRO

The 2024 submission portal is now open and accepting proposals until 11:59PM EDT on June 3, 2024. So, visit the website, download the guidelines, invite your AWS Account Manager to support your submission process, and leverage AWS cloud technology to accelerate your mission.

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Top three tips for writing grant proposals

Candid

It seems like you have to answer the same questions over and over in every grant proposal. And in longer government proposals, sometimes it seems like you have to answer the same question twice right in the same application! Transcript: Writing grant proposals is a time-intensive process, and it can often feel repetitive.

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