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Wild Apricot Software News - June 2011

Wild Apricot

He also provides more information about our future releases, including screenshots of our proposed event redesign! This month, our Chief Apricot goes behind the scenes to share information about our support team, and how we track our support metrics. read more ).

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Is There Racial Bias in Awarding Federal Grants?

ProposalPRO

2011 ), that Black scientists are only half as likely as White scientists to win NIH R01 research grants, one of the agency’s most common research project grants. NIH also found that scientists who were the most experienced at proposing and implementing grants were also disproportionately more likely to be funded, and to be White.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

on the Future of Fundraising back in 2011. — a number that grew by 10 percent between 2010 and 2011. The Restart Romania challenge resulted in citizens proposing technological solutions to a range of real world problems such as corruption in the medical system. TechSoup hosted its first ever Nonprofits Live.

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Rethink, reuse, and repurpose: How to create more social media content with less work

Candid

Last year, we were inspired by a video from 2011 to create our series on “ red flags” funders look for in grant proposals. Here are some of Candid’s favorite ways to reuse and repurpose our content: Update old content. We routinely look to see what past content performed well and could be updated. Alter the tone.

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How Quickbooks Helps a Nonprofit Recharge Teenagers

Tech Soup

She told me that when the organization started in 2011, "We were doing our accounting on handwritten spreadsheets and then graduated to Excel. The organization also does lots of fundraising. iBme has just five employees, plus a lot of volunteers. I spoke to Sarah Carr, who is iBme's bookkeeper and registrar.

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What Is the Current State of Grantseeking? Community Development

Tech Soup

of survey participants cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011 by GrantStation and PhilanTech). According to the State of Grantseeking 2011 responses, community improvement and capacity building -focused organizations (CICB) receive more awards from private foundations than from any other grant source.

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Nominate an Outstanding Grantmaker of the Year Today

Grant Professionals Association

They eagerly answer my questions; their staff members are available and willing to ensure the proposal submission process goes smoothly. This prestigious “ Grantmaker of the Year ” Award, initiated by GPA in 2011, is a testament to grantmakers' profound impact on the grantmaking community and non-profit organizations.

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