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News to Use! What Fundraisers Can Expect from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Expiration

Gail Perry Group

In 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which significantly altered the U.S. Small Donors : Those who were already taking the standard deduction prior to 2017 changed their giving behavior the least. What Fundraisers Can Expect from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Expiration appeared first on Gail Perry Group.

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FreeWill Acquires AI-Driven GrantAssistant

The NonProfit Times

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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MacArthur Offers $100 Million For One Good Program

The NonProfit Times

Proposals must identify a problem and offer a solution that promises significant and durable change. There were 800 applicants for the 2021 competition and 1,400 for the first award in 2017. Applications will be accepted online only , from May 22 to August 15, 2024. Complete applications are due before 5 p.m.

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Conversational Asking: Building Donor Relationships

The Fundraiser Coach

allows fundraisers to craft more compelling and meaningful proposals or gift conversations. May I send you the proposal that we discussed. 3 (September 2017): 430-452.) Discovering values and how they align with the mission of our organization. Conversational asking makes these talks with supporters or prospect so much easier.

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Do Reviewers’ High Scores Predict the Best Grant Projects?

ProposalPRO

If you’re won a federal grant, you know you owe your good fortune to the independent grant reviewers who highly rated your proposal. Reviewers also have issues with the process, including “reviewer fatigue” from having too many proposals to review and too little time in which to do it (Bendiscioli, 2019). What other options are there?

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Grantseeking in 2017: Know the Scene — Transparency Rules

Tech Soup

I decided, on my latest foray along the cliffs, to write a series of blogs focusing on the overarching themes that I feel are important for every nonprofit organization to know about and understand as we move into 2017. For example: Board Reviewed - January 15, 2017. For me, the overarching themes include. Demonstrating inclusion.

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Grant Writing: 3 Tips for Crafting Need Statements in Federal Grant Proposals

Grants.gov

Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources & Services Administration ’s grant writing guide, titled “ Tips for Writing and Submitting Good Grant Proposals ”. For this particular funding opportunity, applicants are able to submit proposals for a wide variety of needs.