AmpliFund

MARCH 13, 2024

In our recent webinar, I detailed ways to improve grant budgeting and ease financial reporting. Key considerations for your budget planning process: Strong financial planning in the early grant stages sets the stage for successful program implementation and reporting. You may need to use specific templates and provide documentation.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

You don’t want to spend more than you raise, and poor planning can turn an event into a budget buster that wastes your most precious resource – time and volunteers. Tupperware parties, garage sales, and candle fundraisers will not sustain your budget. The RIGHT event: Raises 10-20% of your annual budget. BUT the flip side?

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

To put this in perspective, in 2018, 3.6 Fiver budgets a whopping $80,000 to raise each year. That’s why a toolkit of templated social media and email language is crucial. Tip: If you have a match, remember to always include language about the match in all templated communications. Set A Goal. Develop A Toolkit.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Will I be seeing you at the 2018 Engage for Good Conference where the gold and silver award winners are announced? Thankfully, with the addition of the Philanthropic Enterprise Act of 2017 as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 private foundations can own 100% of a business under certain conditions. Sign ups have doubled.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Don’t mention your fundraising goal, your campaign goal, or your impending budget shortfall. You’ll need to update this page and keep it fresh so a donor in 2021 doesn’t see an annual report from 2018. These concerns are not your donor’s problem. Share any volunteer opportunities that are currently available as well as upcoming events.

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California Grants Portal

MAY 4, 2022

Per the Grants Information Act of 2018, the Grants Portal provides a centralized location from which to find competitive or first-come grant opportunities from nearly 60 state entities. Sessions focus on pre-planning steps, such as finding grants that fit, building partnerships, designing projects, and developing effective budgets.

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