article thumbnail

Fear of Losing Major Long-Term Funders

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Renewal anxiety is no jokeand for experienced grant writers, it can feel like a thundercloud hanging over every funding cycle. Heres how smart, seasoned grant writers stay ahead of the fear, keep major funders in the fold, and sleep a little better at night. Dont just send a grant report once a year and call it good.

Grant 130
article thumbnail

7 Essential Tips to Boost Your Performance as a Grant Writer

Grant Writer Team

Everyone wants to be more productive and boost their performance as a grant writer. GrantWriterTeam outlines 7 essential productivity tips tailored to grant writers and nonprofits. Tips to Boost Your Performance as a Grant Writer 1. A 2018 study found that writing a to-do list can reduce the time it takes to fall asleep.

Grant 60
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Where are the 2019 (and 2020) 990s? On filling the gaps in Candid’s grants data

Candid

At Candid, grants data from 990s flows into tools such as Foundation Directory , public dashboards that provide insights into philanthropy in different regions across the U.S., Sourcing grants data from 990s isn’t ideal to begin with—grant descriptions from filings are often sparse, and sometimes grants lists are missing entirely.

Grant 141
article thumbnail

Fidelity Charitable Says New Grants to Surpass Deposits in 2022

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

It would be the first year since 2018 that the value of grants from its donor-advised funds exceeded the value of investments going into the funds. AP Jacob Pruitt, Fidelity Charitable's president, says it has removed the $10,000 minimum requirement to open a donor-advised fund, making it available to everyone.

Grant 116
article thumbnail

American Red Cross Sued Claiming Haitian Relief Funds Misused

The NonProfit Times

Their hopes and struggles and agonies Get us grants and consulting fees. There’s a market for their pain, Votes and glory and money to gain. Let us celebrate the poor. Their ills, their sins, their faulty diction Flavor our songs and spice our fiction. Celebrate thugs and clowns, Give their ignorance all renown.

Funding 143
article thumbnail

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. Studies on the topic indicate that expert peer reviewers can select strongly written grant applications but cannot necessarily predict which projects will successfully achieve stated objectives.

Grant 130
article thumbnail

A trajectory of trends in Advancing Human Rights  

Candid

The latest report, Advancing Human Rights: Annual Review of Global Foundation Grantmaking—2018 Key Findings, provides a new analysis of the human rights funding landscape. In the wake of recent events—a pandemic, worldwide protests, elections—2018 may feel like a world away. Key Findings . We documented $3.7

Grant 111