Just Write Grants

OCTOBER 16, 2023

(Originally posted June 2020 and updated October 2023) I've never "met" a nonprofit organization that had an excess of money to spend on hiring staff or paying a consultant. One of the questions I get most often is: " Is it okay to pay a grant writer a percentage of the grant award?" The short answer is "no."

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RBW Strategy

JUNE 3, 2024

RBW Strategy has partnered with Maryland Nonprofits since 2020 on several grant projects and grant trainings, to support the organization, component organizations under its umbrella, and its member entities. The post Maryland Nonprofits appeared first on RBW Strategy.

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RBW Strategy

MAY 13, 2024

Nevada Grant Lab “A nonprofit corporation, started in 2020 with a vision to help nonprofits, local governments, and State agencies better access and maximize historically underutilized federal funding that can be used to build greater quality of life and opportunity for all Nevadans.” million grant award.

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Fundraising HayDay

MARCH 20, 2025

In October 2024, the latest changes to the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (also known as 2 CFR Part 200 or Uniform Guidance) went into effect. Many changes were beneficial to grantees. Many changes were beneficial to grantees.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2023

foundations steadily decreased their support of HBCUs, in terms of both percentage of total giving and grant dollars awarded. The number of large foundations awarding grants to HBCUs also decreased during this time. It should be noted, however, that 2020 data collection is still ongoing. In fact, large U.S.

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Grant Writer Team

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Economic Restructuring We have officially slowed from the over-compensation from the 2020 pandemic. Disclaimer: There is no guarantee that grants will be awarded as a result of this information. This support allows sustainable nonprofits to update their donor management to catapult them into future growth.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 4, 2021

In the spring of the 2019, the historic Banquet Hall at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Center in Washington, D.C., desperately needed renovation to remain a useful and valuable event space.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

JANUARY 14, 2021

And that means that before you apply to either one you better be well-informed on what costs they will cover, award sizes, eligibility criteria, etc. so that you can make an informed decision and get a shot at receiving an award which will best suit your org’s needs. If you apply for PPP Part 2 you can’t apply for SoS, and vice versa.

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Penelope Burk

AUGUST 3, 2021

When asked why, middle-age donors preferred to award larger gifts to fewer organizations in order to maximize the net value of their contributions. What 2020 Did for Donor Acquisition The global pandemic, Black Lives Matter and other major issues inspired Americans to step way up last year. You can’t argue with their logic.

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Candid

APRIL 3, 2025

In 2020, Candid increased our efforts to include pledges in our databases to capture emergent trends in giving during a year of crisis. Funder X awards $50,000 to Nonprofit Y in 2022 to conduct a research study on standardized math tests in public high schools). Pledges tend to be broad and vague (e.g.,

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The nationwide racial reckoning triggered by the 2020 murder of George Floyd has resulted in a dramatic increase in funding for racial equity. after the 2020 relaunch of Candid’s racial equity funding site, the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity ( PRE )?contacted in “what’s changed in 2020,” but the numbers that we have?so

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

One of the biggest highlights at the Nonprofit Technology Conference each year, without surprise, is the awarding of the annual DoGooder Video Awards. So, without further adieu, the 2013 Annual DoGooder Awards Go To. Winner of Best of Nonprofit Video Award. Winner of Best of Nonprofit Video Award.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

DECEMBER 18, 2020

It’s almost the New Year (thank goodness and good riddance to the dumpster fire that is 2020) and that means a whole new year of grants! It looks like 2021 will have some unfortunate holdovers from 2020, though, such as COVID-19, social distancing, and the need to alter programming, events, and staffing. What do you want to do?

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Both individual and institutional giving increased between 2015 and 2022, not only in terms of total dollars awarded but also in terms of average donation or grant size. Census Bureau’s State Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2021, July 2021. Who gives to what causes? Cause area determined by recipient NTEE.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2022

1 ] This year, we asked funders about their giving in FYE (fiscal year end) 2020 and 2021, including funding designated for COVID-19 [ 2 ] and what trends they are paying attention to this year. Giving increased in FYE 2021 for most foundations compared to 2020, though payout was not as likely to increase. .

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Qgiv

JANUARY 6, 2022

more than in 2020. Despite continued challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, donors still showed up in a big way to support the causes they cared about. The year’s biggest achievements included: Record-Setting Giving Tuesday: On Giving Tuesday 2021, donors gave 2.5%

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GrantNews

AUGUST 7, 2024

(nationaldaycalendar.com, “ Black Business Month “) Facts Regarding Black-owned Businesses In 2020, Black people represented 14.2% From 2017 to 2020, the number of Black-owned businesses nationwide increased by 13.64%- compared to 0.53% growth for all businesses over that same period. of all Americans but only 2.4%

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Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

In 2020, the philanthropic sector started conversations about how philanthropy can better support Black-led organizations and the Black community. According to the 2020 Smithsonian Magazine article, The Storied History of Giving in America , the practice of philanthropy can reflect and reinforce inequity.

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Candid

JULY 22, 2021

Editor’s note: Scott awarded a grant to Candid.) . i Although Scott discloses who receives donations, she does not say how much is awarded to each organization, so we do not yet have information about grant size distribution in this round of giving. Our analysis of Scott’s 2020 grants is available here.) .

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Visualizing Funding for Libraries contains grants from Candid’s database awarded to public, academic, school, and digital libraries, along with special collections and archives. Although we are still collecting data for 2020, the map already contains more than $21 million in grants in 2020.

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Candid

JULY 1, 2021

A s of July 2020, we’d identified racial e quity grants and pledges worth $4.2 Since 2020, Candid has collected 121 pledges to fund racial equity from 96 different corporate funders totaling $7.8 These pledges , which were all announced in 2020 , range in overall size from $300 million to $30 billion. billion dollars.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. 2020-present – Entering adulthood As Candid’s grants data has come of age over the past few years, we’ve changed some of our data collection methods to adapt to changing realities.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Unions award grants. In 2020, unions spent $8 million on political campaigns and another $49.2 1] Bureau of Labor Statistics, Union member 2020. A recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report found that a larger proportion of Black workers were union members compared to the proportion of other races. million on lobbying. .

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Fluxx

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In 2020, the United States government awarded $30.4 Effective grant management is necessary for any government department if it has to foster transparency, accountability, and efficiency when disbursing or spending funds. billion as research grants.

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2021

Total dollar amount of grants awarded . Comparing organizational data from 2019 and 2020, 52 percent of metrics that were intended to increase did, in fact, increase. The most frequently used metrics are : . Number of volunteers . Number of clients served . Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization .

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The NonProfit Times

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In three earlier rounds of donations dating to June 2020, Scott has given away about $8.5 In her latest post, she waxed about philanthropy and its meaning but did not reveal details as to organizations or grants awarded. billion to 786 organizations.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Take, for example, Angela Marks, founder of Reading Allowed , who started working with our FIN in 2020. “there wouldn’t be an accessible, affordable nonprofit resource in Philly.”. Providing impact-driven nonprofit resources and services. During our first appointment, we met virtually to discuss Foundation Directory.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 12, 2024

In 2020, the U.S. The new FAFSA is intended to expand access to federal student aid and to simplify the application and award process. Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act to completely overhaul the system. There are so many unknowns that students, families, and school administrators still feel a great deal of uncertainty.

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Candid

JUNE 29, 2023

This 3% increase in grant dollars is much lower than the 12% annual increase in 2021 and 24% increase in 2020 (all figures are unadjusted for inflation). The median foundation awarded 4% more grant dollars. (We The survey focuses on large foundations because they account for the vast proportion of grant dollars awarded.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM) has hosted a gala for the last four years, but in 2020 and 2021 they knew it wouldn’t be an option. Recognition: to help keep costs down, the foundation decided not to send people awards, but that doesn’t mean they ignored their fundraisers. Woven Health Virtual Awards Ceremony.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Funders, for their part, went beyond awarding grants by learning about organizations’ agendas and aspirations, and by mobilizing other funders. The 2014 passage of Proposition 47, which re-classified certain felony convictions as misdemeanors, helped pave the way for SB 823, which in 2020 mandated the closure of California’s 11 youth prisons.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

In 2020, three grant professionals ( Bachman, Planton, and Rodgers) set out to identify the prevalence of burnout among the grant profession. Perhaps letting go of small or cumbersome applications would make way for larger award opportunities.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 26, 2024

E4E Relief has awarded more than $260 million in emergency financial relief grants in 120 countries since 2020, assisting individuals worldwide impacted by catastrophic disasters and financial hardships. During that time the foundation grew from $180 million to nearly $4 billion in assets.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

More recently, Lawrence Mishel and Jori Kandra from the Economic Policy Institute placed the 2020 figure at 351:1. iii As the size of the grantmaker rises–as measured by grant dollars awarded or the total number of full- and part-time staff)–so does the ratio. those on the S&P 500).

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

The department’s Employment and Training Administration will award up to six demonstration grants, ranging from $2 to $5 million each, to current grantees operating programs awarded under the 2020 SCSEP national grant competition.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2024

In 2020, we launched the Closing the Gaps Network —22 cities whose public and civic leaders are working to identify, support, and model real, tangible solutions that go beyond platitudes and partisan arguments to address the lasting effects of the systemic discrimination that continues to affect our economy.

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Candid

MARCH 21, 2024

While 2022 total assets and fundraising didn’t keep pace with 2021 levels, they were still significantly higher than 2020 totals, reflecting a long-term pattern of growth overall. billion, total assets in 2022 were well above 2020 totals. But again, the 2022 fundraising total is still significantly higher than the 2020 total.

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