Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 11, 2024

If you are a grant writer aiming to advance your grant writing career or a nonprofit leader striving to sustain your organization, this guide is for you. Here are five actionable strategies to enhance your grant writing expertise today: 1. Its where I significantly advanced my own grant writing career.

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Grant Writer Team

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Grant writers must stay current on nonprofit trends to ensure efficiency and relevancy in the profession. Expected Nonprofit Trends for 2025 Donor-Centric Management Grants Donor-centric management may increase donations by 20-30%. Economic Restructuring We have officially slowed from the over-compensation from the 2020 pandemic.

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Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Professional Relationships in Grant Writing When it comes to professional relationships—particularly in grant writing—the same principles apply. At Think and Ink Grant Consulting, we emphasize the importance of stewardship. Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting.

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The good news is that I am here to help you navigate this maze and get down to grant writing tips that will help you move the needle by defining which tips are true and valid and which tips are false. The bottom line is that it's against the Grant Professionals Association's Code of Ethics. This tip is TRUE. About Shavonn V.

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Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Grant writing is a vital skill for local nonprofits seeking funding to support their missions. This blog will explore key strategies and tips to enhance your grant writing skills, helping your organization to secure the funding it deserves. Each grants comes with its own set of criteria, expectations, and reporting requirements.

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 30, 2024

There are a few common questions grantmakers will ask to see how if a grant applicant is a high-performing nonprofit: "Tell us about your organization." After working with multiple high-performing organizations across the country, winning grant after grant, I have found that they all have the following five things in common.

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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. million grant award.

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 13, 2025

Every organization engages in the vital process of writing grants. The reality is that writing a grant is only the first step in a highly competitive process. Winning grants, especially in 2025, requires organizations to operate at the highest level of excellence and strategy.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Grant writing is a vital skill for nonprofits, artists, and educators in Atlanta, aimed at securing funding to enhance community projects and initiatives. This blog delves into the nuances of grant writing, exploring best practices, resources, and success stories from the heart of Georgia.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 17, 2023

It’s time to draft a problem statement, and as grant professionals we know data is a necessary element to prove the need for our community. You can sign up for upcoming webinars, as well as view previous webinars, check out the Data Gems (a series of video how-tos), and watch specific 2020 census courses. We have all been there.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Looking for the biggest key trends in grant writing for 2021? 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! That means that most nonprofits will need to plan accordingly when it comes to pursuing grants. Look no further.

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Candid

APRIL 7, 2025

billion in total grant dollars, eclipsing the $16.2 To track long-term growth trends in assets, gifts, and grants, we zoom in on 100 of the largest community foundations by asset size, a consistent data set over the last 10 years. billion in total fundraising.

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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. All of this support has helped build the organization’s grant-seeking capacity.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This is Scott’s second grant to LISC, one of the nation’s largest community development organizations. LISC received a $40 million gift from Scott in 2020, which was used to seed programs that narrow gaps in health, wealth and opportunity, particularly for communities of color. Rubin, LISC’s chairman, said via a statement. “We

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

All grant proposals are different. This is something that many grant writers, particularly those who are newer to the field struggle with. Or an individual nonprofit staffer (like you) might have a goal to “gain a grant writing certification” or something similar. Some have strict requirements and lengthy lists of questions.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

They are also spending beyond the required minimum of 5% of their corpus (71%) compared to 2020 (56%) and 2015 (55%). The rate at which foundations give general operating support, multiyear grants, and capacity-building grants has declined steadily since 2015. It’s not all great news.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In the United States, there were 28 climate disasters in 2023 , which surpassed the record of 22 disasters in 2020 – tallying a price tag of at least $92.9 In preparation to act immediately, it is beneficial to think about setting aside budget to match employee donations and to provide community grants. Activate your campaigns.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A grant writer is vital for organizational growth, but hiring a full-time grant writer is not always the best fit. Grant funding is an essential part of fundraising for nonprofit organizations. Some nonprofits make grant writing a small part of someone’s job description. Read our article to learn more.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

If grant makers want to strengthen the racial-justice movement, they need to admit when things go wrong and ensure that better planning and accountability are in place the next time. Kendi, the Center for Antiracist Research raised a whopping $55 million, much of it right after the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020.

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Candid

DECEMBER 23, 2024

BIPOC donors can leverage more than their dollars for bold change In 2020, when a group of BIPOC donors learned that only 1.3% of a total of $1.34

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 3, 2024

Surely it can write grants…right? Since AI writing has become more accessible and received a lot of very positive press, you may be wondering if AI can write grants for you. Alex, the founder of Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates, has been working in the nonprofit and grant space for more than a decade.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

National Philanthropic Trust (NPT), an independent public charity that manages donor-advised funds (DAF), granted $6.46 billion on behalf of its donors in Fiscal Year 2021, representing an increase in value of 179%, compared to Fiscal Year 2020. All eight charitable subsectors experienced increased volume of grantmaking.

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ProposalPRO

OCTOBER 30, 2021

In the grants space, federal law requires that the public be made aware of proposed (i.e., On the 30th of every month I explain how you can use free government resources and other strategies to increase your chances of winning federal grant funding. But you may be able to change future NOFOs by taking advantage of the U.S.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. This typically resulted in about 900-1,300 funders represented and 100-150k grants collected in a given year.

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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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GrantNews

AUGUST 7, 2024

In addition to providing the list below regarding Black business support, GrantWatch also offers a list of over 2,000 grants in its BIPOC grants list category. nationaldaycalendar.com, “ Black Business Month “) Facts Regarding Black-owned Businesses In 2020, Black people represented 14.2% of employer-firm owners.

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PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

#LearnGrants Summit Join us the for the Internation Grant Professionals Day #LearnGrants Online Summit. The FREE event is hosted by DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services and Foundant Technologies. We all know professional development opportunities are highly important in today’s world. Three Reasons Why You Should Attend?

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Grant Writer Team

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to US News , the number of individuals working from home has tripled since 2020. However, many grant writers were already accustomed to working from home long before that. All you need is an internet connection, a computer, a comfortable workstation, and of course some grant-writing skills!

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For example, about 75% of Candid’s grants data is sourced from Forms 990). After 2020, the time lag is closer to three years. We’re still waiting on tens of thousands of filings for 2019 iii and about 30% of 2020 filings; collection of 2021 filings has just begun. 990s submitted in 2020) is the first year impacted by COVID.

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Candid

OCTOBER 28, 2024

For example, we found that while individual giving increased by 58%, and institutional grant dollars grew by 74%, a small percentage of donors are responsible for a significant portion of the contributions. Other findings point to shifts in giving that seem linked to the COVID and racial crises of 2020.

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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. Across 18 years, while foundations increased their overall giving by 124%, grant dollars to HBCUs declined by 30%. The number of large foundations awarding grants to HBCUs also decreased during this time.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

JANUARY 14, 2021

Last year many arts and culture nonprofits struggling to cope with closures and restrictions in the wake of COVID-19 were able to take advantage of multiple relief grants and funding, chief among them funds made available through the CARE Act and forgivable loans that were part of the Paycheck Protection Program (known as ‘PPP’).

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 24, 2022

surpassed 1 million in 2020, and grants to charities from the 10 largest donor-advised fund sponsors totaled 22.41 The number of donor-advised fund accounts in the U.S. So, let's dive into how donor-advised funds can help you with your overall fundraising strategy.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Hiring a grant writer is one of the most important decisions a nonprofit can make. This funding can come in the form of donations, federal dollars, private funders, gifts, fundraising events, and grants. Instead, many organizations rely on grant dollars to fund a significant portion of their budget.

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Candid

JUNE 15, 2022

It’s been one year since Candid received the email every nonprofit dreams of: confirmation of your $15 million grant. When Candid pivoted to fully remote work in March 2020, we could not have predicted the length and impact of the pandemic, or how it would affect our staff. To MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett, .

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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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NonProfit PRO

JULY 22, 2021

billion in grants, a 27% increase over the same six-month span of 2020. In the first half of 2021, donors have recommended a record $4.3 Fidelity Charitable, an independent public charity and the nation’s largest grantmaker, distributed those gifts to more than 123,000 charities.

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