Blackbaud

DECEMBER 14, 2023

To avoid overwhelming your team, standardize how you receive and process grant applications at your organization. Having a predictable and consistent grant cycle will ensure your team members are able to evaluate each request efficiently and effectively. Teams can even build statuses that are specific to grant types.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

If you havent already, now is the time to evaluate your organizations grant readiness from pre- to post-award, ensuring alignment with funders, competitive proposals, and strong fund stewardship. Understanding how your organization makes grant submission decisions is critical. Do You Have Strong Support from the Grants Team?

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Blackbaud

MARCH 31, 2025

An efficient grant distribution process builds trust with your grantees and improves transparency across your organization. Here are five tips for streamlining how you get grant awards to your recipients. This is also where you can set up your grant distribution process for success.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Make sure you have the right people in the right roles to manage the switch. This includes a grants manager to handle day-to-day implementation tasks, as well as consistent leadership to support the change. If you don’t have the right people in place, you may consider postponing the move to a new grants management system.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 17, 2025

A fresh year has our team collecting and reflecting on 2024 data, which leads us to want to share the top 6 blogs that YOU, our incredible reader, have chosen as our top-read blogs of 2024. Our team loves sharing our knowledge when it comes to the 5 Rs of grant writing , and we cant wait for another year of resources to share with you.

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RBW Strategy

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

You are carefully researching different funding sources and feel strongly that federal grant funding will help provide the financial boost that you need to get things moving. For those who have spent countless hours preparing federal grant applications, you know that this isnt easy. Seems like a win, right?

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 17, 2024

But inertia is not an option when your grant programs outgrow your current solution, or your vendor sunsets the software you use, like Salesforce is doing with their grant management software, FoundationConnect. It’s also important to understand how you determine success for your current grant programs.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Establish Multiple Grant Pathways When you identify a different need that still fits within your mission, a new grant pathway allows you to stay flexible while also maintaining your core funding program. Identify Other Low-Cost Resources Providing relief isnt always about giving a cash grant.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

I have been a member of the Grant Professionals Association for 17years (though it was the American Association of Grant Professionals when I joined!) Do the grant activities I regularly engage in match in relevant ways to others at the conference? and each year I wonder if the GrantSummit will be my last.

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Fluxx

AUGUST 22, 2024

One thing that does become quite bothersome most of the time in the complex world of grants is keeping track of and managing a whole lot of information associated with applying for grants, funding, and compliance.

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Grant writing is a critical component of nonprofit fundraising, but it often comes with its own set of challenges. Understanding and addressing these common pain points can significantly enhance your nonprofit’s success in securing grants. Understanding Grant Guidelines 2.1 Time Constraints 1.1 Meeting Deadlines 6.1

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Fluxx

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

have the resources they need, the ASPCA offers the National Shelter Grants Initiative. In this blog, we’ll explore the key details of the ASPCA National Shelter Grants Initiative, including eligibility requirements, the application process, and how this funding can help your organization continue its vital work.

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Fluxx

AUGUST 16, 2024

Managing grants can be a daunting task, but with the right software, you can secure funding and streamline your programs smoothly. In this blog, we’ll explore why Fluxx stands out as the top choice for grant management software for nonprofits. Hey there, nonprofit champions! Let’s dive in!

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Fluxx

JANUARY 21, 2025

The Colorado Trusts Building and Bridging Power Grant offers critical financial support to groups working to strengthen their advocacy efforts and build bridges across diverse communities in Colorado. In this blog, we look at what the grant will fund, the eligibility criteria, and how to apply for funding to support your advocacy work.

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Fluxx

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Colorado Trust’s Building and Bridging Power Grant offers critical financial support to groups working to strengthen their advocacy efforts and build bridges across diverse communities in Colorado.

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Fluxx

OCTOBER 4, 2024

In today's philanthropic world, the management of grants is the decisive factor in making a difference for many needy foundations. billion , which is the kind of money one would not entrust to free software for its management.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

You’ve been grant shopping for some time now, but are you prepared for what’s next once you start to receive them? Many grants come with significant—and detailed—compliance requirements. If you are a grant-funded organization, it will be important to manage spending restrictions and meet reporting requirements.

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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.

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PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A Grant Manager's Guide to Internal Controls Did you know, $600 billion is awarded each year in federal grants?? How do they impact your grants and your organization? They assure reasonable accuracy, validity, and reliability of financial management, program, and other information. So, what are they?

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

GSAs Federal Integrated Business Framework (FIBF) has identified more than 400 standard data elements for grants management alone. The GSA-managed website at [link] has established digital communities of best practices, including one for financial assistance. Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management.

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Fluxx

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Federal grants are a major funding source for a wide range of organizations, from scientific research to public health initiatives. However, managing such federal grants is complicated, especially for those who are new to the process.

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Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I have been in chat rooms and webinars with people who are new to the grants profession and have been asked to stand up the grants management function for their organization. I spent many years as a successful grant professional and managed grants that were not from public sources.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Today, Blackbaud Grantmaking’s SKY API capabilities are centered around financial data, like grant amounts and remaining balance. You can already share that information with your financial system while also pulling data like payment date or payment type into your grant management system. first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 6, 2025

If people cant see their role on the other side of your big idea, whether thats generative AI adoption or a new grant management system, you will lose them. The post How to Lead with Courage: A Conversation with Satonya Fair first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 15, 2024

Grant writers are often the unsung heroes of the application process. They parse the grant documentation to understand if their organization is a good fit, they gather information from throughout the organization, and they mold it into an engaging story about the important work the organization is doing.

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Qgiv

MARCH 29, 2023

Google Ad Grants for nonprofits can be a powerful FREE solution for any eligible charitable organization, but proper management is key to maximizing the opportunity. Since 2011, Give Back Nation’s Google Certified Ad Grant Manager team has helped over 5,400 nonprofits manage their Ad Grants.

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Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2024

However, many organizations are unprepared for the multitude of regulations and requirements associated with managing federally funded programs. Understand Your Organization’s Capacity Your organization should consider these four components before applying for any grant, especially those connected to federal dollars.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 28, 2024

A huge thank you to Audrey Kidwell, Grants Manager for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, for providing many of the resources and tips included in this article. Hurricanes. Prolonged droughts. Climate events are no longer a once-in-a-generation occurrence.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

QA/QI is also a criterion funders often use in reviewing and selecting grant application requests to fund. But, does QA/QI also have a place in a nonprofit organization’s successful grants management strategy? Two different kinds of experiences supported this author’s development as a grant professional. Townsel, S.M.,

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Too often, grant management is seen as a scary, messy aspect of grant funding, and we have a vague understanding of the requirements or components. In the nonprofit field, it’s common for staff to be put in a role where they manage grants but might not have the knowledge or resources to understand what that entails.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By now, I hope you are realizing grant management doesn’t have to be a scary web of confusing topics and rules. With this grant management series, I aim to outline some of the commonly seen issues and provide resources to learn more. NGMA divides the grant lifecycle into three phases: pre-award, award, and post-award.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

If you have ever flinched at the mention of policies and procedures, conflict of interest, or grant reporting, we may be able to help take the fear out of grant management. Too often, grant management is seen as scary and messy, with staff hesitant to learn because they may uncover more than they know how to handle.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The Value of Tags for Nonprofits Using QuickBooks Many nonprofits used the tagging functionality in QuickBooks to help identify funding sources and donor intent, such as specific grants and programs. Avoid being a bottleneck when your programs team need an update on how much budget is left on a specific grant.

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Fluxx

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Effective grant management helps government agencies ease the complexity of the application, ensure compliance, and efficiently disburse money. While some grant management free tools exist, most will not be able to meet the high demands placed by most government agencies.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 24, 2024

The dashboards on your grant management system give you a similar snapshot of your grantmaking programs. What Are Dashboards in Your Grant Management System? The dashboards act as the welcome screen in your grant management system. Are you going too fast? Is there enough air in your tires?

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 11, 2024

There is growing consensus that the expectation of “gratitude” in the form of thank-you notes actually perpetuates an imbalance of power between nonprofits and funders and negatively impacts the great work you could be doing together ( NonprofitAF Blog, 2023 ). Read the award letter or grant agreement.

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Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explain what modern APIs are, how they work, and how they can help you improve your grantmaking. Many platforms you already use for your grantmaking processes have modern APIs built in, such as your grant management solution that surfaces due diligence data from third-party sources within your GMS.

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