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The Financial Edge: Crafting Budgets for Grant Success

Allied Grant Writers

Introduction to Grant Budgets Understanding the financial aspects of grant applications, particularly budgeting, is essential for both small businesses and non-profits. A well-structured budget can significantly impact the chances of securing funding.

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Pre- and Post-Award is like PB&J

RBW Strategy

There needs to be a robust budget and budget justification that outlines how you will spend your funds, and that these funds comply with federal requirements. If there are specific funding restrictions or caps in specific cost categories, how are you accounting for that in your budget, and does this impact your project narrative?

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How to create your new nonprofit’s first budget

Get Fully Funded

When you’re just getting started, it’s critical that one of your first steps is to create your nonprofit’s first budget to help you manage both your organization and your finances as it grows. Without a budget, you can find yourself in deep water, fast, with more money going out than coming in.

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5 Tips for Low-Budget Cause Marketing

Selfish Giving

The majority of calls I take on cause marketing are from budget-conscious small nonprofits raising anywhere from a few hundred thousand to a few million a year. What they all share is exactly the same question: what are some low-budget and easy ways I can get started with cause marketing? Here are five tips to get you going.

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Five Tips to Improve Your Grant Writing and Write Grants Better

Think and Ink Grants

Attend Conferences Conferences are one of the most valuable tools for improving your grant writing skills. Conferences can: Introduce you to experts for in-depth discussions. provides grant writing training and discounted services to underserved 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations with budgets of less than $3 million.

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Nonprofit Radio for July 10, 2023: 10 Easy Ways To Boost Your Fundraising On A Budget & Personalized Fundraising At Scale

Tony Martignetti

Rosalind Zavras & Julia Toepfer: 10 Easy Ways To Boost Your Fundraising On A Budget Relationships; storytelling; thanks; impact; consistency; and more. Rosalind Zavras and Julia Toepfer share tactics you can use right away to increase your fundraising impact without busting your fundraising budget.

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Nonprofit Radio for July 17, 2023: Communications & Development Teams Working Better Together

Tony Martignetti

Misty McLaughlin & Alice Hendricks: 10 Easy Ways To Boost Your Fundraising On A Budget Misty McLaughlin and Alice Hendricks close our 2023 Nonprofit Technology Conference coverage, as they reveal how these two teams can avoid the common conflicts and tensions, to come together collaboratively.