Blackbaud

DECEMBER 12, 2024

If, like my client, youre asking if its time to change your fundraising CRM , the starting point is understanding your current situation (your team, your data, and your needs) as well as your goals for the future. I often consult with clients who arent able to use functionality in their CRM because of choices they have made with their data.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 3, 2022

At our most recent Grant Writing Made Easy workshop, we did a deep dive into nonprofit program budgets. Of all the topics I teach inside the course, the budget is the one that students have the most anxiety and confusion around. (By Follow this 3-step process for creating nonprofit program budgets. Understand the key terms.

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Budget Grant Writing Nonprofit Consulting 98

Grant Writer Team

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

That’s why thorough planning and budgeting are so important. In 2025, aligning fundraising efforts with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles is more vital than ever. Consultation Services: Professional assistance with the application can range from $1,000 to $3,000, depending on complexity.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Organizations are always making miracles happen on tight budgets. Above all, planning for financial sustainability comes down to Budgeting and Expenses: First, sit down with your accountant. Community Service Programs – General maintenance, repairs, and lawn care services impact the monthly budget. Funding For Good, Inc.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 9, 2025

Find the Right Number for Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves The Nonprofit Operating Reserves Initiative (NORI) Workgroup suggests that the minimum operating reserve ratio at the lowest point during the year should be 25 percent, or about three months of the annual operating expense budget. However, this is not a universal benchmark.

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DoJiggy

JANUARY 8, 2025

Organizing a successful fundraiser involves some main bases: creative ideas, attentive planning, and suitable tools. Each component is needed for effective and easy fundraising processes. Are there any fundraising tools that can help with financial management, event planning, international operations, or donation organizations?

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

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. How could hiring a grant consultant help your organization meet its funding goals?

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The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Unlike traditional consultants or interim leaders, fractional executives are experienced C-suite professionals who serve as long-term, part-time members of your leadership team. Full-time executives may be out of budget reach, while consultants might not provide the consistent, hands-on leadership needed for real transformation.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As your nonprofit starts to blossom, don’t be surprised if you are conflicted over how much to spend on nonprofit administration, especially fundraising. And fundraising. As the costs add up, you might be asking: How much of a nonprofit’s annual budget should be spent on administrative tasks and fundraising? The training.

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Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

At Think and Ink Grant Consulting, we emphasize the importance of stewardship. Scenario 2: Effective Stewardship You: “Hi Funder, thank you for attending our last fundraiser and reviewing our Annual Report. Schedule a complimentary consultation today: www.thinkandinkgrants.com. Networking support is paramount. About Shavonn V.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 29, 2023

How much of their budget is appropriate to spend on new equipment, skilled managers and everything else required for an organization to thrive and endure? Building on this, our research challenges the conventional wisdom that nonprofits should allocate nearly all of their budget to program costs.

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Fundraising Budget Nonprofit Management 130

Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Ive only just started reading Great Fundraising Organizations: Why and How the Worlds Best Charities Excel at Raising Money , and Im already widely recommending it to colleagues, students, and clients. Particularly fundraising professionals. Know Your Donors: Fundraising isnt about data points or demographic segments.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 28, 2022

You can’t plan out your nonprofit’s impact this year without projecting your fundraising revenue. In fact, you must plan your programs first so you know what your fundraising goal is. You don’t get a ‘pass’ if you think you’re not a numbers person or if this is your nonprofit’s first budget ! The two are tied together.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 3, 2025

But how do you justify spending money on a budgeting tool instead of supplies for an after-school program? Would this investment speed up budgeting, provide more accurate data, or mitigate risk? As a CFO, you know your organization needs to invest in your technology infrastructure. Be sure to clearly lay that out.

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Finance Strategic Plan Proposal Goals 81

Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 13, 2025

Doing More with Less Budget constraints and economic pressures are forcing organizations to stretch their resources. If your organization lacks expertise in grant-seeking, consider consulting professionals or training staff to bolster your efforts. Schedule a complimentary consultation today: www.thinkandinkgrants.com.

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Candid

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Based on my experience as a consultant to nonprofit executive teams and advisor to women pursuing new ways of working, several factors have contributed to the Autonomist movement, especially among Black and brown women in nonprofit leadership roles. My favorite part is choosing who I work with [as] clients and collaborators.”

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Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

Mary Sumners, Vice President of Annual Giving, Kennari Consulting – Mary’s areas of expertise include annual giving strategies, capital campaign management, and board and volunteer committee support. We’ve outgrown our space, we need a bigger endowment fund, we need to serve more people – it’s time for a capital fundraising campaign.

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Readiness Fundraising Nonprofit Budget 98

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Effective grant management goes beyond tracking funds in your CRM its also about budgeting effectively, prioritizing programs that need financial support, and delivering timely reports to grantmakers. Many grantmakers request a proposed budget along with grant applications to show youre thinking about these goals from the start.

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The Fundraising Coach

APRIL 9, 2024

However, developing an optimal fundraising strategy can be challenging, especially when there is already so much on your nonprofit’s plate. A fundraising consultant can identify opportunities for improvement in your existing fundraising plan and build new strategies to advance your nonprofit.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This change affects nonprofit organizations by increasing the overall budget for staff salaries. This change might mean more nonprofits see budget shortfalls in the coming year. Since nonprofit organizations often run on tight budgets, this increase in staff costs will undoubtedly put further strain on already stretched budgets.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 23, 2023

Many agencies hire a grant consultant to start or help grow their grant portfolio. So, what should you expect when you hire a grant consultant? So, what should you expect when you hire a grant consultant? Even so, there are some universal truths that will lead to better success when working with your grant consultant.

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Tony Martignetti

JULY 16, 2023

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.

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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. Budgeting and Financials 5.1 Challenge Creating a detailed and accurate budget that aligns with the grant’s requirements can be complex. Misalignment or errors in the budget can jeopardize your proposal.

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GiveSmart

MARCH 21, 2024

If you’re planning a fundraiser, you’ll need a good budget. A fundraising budget plan is essential to maximizing your profit margins and collecting more funds for your cause. Large, lavish in-person events will naturally need bigger budgets than intimate ones or virtual or hybrid events.

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Peak Proposals

APRIL 3, 2023

Grant proposals have at least two parts: the project narrative and the budget (aka cost proposal). There may not be a division of responsibilities between the cost and narrative proposals at a small nonprofit, leaving the project lead (or the grant writer) to both write the proposal narrative and prepare the budget.

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Center for Major Gifts

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Major donor prospect research is a building block of a well-formed fundraising strategy. Major donor prospect research is the foundational inquiry on which you will base your future fundraising strategy. You cannot rely on gut feelings or a small amount of information. Major donor prospect research runs deep and is an involved process.

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CauseVox

MAY 25, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising activates your supporters to fundraise for you. This plan begins with a strong fundraising toolkit. You’ll come away with the key insights you need to create the best resource to empower your fundraisers to meet their goals. Don’t miss out! Save your seat today for the free webinar.

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Fundraising Strategic Plan Consulting Consulting 96

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 25, 2024

Creating and growing a monthly giving program sets you up for success in donor retention, accurate budget projections, and total annual gifts. DonorPerfect and fundraising consultant Erica Waasdorp joined forces to create the free Monthly Giving Success Kit, so you can build or boost your recurring giving program with confidence.

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Fundly

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

10+ Top Fundraising Consulting Firms: Find the Best Partner! Similarly, when your nonprofit organization has a problem it cant solve on its own, your best bet is to turn to a nonprofit consulting firm! But one of the most common types of consulting nonprofits seek is fundraising consulting.

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GrantNews

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Foundations are funded through donations, wills, bequests, fundraising, earned income, and memberships. Government grants come from tax revenues and budget allocations. Due to the complexity, many applicants turn to professional grant writers or consultants for assistance. Corporations For-profit businesses.

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The Fundraising Coach

MARCH 6, 2024

These interactions can be anything from attending a fundraising event to donating online. In this guide, we’ll explore three ways your nonprofit can inspire these positive feelings among donors through online fundraising. Let’s get started with the most important part of the conversation: choosing effective technology.

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The Fundraising Coach

JUNE 15, 2021

He's been on all sides of a nonprofit - running the fundraising, analyzing nonprofit databases, and consulting to nonprofits. Here, he shares the basics of creating an effective nonprofit fundraising plan. You can see his tweets about nonprofit fundraising, and about Labrador retrievers, by following him on Twitter @TClayBuck.

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Center for Major Gifts

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

You get what you put into fundraising, so paying it the attention it deserves can help your nonprofit reap the financial benefits for years to come. Knowing exactly what you are aiming for as a nonprofit, and which services you would like to provide, can help you develop fundraising targets.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 12, 2024

Creating and growing a monthly giving program sets you up for success in donor retention, accurate budget projections, and total annual gifts. DonorPerfect and fundraising consultant Erica Waasdorp joined forces to create the free Monthly Giving Success Kit, so you can build or boost your recurring giving program with confidence.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

Drafting a fundraising plan can be intimidating, especially if it’s your first time and you have no fundraising plan structure. You see, a good fundraising plan isn’t something you knock out in an afternoon. Your answers will give your fundraising plan structure and allow you to move forward with this important task.

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Sharpshooter Communications

MARCH 30, 2023

No matter what your role -- board member, executive director, grant professional, program staff -- you play a part in making sure that your organization is budgeting for grants. Grants may cost more to secure than other types of fundraising, but they are a vital part of the nonprofit's funding mix.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

When you work in fundraising, the last thing you may think you can do is take time off from work. Fundraising has a round-the-clock urgency, the feeling that you always need to be planning the next campaign, sending a report to a funder, or whipping up social media graphics. How Many Days Should a Fundraiser Take Off?

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