Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Year to Date As you review the year so far, review your metrics to illustrate the excellent work you and your team completed. In addition to the successes, thoughtful consideration of the challenges faced can help you gain insights into areas where you need more training or different systems to ensure smoother grant processes.

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 13, 2025

Doing More with Less Budget constraints and economic pressures are forcing organizations to stretch their resources. This begins with defining your metrics of success before the project even starts. If your organization lacks expertise in grant-seeking, consider consulting professionals or training staff to bolster your efforts.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Key practices include setting clear objectives, analyzing metrics, and celebrating successes to foster accountability andmorale. Quantify results: Use metrics like satisfaction scores, participation rates, and budget comparisons to identify patterns. Identify trends: Look for recurring issues or standout successes.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Capacity Building Grants often fund training and development efforts, helping organizations to grow and improve their services. Budget Details how funding should be allocated. Budget A detailed account of the financial resources needed, including direct and indirect costs. Objectives Outlines the goals the grant aims to achieve.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Evaluation Plan : A strategy for assessing the success of the project, including metrics to measure impact. Budgeting and Financial Reporting Accurate budgeting and financial reporting are vital components of grant writing. A detailed budget outlines how funds will be allocated and ensures transparency and accountability.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Capacity Building Grants can provide resources for training, staffing, and development, enhancing the organization’s overall capability to fulfill its mission. This involves strategic budgeting and financial planning, as well as implementing thorough reporting and accountability measures.

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Just Write Grants

JUNE 30, 2023

Most nonprofit professionals would agree that's child's play compared to managing a nonprofit's grant budget. I'm sharing seven practical and actionable strategies to maximize your grant budget, ensuring each dollar works towards fostering positive transformation. Establish clear metrics and benchmarks to gauge progress and impact.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

APRIL 14, 2023

I knew I would love the conversation the second I learned she attended Dr. Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead training, but I didn’t know that Julie had her own experiences that I related to. I called the officer, discussed the issue, put together a needed budget amendment, and got permission from the funder – who told us to get moving.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

These funds may be used for training staff, improving technology, or developing strategic plans. Budget A clear, itemized budget outlining how funds will be used efficiently. Be Realistic : Set achievable goals and present a realistic budget.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 21, 2024

Goals and Metrics What does success look like? Document the specific goals you plan to accomplish, including any key performance metrics (KPIs) you’ll use to measure success. For your fund accounting implementation , your goals might include a target launch date, staff training, and the ability to pull relevant reports faster.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

from 2016–2018 and added a number of financial metrics to the spreadsheet. If your organization’s annual budget is less than $1 million, make the tone of your mission statement as positive as possible. We also downloaded their IRS Form 990s?from Study 1: How sad is your nonprofit mission statement?

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The NonProfit Times

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

NCOA President & CEO Ramsey Alwin said the “mysterious process” was about six months in the making, having received a request to share information about its work, mission and social impact metrics. “We We didn’t know where it was coming from,” she said in a Zoom interview with The NonProfit Times today.

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Greater Giving

JULY 5, 2024

Budget constraints: In-person events tend to require a large budget; however, sponsors and exhibitors can help offset the cost. You might need to conduct training sessions beforehand to prepare your staff and volunteers for a smooth event experience. Hybrid events could add the cost of technical equipment to in-person costs.

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Candid

MARCH 25, 2024

One of the first things you need to do, then, is to detail your expenses in a budget and determine what is eligible for grant funding. Not only do you need to explain what you’ve accomplished, you also need to provide metrics and/or anecdotal evidence that your programs are making a difference.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 22, 2024

What you do as a successful individual giving officer is, sit in front of a blinking cursor and a screen full of empty boxes that ask for outcome metrics. There are attachment upload buttons for unasked-for resumes, not-yet-created project budgets, and audits that must live somewhere.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Considering that most nonprofits seeking grant funding have limited budgets, it is vital to their fundraising goals to ensure that they are utilizing their resources as efficiently as possible to ensure their best possible chances of success. The metrics and criteria section details the anticipated impact of the project’s goals.

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The Fundraising Coach

JUNE 15, 2021

A thoroughly developed plan is based upon history, supports the budget and financial needs, and lays out aspirations for stretch goals. Ideally your budget will be based on the same information, particularly on your key metrics – and it’s absolutely critical that fundraising be at the table and part of the budgeting discussion.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

Next, consider what audience learnings you can surface using your nonprofit’s marketing analytics, such as email engagement metrics, website traffic measures, and social media performance. Ask yourself: Do you have the budget and bandwidth to invest into this project?

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Working with a lean budget means even the slightest unexpected expense can create a stressful situation. Lead a Revenue-Wise Strategy Session As a financial leader, you touch all areas of your nonprofit organization through budgeting, forecasting, and expense management. So many nonprofits found 2023 to be particularly stressful.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2016

The most effective dashboard solutions are intuitive and visually dynamic; they present an accessible real-time look into a range of metrics. The board can access specific goals, updates on revenue and key performance indicators (KPIs), and a range of metrics related to progress toward longer-term goals. Train Diligently.

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Metrics Nonprofit Training Goals 61

The Fundraising Coach

APRIL 12, 2023

Create a Detailed Campaign Budget Your organization creates an annual budget to help determine your overarching financial health and goals. Create a Detailed Campaign Budget Your organization creates an annual budget to help determine your overarching financial health and goals. Are within your predetermined budget.

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Candid

MAY 7, 2024

These inputs are discussed in the project description and budget sections of your proposal. One or two metrics in clear, simple language It’s tempting to include as much material as possible in hopes of making a stronger case, but it’s best to keep it simple. Activities: Here you describe the daily work of the program.

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Just Write Grants

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Implement regular financial training and provide clear reports tailored to non-financial individuals. Engagement can be measured by their involvement in budget reviews and their ability to fundraise, ensuring they actively contribute to the nonprofit's financial stability.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 6, 2015

At every level , colleagues in various positions will need to participate in best practices, training, and tracking to make the shift successful. One way to foster this begins with open dialogue discussions for staff to ask questions, surveys to learn about attitudes and pre-existing skill level, staff-wide training, and dedicated staff time.

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Just Write Grants

JUNE 26, 2024

Arts & Culture: Discover funding for programs that promote artistic expression, such as theater productions, visual arts workshops, and musical instrument training. Budget Brackets: Grants come in various sizes. Utilize budget filters to find grants that match your program's funding needs, maximizing your chances of success.

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Center for Major Gifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

If not, are you willing to invest in training or hire specialists? Hiring or Training Planned Giving Specialists Depending on your organization’s size and resources, you may need to hire specialized staff or train existing team members. How much should we budget for starting a planned giving program?

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Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Campaign Performance Metrics: Metrics such as click-through rates, email open rates, and event attendance provide a window into the effectiveness of outreachefforts. Metrics such as the number of beneficiaries served, or funds raised in previous campaigns demonstrate organizational impact on potential funders.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 20, 2024

This section should also outline how the project will be evaluated—detail the metrics for success and the methods for assessing progress towards the stated outcomes. Budget: A clear and detailed budget is essential to assure funders that their money will be spent wisely.

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The Fundraising Coach

DECEMBER 3, 2024

You may assume that low-budget, DIY branding makes your nonprofit seem like an underdog worth rooting for, but actually, a poorly made website gives the impression that you dont have a focused, long-term strategy for sustained success and impact.

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Grant Consulting Services

AUGUST 31, 2023

Like Dr. Miranda Wojciechowski said (2023), “ The grant proposal and its many components, such as the workplan, objectives, evaluation metrics, and budget, will serve as the blueprint for measuring post-award progress and set important perimeters for project completion.”

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As the number of students we taught rose and tenure-track faculty left, they were replaced with wonderful, intelligent, highly-trained contingent faculty with heavy teaching loads, by-the-course or one-year contracts, and little to no support for equipment, materials, or professional development. Plus, it was a toxic, dangerous workplace.)

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GiveSmart

MARCH 25, 2024

In this role, you’ll also need to facilitate strong relationships at every level, whether training fundraisers on using the organization’s brand or implementing communication tools like messaging platforms and audience segmentation. The nonprofit executive director’s job goes far beyond their personal communications.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

JULY 9, 2024

Budgeting Estimate the costs involved in running the fundraiser, including materials, marketing expenses, and any other operational costs. Having a budget helps manage expenses and ensures that the fundraiser remains profitable. Resource Availability Assess your available resources, including volunteers, budget, and time.

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iGrantWriters

JANUARY 25, 2022

Developing and sustaining such a dynamic CI workforce presents challenges that are similar across science and engineering research and education fields, such as implementing effective institutional and on-the-job training and refreshing skills to keep up with evolving software, technologies, platforms, and application requirements [1].

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2023

Your organization probably generates and collects a lot of data, and AI-powered data analytics tools can help you gain insights into donor behavior, program outcomes, and other key metrics. Here’s a few things to be aware of: Potential biases – AI algorithms are only as good as the data that is used to train them.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

With Bloomerang , nonprofits can track and measure the metrics that matter most to them, including donor retention, major gift prospect numbers, and corporate giving totals. Follow these six steps to help make a final decision: Determine your budget. Train team members on how to use your CRM.

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The Fundraising Coach

APRIL 9, 2024

Some other common services include: Fundraising solutions Strategic planning Communications Board and staff training Along with the services consultants provide, you’ll also want to consider the following factors: Founding philosophies: Ensure a prospective consultant’s mission and values align with your own. Communicate and sign.

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