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Grant Writing Mistake Part 5: Constantly Changing Data

Millionaire Grant Lady

Common questions in a grant proposal ask about the demographics of the people you serve, how many people you serve, or the impact of your programs. Protip: Grant application data and goals should be based on fiscal years or calendar years (whichever is more appropriate for your organization).

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This Week in the Learning Center: Calendars for Your Website

Tech Soup

This week, we decided to revisit an older article, Free, Easy Ways to Add a Calendar to Your Website. Idealware's excellent report on the big four open-source CMSes (Drupal, Plone, Wordpress, and Joomla) noted that only Plone offers a calendar function out-of-the-box, but the other three support additional calendar modules.

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Why defining BIPOC-led is harder than you think

Candid

When organizations fill out Candid’s demographic form, we specifically ask for information about how people publicly identify. As for Candid, we believe that the best way we can support the thousands of organizations that rely on us for demographic data is to not impose a single definition on a diverse sector.

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What it takes to be more data driven

Candid

Candid and the Center collaborated to encourage Center members to update their profiles with enough information to earn a Gold Seal, which requires organizations to share demographic information about their leadership. They also received a downloadable file of all the demographic data available in GuideStar. .

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How to Create A Holistic Nonprofit Digital Marketing Plan

Pamela Grow

Demographics. Once you’ve decided on your digital marketing channels and how you’ll use them to appeal to your target audience, it’s time to create a content calendar that encompasses a variety of attention-grabbing formats. Do many of your donors prefer receiving updates on social media? Plan a variety of engaging content.

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The overhead myth: crash course to fundraising transparency

Candid

Keep the following suggestions in mind to create a strong financial foundation for your nonprofit: Plan a robust fundraising calendar that incorporates both online and offline strategies. Work with a nonprofit accountant to create an ironclad budget and stick to it.

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Removing cost as a barrier to nonprofit training 

Candid

The above Candid trainings are only a sampling of the many learning experiences we offer; we are constantly adding to our course calendar to provide new and valuable opportunities. We felt it was important to launch these efforts now as early steps towards making good on our commitment to promote more equitable practices across our sector.

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