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5 Revenue Streams to Strengthen Nonprofit Sustainability

Ann Green's Nonprofit

This is especially important now because of the current chaos of eliminating (and then not eliminating, at least for now) federal grant funding. Create an event calendar to plan the timing of each fundraiser, including time before and after for event planning and follow-up. Automating communications to retain recurring donors.

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Fasten Your Seat Belts! 2025 Will Be a Bumpy Ride…Here’s Help!

Pamela Grow

of new donors are being retained year-to-date, and even repeat donor retention decreased by 4.6%. Staffing The National Council of Nonprofitsreports that nonprofits around the country are reporting significant challenges retaining staff and filling vacancies. Fundraising has been showing troubling trends for a while now. Only 13.8%

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6 Things to Consider When Hiring a Grant Writer…Maybe a Grant Consultant is a Better Fit

Millionaire Grant Lady

Hiring a grant writer is one of the most important decisions a nonprofit can make. 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.

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Introducing Elevate’s Ongoing Writer Retainer Service

Elevate

Just the grants, please! Picture It: Grant Writing Nightmares! Everything is going swimmingly…until the day your indispensable grant writer sheepishly asks to schedule some catch-up time on your calendar. Nightmare 1: Imagine, you are the Director of a nonprofit’s small but mighty Development Team.

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WARNING: Four trends that will shake nonprofits in 2024. Here’s how to pivot…

Pamela Grow

Staffing The National Council of Nonprofits reports that “nonprofits around the country are reporting significant challenges retaining staff and filling vacancies. Your emotional case for support drives all donor communications, from grant proposals to web copy to fundraising appeals. Clay Buck said it best in this tweet from 2022.

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Fasten Your Seat Belts! 2025 Will Be a Bumpy Ride…Here’s Help!

Pamela Grow

of new donors are being retained year-to-date, and even repeat donor retention decreased by 4.6%. Staffing The National Council of Nonprofitsreports that nonprofits around the country are reporting significant challenges retaining staff and filling vacancies. Fundraising has been showing troubling trends for a while now. Only 13.8%

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How to Put Together Your Annual Fundraising Plan

Qgiv

It’s a good idea to put together an annual fundraising calendar to include with the plan that details when things are happening and who is responsible for making them happen. The starting point to your annual fundraising plan is determining how much your nonprofit needs to raise in the upcoming calendar year to provide its services.