Millionaire Grant Lady

MARCH 3, 2025

While these statements have not been true of the 2025 calendar year through February, this has been the case for decades, and will likely be the case again. If you are ready to get started with a solid grant strategy today that can increase funding for your important work, let me know.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 6, 2021

Download these calendars to get your virtual fundraising event organized and ready to raise more for your cause with confidence and ease. Whether you already have a virtual fundraising event in the works or you’re deep in the brainstorming phase, you’ll need to manage the multitude of tasks on your plate quickly and efficiently.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 13, 2024

Make sure to get your team together well before your next fundraising campaign so you’re ready to roll when the donations come in. Make sure they’re ready to go as soon as the donations come in. Instead of sending the usual generic thank you letter, mail a handwritten card or call your donors. Use stamps, if you can.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 23, 2024

He was facing a significant tax liability if he didn’t get this completed before the calendar rolled into January. This allowed him the complete deduction in that calendar year. Many situations can indicate a donor’s readiness to discuss end-of-year gifts of assets. Needless to say, this created an “all hands-on deck” moment.

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Qgiv

MAY 3, 2023

Fundraising calendars help set your nonprofit up for success for the entire year. A fundraising calendar enables you to keep your goals, campaigns, strategies, and due dates all in one place that your whole team has access to. Another objective you need to define for your fundraising calendar is your awareness goal.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 19, 2023

When you’re ready to launch your campaign, include a blurb on your homepage that says your year-end campaign is underway. Your donors are going to be busy getting ready for turkey day and may not have time to donate that week, but would appreciate a heartfelt thank you from you. Test all links in email messages and social media posts.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 16, 2023

Make sure to get your team together well before your next fundraising campaign so you’re ready to go when the donations come in. Make sure they’re ready to go as soon as the donations come in. Instead of sending the usual generic thank you letter, mail a handwritten card or call your donors. Use stamps, if you can.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Approach this with a learning mindset, vowing to find at least one thing you’ll do a bit differently (if not today, then tomorrow; save the idea and put it on your calendar so you’re sure to revisit it at the appropriate time).

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Ready for your budget to be on track for 2022? Download this valuable calendar to guide you with key tactical insight on budget creation and budget review for every quarter. To help you launch a new successful fiscal year, we’ve crafted a checklist of recommended actions –your prescription for budget success.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

MARCH 4, 2021

First up, a disclaimer: Some of you reading this are not ready for NEA grants. You probably aren’t ready for federal grants at all. Is my organization ready to apply for a NEA grant? If you’ve ever read any of my other articles you probably already know how much importance I place on being “grant ready”.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 22, 2025

When your organization hasnt yet built a base of individual giving, and youre simply not ready. Download your free 2025 Fundraising Calendar for the tools and strategies to see your mission through any crisis! Things like focusing solely on growing your major donor program. How will your nonprofit stay abreast of trends?

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

But heres the good news: 2025 can be the perfect year to strengthen your donor retention with clear goals , a well-thought-out fundraising calendar , a killer fundraising campaign and a refined donor retention strategy to help you keep your supporters year-round. Lets make this happen. What is Donor Retention?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Outline your campaign plan, and ask them to mark their calendars and spread the word in their networks. If you're working with a specific partner for #GivingTuesday, you should have a joint marketing plan ready to deploy. Call Your Partners.

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Clairification

JULY 3, 2023

Ready to declare your independence from the pandemic of overloaditis ? And #4 is a really good project to put on your calendar this week for some date in the coming month, making a commitment to decluttering. It’s a highly contagious epidemic, from which no one is immune. Are you showing any symptoms? Or pick your favorite!

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Strategic Grants

MARCH 25, 2025

As always, for our Grants Expertise Management System (GEMS) subscribers, your calendar will be updated by our Research Team with any new or updated funding opportunities relevant to your sector and you will receive an automatic email alert. Our round-up is below, plus links to additional budget resources.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 9, 2025

Missing Items: Have all documentation ready and attached before you submit. GrantWatch offers a Personalized Grants Calendar that helps you easily keep track and monitor your grants. In fact, you might even need a grant writer. Format Guidelines: Always follow the funder’s guidelines. Check and double check every item.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 26, 2021

Here are 5 reasons why you should keep virtual fundraising events on your calendar: . Yet, having a virtual event on calendar, you’re able to secure vendors and create video conference lines in a matter of minutes. Ready to start planning your own virtual fundraising event? Check out these additional resources: .

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The Fundraiser Coach

MAY 8, 2024

Here’s how I began to ensure a smoother transition from one busy week to the next, keeping my energy positive and my mind clear, ready to help donors change the world. Time for Deep Work on projects or tasks that require uninterrupted time deserve to have a 1-2 hour block of time from your calendar when needed.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Start with a Social Media Editorial Calendar In order to plan out your social media, you first need to create an editorial calendar. An editorial calendar is basically just a content map or a guide that helps you map out your nonprofit’s content (including social media) for the year. Don’t let this term scare you.

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Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The client felt confident putting the funder on their own grant calendar for the upcoming year, allowing me to focus my time on another funding priority because they were sure that the foundation would continue its support. Competency #2: Knowledge of organizational development as it pertains to grant readiness; Skill 2.1:

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JUNE 18, 2024

They’re on your website ready to give. A communications calendar will help you with this. If this is not a good experience for her, then I think you know what will or won’t happen. The Giving Experience Congratulations, someone has decided to donate to your nonprofit. Since most people give online, I’ll focus on that first.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar, it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan—and stick to it. You can start with a soft ask, or if you’re feeling ready, dive right into full solicitation. Ready to get started building your own year-end fundraising calendar?

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 23, 2024

When you’re ready to launch your campaign, include a blurb on your homepage that says your year-end campaign is underway. Your donors are going to be busy getting ready for turkey day and may not have time to donate that week, but would appreciate a heartfelt thank you from you. You also run the risk of someone not donating at all.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2023

If your financial calendar resets on July 1, you will no doubt already be working hard to ensure that budgets are met, reports are submitted, and you're ready for the next fiscal year. For many nonprofits, the end of the fiscal year is fast approaching.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 3, 2024

Are you ready for a reset? Better yet, is your grant strategy ready for a reset? My process starts with gathering essential materials including: (1) Agency’s updated strategic plan, (2) Agency’s updated annual budget, and (3) Last year’s grant calendar. It’s January. I am just hunching here, but I think the answer may be “yes!”

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 24, 2024

Protip: Grant application data and goals should be based on fiscal years or calendar years (whichever is more appropriate for your organization). Grant Writing Mistake Solution: 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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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

After all, planned gifts are a little awkward to bring up at first, and theyre highly individualwhen the time is right for one donor to consider creating a bequest, theres no guarantee that others will be ready, too. Build your promotion calendar around these times, and youll be sure to catch more attention and inspire action.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 15, 2014

Today I'd like to help you decide if your organization is ready to make the change. My goal here isn't to sell either of these options, it is to help your organization decide if you are ready to move yourself to Office 365 and what kind of support you might need if you are not.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

Here are 8 fundraising tools that should be sharpened and ready to go in your fundraising toolkit. You must have stories ready to share about people whose lives have been significantly impacted by the work your nonprofit does. People will check you out online before they make a gift, so be ready for them. Clear, magnetic BHAG.

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GiveSmart

APRIL 2, 2025

Momentive wants to help your nonprofit analyze donor behavior so you can better build lasting donor relationships and make your organization future-ready and adaptive. The unmatched networking opportunities with peers, industry leaders, and vendor partners are reason enough to add this event in the Emerald City to your calendar.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Aside from the normal holiday hullabaloo, you’re also busy planning fundraisers and engagement opportunities to round out your organization’s calendar year. Instead, give yourself a solid 4-6 week time frame (pre-December) to hammer down your year-end fundraising details so you’re ready to go on kickoff day.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 3, 2025

Download Our Free Fundraising Plan & Calendar Template: Why Do You Need a Fundraising Strategy? Are you ready to create a great fundraising plan? Follow these 11 must-do steps to ensure your fundraising plan is ready. Download your free nonprofit fundraising and calendar plan here.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2023

And plan out your year-end appeal so you’re ready to go the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Once you have your Asks planned out for the Fall, lay out your content calendar. If you start now, you have plenty of time to warm up your biggest supporters so that when they receive your Fall appeal, they’re ready to give.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

If you can find 10 good grant leads — we can usually find at least 10 hot leads when we do grant research for our clients—then you can fill your grant calendar and keep your grant pipeline full all year long. Create a calendar of Asks. And there is nothing wrong with using a paper desk calendar, if that’s your jam.

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Blackbaud

JULY 17, 2024

Then mark your calendars for bbcon 2024, happening September 24–26 in Seattle, Washington. Ready to Register? Calling all K–12 educators and administrators! Are you looking to squeeze the most out of your Blackbaud software?

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amplifi

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Consider targeting donors who have already given more than once during a calendar year. LEARN MORE: Are you ready to launch a monthly giving program? You should prioritize your communications for donors who are most likely to enroll in your monthly giving program. Dont miss out on payments. This one is important.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

So don't be nervous — we're ready to create amazing tech training and networking events in your community! If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Find your closest NetSquared group. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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