Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Nonprofit storytelling is effective for increasing funding and engagement for several reasons. This is not the time to discuss the administrative minutiae about how the food was transported or the intricate process you go through to match volunteer tutors and students. Why is Storytelling an Effective Tactic for Fundraising?

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Center for Major Gifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

If you’re ready to go beyond annual giving and unlock a more sustainable future through legacy gifts, read on. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the entire process of starting a planned giving program. Bequests A bequest is simply a term for a gift made through a will.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2012

Those were the subjects of an afternoon panel today at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. In addition, organizations might not realize that by receiving government funding, they can become a target for "bad actors" in media and politics. "I see dirty tricks all the time. Future Threats.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 18, 2024

Guest post by: Jeff Bauknecht | Grants Manager | The Museum of Flight Who decides which grants to pursue or to let pass by? Who determines which projects will receive grant-funded support? I spent the next seven years raising funds for a national healthcare nonprofit known for its awesome Labor Day telethon and enjoyed every day of it.

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Grant Consulting Services

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

As previously mentioned, effective funding research increases your chances of securing grants by targeting the right funders and helps you save time and resources when focusing on the most promising opportunities. Pre-application requirements: Mandatory letters of intent or pre-proposals can indicate that the funder expects high interest.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 23, 2024

Getting your CFRE certificate is a process through which you can learn even more critical skills to enhance your professional work. Passing the CFRE exam demonstrates you’ve done the work necessary and have the skills to develop relationships with donors, increase volunteer engagement, and lead a team of skilled fundraisers.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

” “The conversation easily gets off-track, and before you know it, 30 minutes have passed and we haven’t even discussed important business because we’ve gotten off on a tangent again.” Ask Susan to take the lead role and guide the meeting through the agenda. ” “Nobody shows up on time.

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Planned Giving

OCTOBER 5, 2024

This leads me to believe there’s one of two things going on at these nonprofits: They have a line on an alternative source of funding that’s so plentiful it will soon solve all their problems and sustain their mission for generations to come, but they’re not sharing. The folks in charge simply don’t understand math.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

On April 16-18, 2023, 3,600+ fundraising professionals descended on New Orleans, LA for AFP ICON’s 63 rd annual conference, the largest turnout in six years. Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z all share an interest in engaging with organizations through peer-to-peer fundraising.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

Carnegie Corporation’s Loretta Harris recently found out how strangely easy it is to get Microsoft donations through TechSoup. It has great discussion boards, hosts webinars, provides Gartner IT research, and organizes a big annual conference. I mean… don’t foundations have plenty of funding?

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 16, 2019

Since the beginning of the year, several of you have emailed me asking about conferences to attend in 2019. I don't really like attending conferences. I like to say that conference are for people who don't read. The good news is that you can still "attend" a conference and benefit from the networking and learning.

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Tom Ahern

AUGUST 7, 2023

Locals can reach the "2nd most influential city on earth" (as Forbes ranked it, 2014) by paying a fare and — if they give to the Katonah Village Library — passing their time onboard reading the latest issue of a fascinating donor newsletter carefully built atop the well-tested Domain Formula. Here's the latest issue, all 4 pages. Case closed.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

a][b] Every incoming administration in recent decades has engaged in some form of programmatic pause and review with the expressed aim of reshaping grant and loan funding to be aligned with their policy preferences. through OMB Memo M-25-13 issued on January 27, 2025. Can a President unilaterally reduce appropriated funds?

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In early 1981, I went to Washington DC for a NAHRO (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials) conference and some lobbying on the Hill. Keep in mind that both Democrats and Republicans love to fund grant programs, albeit often for different priorities. Congress has yet to pass any FY ’25 (the new FY started Oct.

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