Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Youre applying for a grant that asks you to submit an audit report along with your proposal to demonstrate your nonprofits good financial standing. This is also a good time to hammer out the details of your contract for working together before you finalize it and make it binding. Issue an RFP. Meet with your top choice.

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The Fundraising Coach

APRIL 9, 2024

A fundraising consultant can identify opportunities for improvement in your existing fundraising plan and build new strategies to advance your nonprofit. In this guide, we’ll cover five simple steps to hire the perfect fundraising consultant for your nonprofit. Read up on consulting services. Secure your board’s buy-in.

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Blue Avocado

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Try a consultant with no guardrails. Little did I know that a consultant was overseeing the celebratory event and saw it as “her baby.” It turns out that the consultant not only never followed up with me about greenlighting the document — it never went out. Months later, the consultant again went catatonic for about six weeks.

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Fundly

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

10+ Top Fundraising Consulting Firms: Find the Best Partner! Similarly, when your nonprofit organization has a problem it cant solve on its own, your best bet is to turn to a nonprofit consulting firm! But one of the most common types of consulting nonprofits seek is fundraising consulting.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

A quick consultation with Tech Impact will evaluate whether your nonprofit or foundation can benefit from outsourcing its IT. Tech Impact will do a review of your current IT environment, and then follow the interview with a detailed implementation proposal including a pricing assessment of monthly rates for migrating to managed IT support.

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Sharpshooter Communications

MARCH 30, 2023

Consider hiring a qualified consultant to handle your grant seeking activity. An excellent contracted grant professional can handle the bulk of the grant work, freeing your staff to do mission-critical tasks. Grants may cost more to secure than other types of fundraising, but they are a vital part of the nonprofit's funding mix.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 22, 2024

Complete the application in ninety days, and we will present your proposal at the next board meeting.” Providing this guidance at the start ensures that grant proposals have the right expertise at the table, and the proposed work is vetted be the most appropriate staff at your organization. A decision tree is a great first step.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

Early career experiences supporting corporate responses to competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) opportunities for business contracts provided insights into how to read, understand, and respond to RFPs. This process is timely when conducted shortly after submission (when proposal team members have the best recall).

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 20, 2024

How an HR Consultant Can Help Even with the right strategies in your back pocket, making substantial and sustainable changes to your nonprofit’s internal culture may still feel daunting. That’s where an HR consultant can help! An HR consultant is an outside expert in all things HR, and many work specifically with nonprofits.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Well, if the M&G rate is capped at 10% but your organization’s M&G rate is 20%, then you should be aware that only half of the project’s M&G will be funded (if you are awarded the contract, that is). M&G is not a problem to be solved after the proposal has been submitted and approved.

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2024

How an HR Consultant Can Help Even with the right strategies in your back pocket, making substantial and sustainable changes to your nonprofit’s internal culture may still feel daunting. That’s where an HR consultant can help! An HR consultant is an outside expert in all things HR, and many work specifically with nonprofits.

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iGrantWriters

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Eligibility Proposers must be affiliated with an institution at nspires.nasaprs.com/ and, in general, NASA provides funding only to US institutions. that propose on the basis of a policy of no-exchange-of-funds; consult the Guidebook for Proposers ([link] for specific details. Organizations outside the U.S. participants.

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Sharpshooter Communications

AUGUST 20, 2021

Here are ten steps to help you focus your idea and start turning it into a winning grant proposal. This proposed program will use that model. This includes people, supplies, equipment, training, travel, technology, consultants, buildings, communications, etc.) Never assume a grantor will share your vision. Or even understand it.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 30, 2024

Well, if the M&G rate is capped at 10% but your organization’s M&G rate is 20%, then you should be aware that only half of the project’s M&G will be funded (if you are awarded the contract, that is). M&G is not a problem to be solved after the proposal has been submitted and approved.

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Peak Proposals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

While there’s lots of grant writing to be done and knowing how to write a grant is a valued skill in the nonprofit sector, there’s a big difference between occasionally writing a grant proposal and working as a full-time grant writer. However, what you are doing most of the time is contributing to a proposal as one of several writers.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2017

Get Multiple Proposals for Large New IT Purchases. It is highly recommended, regardless of whether or not you have an MSP, that you always get three proposals for any solution you require. This also helps to ensure that those you contract to do work for you always provide you with the best possible service.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 18, 2024

Each applicant must provide evidence of its legal capacity to contract with the Rural Utilities Service to obtain the grant and comply with all applicable requirements, in accordance with 7 CFR part 1734.4(a). Proposal deadline is April 29, 2024. They are very helpful resources to consult as you think through your project design.

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Peak Proposals

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Handling your existing grants and contracts well is one of the best predictors of your ability to secure grant funding in the future. Setting Realistic Expectations Your grant strategy needs to be realistic on all fronts, from the number of proposals you think you can submit to anticipated award values.

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Peak Proposals

MAY 13, 2021

Introduction to Content Libraries A content library is a storage site where you save different types of content, including templates, excerpts from documents such as proposals and reports, and even audio and video clips. Nonprofits frequently collect and reuse boilerplate that addresses typical proposal requirements.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

APRIL 16, 2023

As grant writers, we know that delivering successful grant proposals for our clients is crucial to their success. By meeting with your clients, you can have a clear understanding of their goals and objectives and can craft a compelling grant proposal that meets their needs.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

While some organizations do have the capacity and expertise, many need to contract with an external evaluator for one or several reasons. Alternatively, you can develop a request for proposals (RFP), send it out to everyone in the pool, and then review the proposals to find the evaluator with the best fit.

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Grant Geek

DECEMBER 29, 2021

We offer free registration setup with our contracted services. . There can be more than 100 pages of instructions in a Request for Proposal (RFP). The consultant should understand the organization’s mission and have suggestions about expanding it for additional funding. Documents you will need: IRS Letter of Determination.

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Peak Proposals

MAY 13, 2021

May 13, 2021 INTRODUCTION TO CONTENT LIBRARIES A content library is a storage site where you save different types of content, including templates, excerpts from documents such as proposals and reports, and even audio and video clips. Nonprofits frequently collect and reuse boilerplate that addresses typical proposal requirements.

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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. There’s sick days built into your contract.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

finance staff, grant writers, program staff, consultants, and grant administrators). These indirect costs can be allocated to grant proposals. NGMA divides the grant lifecycle into three phases: pre-award, award, and post-award. A grant manager is anyone involved in the management and administration of a grant (e.g.,

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Peak Proposals

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Strong grant proposals are well written and reflect an understanding of the funder’s interests. Someone who writes well can be a good grant writer with practice, and someone with not-so-great writing skills—but who is very knowledgeable about the proposed project—can become a better writer. Grant writing. Grant management.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Drafting the Evaluation Budget Your first step in drafting an evaluation budget is to consult with finance staff and program staff. Finance staff familiar with contracts and procurement may be able to pass along cost-cutting information.

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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 28, 2021

Grant Gopher , an affordable database that costs $9/month and does not require an annual contract, is an example of a database that focuses on grant opportunities. Additionally, Peak Proposals has partnered with GrantStation to be able to offer our readers a major discount on GrantStation annual subscriptions (the lowest price we’ve seen).

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Grant Writer Team

OCTOBER 16, 2024

But finding the right corporate grants and crafting a tailored proposal requires expertise and hiring a grant writer can save you time while increasing your chances of success. If your business can partner with or complement their goals, you might be eligible for a grant.

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Grant Writer Team

JANUARY 9, 2025

However, the total average cost for a grant proposal is about $1,500. Because of this, grant-seekers must pay for a grant writer in advance before the proposal is submitted. The grant writer is responsible for outlining payment arrangements in the work contract. Do your Research – Know when you don’t know.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JANUARY 2, 2024

Having written grant proposals since dinosaurs walked the earth (mid-70s, but close enough), the process remains relatively the same, except now we use computers instead of a legal pad* and the Internet instead of endless trips to the library. As 2023 has stumbled to a close, a grant writing post-mortem is in order.

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