Blackbaud

MARCH 3, 2025

In the nonprofit sector, both time and money are always limited so you have to strike the right balance between mission-oriented activities and backend operations. Some nonprofits had to drive printed checks around town collecting signatures, while others had already transitioned most of their vendors to electronic and automatic payments.

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Grant Writer Team

MAY 23, 2024

In today’s fast-paced world, most established businesses and nonprofits hire professional grant writers to get the funding they need. Businesses and nonprofits need grant writers who are versatile enough to handle any proposal. Grant Consultants are currently trending. So, what’s all the hubbub? What’s in a Name?

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Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Grant writing is a vital skill for local nonprofits seeking funding to support their missions. In an increasingly competitive landscape, it is essential to present compelling proposals that stand out and resonate with potential funders. By staying informed about industry changes, you ensure your proposals are relevant and timely.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JANUARY 29, 2025

This is a shame, because they might be interested in your program if they ever got the chance to hear about your work and review your proposal. If you want to find better grant opportunities for your nonprofit, there are some important things to know first. The Almighty Algorithm What is a grant database? What is a grant database?

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The Grantsmanship Center

JANUARY 9, 2024

Category: Proposal Writing and Grantseeking Before campaign advisors, spin doctors, influencers or ad men, there was the Greek philosopher, Aristotle. As proposal writers, we sometimes get lost in the weeds of data, logic models, detailed methods and other granular stuff. The first of these is ethos. funders) might not listen.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

But as a nonprofit professional, you dont have to feel this fear regarding your organizations audits! Audits are actually essential to build a strong managerial and financial foundation for your nonprofit. In this guide, youll learn four key things you need to understand about audits as a nonprofit professional. Lets dive in!

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 8, 2024

As grant directors, managers, and writers you need to understand what you are writing about in your proposals, especially if you aren’t involved directly in the project or program development. Are you prepared to remind those who hold the answers – or the planning process – that you both want the same thing – a strong proposal?

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Just Write Grants

JANUARY 27, 2025

Over the past few years, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have taken center stage in nonprofit work, influencing how organizations operate, advocate, and secure funding. However, recent political and cultural shifts have brought new challenges and opportunities to the DEI landscape, creating uncertainty for nonprofits.

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Gail Perry Group

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Written by Gina Vaughn, Managing Consultant at Gail Perry Group. Other Nonprofit Sectors : Experienced noticeable decreases in giving. Gina Vaughn is Managing Consultant at Gail Perry Group. In 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which significantly altered the U.S. Keep sharing those amazing stories.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MARCH 3, 2025

As you are building your nonprofit, most nonprofits early on come to understand that they must increase their funding so they can serve more people, serve the community, and do all the things that they got into this industry to do. As you are building revenue sources, you need to focus on diversifying funding sources.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 20, 2025

The state of nonprofit grants is in flux in 2025, as a U.S. Over 35,000 nonprofits rely on government grants for over half their total revenue. If your organization relies partially or heavily on grant funding to stay in business, reevaluate your grant writing and management approach to ensure more of your proposals are accepted.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 25, 2024

It’s important to create a problem or needs statement before you write an effective proposal. To that end, we hope the following information helps you to better understand its importance when preparing your grant proposal. The functionality of your problem or needs statement is as the primary driver of your grant proposal.

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The Grantsmanship Center

MARCH 27, 2025

Category: Proposal Writing and Grantseeking We've written the proposal. Yet if the readers mind wanders after a few minutes, or worse they yawn our proposal may be in trouble. Consider repeating that approach in each section of your proposal. Patty Wolfe is an independent consultant to nonprofit organizations.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Grant writing is a vital skill for nonprofits, artists, and educators in Atlanta, aimed at securing funding to enhance community projects and initiatives. Whether you are a novice or looking to refine your skills, the art of crafting compelling grant proposals can make all the difference in funding your vision.

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Candid

JULY 13, 2023

Nonprofit work means paperwork. While Candid is working to reduce that burden broadly, here is one specific way we are trying to help: by providing sample grant proposal documents. There are four major documents that you may need to create if your nonprofit is looking for funding. Other times, it serves as the entire proposal.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2022

Technology is an essential building block of any nonprofit organization, but finding the funding to allow you to build your tech infrastructure can be frustrating.

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Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

At Think and Ink Grant Consulting, we emphasize the importance of stewardship. Stewardship in grant writing means maintaining an ongoing connection with funders, updating them on your organization’s progress, and demonstrating your impact long before submitting a grant proposal. I’ll explain everything in our proposal.”

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Grant writing is a critical component of nonprofit fundraising, but it often comes with its own set of challenges. Understanding and addressing these common pain points can significantly enhance your nonprofit’s success in securing grants. Misunderstanding these requirements can lead to disqualified proposals.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Digitally mature nonprofits are, in fact, 3.5 Make Progress and Stay Organized with Project Management When I joined the foundation in 2019, I met Warren Campbell, a wonderful database consultant and project manager with Campbell Consulting LLC. And, since we like each other, generally we have a good time for about 30 minutes.

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Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

Supporting Community Development and Social Justice Initiatives Many grants specifically target nonprofit organizations engaged in community services, education, and social justice initiatives. Churches that demonstrate a strong community service component in their grant proposals can find success in these funding avenues.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For federal grants, the Request for Proposals will usually include a timeline and date by which the applicants will be notified. Because of how long the process takes, many nonprofits become discouraged, feel intimidated, and give up applying altogether. If your nonprofit needs more funding (and what nonprofit doesn’t?),

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Grant writing is a critical skill for securing funding for nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, businesses, and individuals. Complexity of the Grant Proposal Simple applications for smaller grants may take 10-20 hours. Complex government or multi-partner proposals can require over 100 hours. Lets explore these: 1.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Introduction to Foundation Grants Importance of Grants for Nonprofit Organizations Grants play a vital role in the financial sustainability of nonprofit organizations. Without grants, many nonprofits would struggle to maintain operations or expand their reach to those in need.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 17, 2025

It does not change profit margins or a nonprofit’s mission impact. Nonprofit organizations that minimize or fail to recognize cultures important role will limit their ability to move their mission and organization forward. Five Organizational Culture Myths Myth #1: Organizational Culture is an abstract concept.

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The Grantsmanship Center

MARCH 5, 2025

Category: Program Planning and Design Proposal Writing and Grantseeking The heart of program planning is problem analysis. What does this problem mean for the people we propose to serve? should stimulate a discussion about what the impact of the problem on the people we propose to serve. Then ask, so what?

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Every grant your nonprofit secures is a step toward growing its impact. To help ensure each grant drives meaningful change, this guide will explore ways grant management influences your nonprofits finances and how to optimize the process for greater impact. Use your nonprofits operating budget as a foundation.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Know what they fund and what matters most to them and know who you are as a nonprofit and what your funding priorities are. Alice Rossignol, Nonprofit Consultant Avoid AI Shortcuts and Put Yourself in the Donor’s Shoes Some suggest grant writing can be done by AI. Know your prospective funder in depth! Your Voice Matters!

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 11, 2024

If you are a grant writer aiming to advance your grant writing career or a nonprofit leader striving to sustain your organization, this guide is for you. Connect with Peers Networking with fellow grant writers and nonprofit leaders is invaluable. Schedule a complimentary consultation today: www.thinkandinkgrants.com.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 3, 2024

Many nonprofits do not have a dedicated grant writer to tackle these tasks, and instead, they rely on many individuals to pitch in where they can. Other nonprofits do have a dedicated grant writer, grant consultant or grant writing team to handle this aspect of fundraising. Foundation grant proposal readers are tired.

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Candid

JUNE 9, 2022

Budgets can be one of the most intimidating aspects of grantseeking and nonprofit management, especially for new projects or organizations—most of us don’t have accounting degrees after all! What is a proposal project budget? . Proposal project budgets are the budgets you submit to a funder as part of a grant application.

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The Grantsmanship Center

MARCH 20, 2025

Category: Program Planning and Design Proposal Writing and Grantseeking The grant proposal is a logical argument for funding, as we state in our textbook, Grantsmanship: Program Planning & Proposal Writing. The logic of the the proposal flows from the logic of your Program design.

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GrantNews

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Blind and Visually-Impaired : Up to $25,000 to nonprofit organizations in multiple states that are working to improve the lives of blind and visually-impaired individuals. Community Programs : Grants to nonprofits, schools, fire departments, religious institutions, agencies, and hospitals in the funding source’s service area.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 9, 2025

Grammar Kerfuffles: Second Installment ( View the other installments here ) Welcome to installment #2 of the grant writing blog series Grammar Kerfuffles, presented for you by DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services! But first person plural (we and our) can be fitting for representing a nonprofit comprising multiple folks.

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

When nonprofit organizations begin a new grant writing strategy, many expect to see results within a year. If you submitted your first proposals during the initial months of your strategy, it’s quite likely you’re still waiting on decisions at the 12-month point. At the one-year mark, your team may just be getting on funders’ radars.

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The Grantsmanship Center

JANUARY 17, 2024

Category: Proposal Writing and Grantseeking As the developer, writer and steward of funding proposals , you might consider approaching 2024 with new ideas and new energy for the task. It’s a wonderful/terrible tradition that we make resolutions at this time of year, so why not think about these for your proposal-writing list.

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The Fundraising Coach

APRIL 9, 2024

However, developing an optimal fundraising strategy can be challenging, especially when there is already so much on your nonprofit’s plate. A fundraising consultant can identify opportunities for improvement in your existing fundraising plan and build new strategies to advance your nonprofit. Read up on consulting services.

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 13, 2025

Todays environment demands more than just a well-written proposal. If your organization lacks expertise in grant-seeking, consider consulting professionals or training staff to bolster your efforts. Schedule a complimentary consultation today: www.thinkandinkgrants.com. The challenge lies in the evolving funding landscape.

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