RBW Strategy

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Youll want to assess the risk so you can determine whether or not to include special conditions in the terms and conditions of the contracts and other monitoring activities that might need to be included. Im sharing some key considerations below and you should consider integrating these during the grant submission process.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 6, 2025

The purpose is to help small businesses increase capacity, acquire development assistance, and compete for government contracts. With over 13 million female-led businesses in the U.S., accounting for about 42% of all businesses nationwide, that’s no small feat! For women entrepreneurs, securing start-up capital can be a real challenge.

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Grant Writer Team

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Agreements are only finalized when both parties sign the contract. These days, with rising interest rates, skyrocketing inflation, and an economy that requires many of us to hold down more than one job, it pays to a be a grant writer! As a grant writer with GrantWriterTeam, you hold a position of power in the nonprofit and business sectors.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Advertising Disclosures [Released 10/02/19] Registration & Reporting Requirements [Released 12/4/19] Contracts UBIT [Coming Soon!] Today, our legal expert, Karen Wu of Perlman & Perlman , is answering your questions on contracts. Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Contracts 1. SellCo sent us a draft contract to sign.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The purpose is to help small businesses increase capacity, acquire development assistance, and compete for government contracts. You may have come up with an innovative, community-focused business ideagreat! But thats just the first step. Your idea might be transformative, but it wont come to life without proper financial support.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Use short sentences, simple language, and contractions. The messages you send are more than fundraising appeals ; theyre opportunities to nurture relationships, share your story, and inspire action. In an age dominated by digital outreach, direct mail fundraising remains a powerful tool for nonprofits to connect with donors.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 22, 2024

According to the National Council of Nonprofits, roughly one-third of total funding for all nonprofits is from government grants and contracts, and according to the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, another $100 billion in annual charitable funding derives from grant-making made by private foundations. “We

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 11, 2021

But having some sort of contract in place. If you run a membership site or a membership organization, it may be a good idea to create a membership agreement for your members. Are you legally required to have your members sign a membership agreement?

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RBW Strategy

JUNE 3, 2024

Outcome Maryland Nonprofits contracted with RBW Strategy starting in 2020, and our organization has provided extensive support, including strategic readiness, prospect research, and grant writing. Maryland Nonprofits Maryland Nonprofits ’ mission is to strengthen organizations for greater quality of life and equity.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 11, 2024

These include state and local governments, foundation and corporate grant opportunities, individual contracts, and all federal grant-making agencies. You can see that submitting three or more grant applications to various funders is the magic number if you want success when applying for grants. Pro Tip: If you dont qualify, dont apply.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Haitian Diaspora PAC is based in Washington, D.C., according to its website, although the court papers state it is “a 527 political organization registered in the State of Washington.” GuideStar did not have any records on the Haitian Diaspora PAC. The organization’s social media feeds do not appear to have been updated since early 2022.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2024

Even though I don’t plan to use subcontractors for grant writing purposes, I’ve contracted a virtual assistant with design skills to help develop templates and workbooks. At some point, it makes more sense to pay someone to do the thing you don't like to do or the thing that doesn’t have a good return on investment.

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Candid

JANUARY 29, 2025

A useful early step is to look at what peer organizations are doing. Benchmarking against peers can help you refine your assumptions about what being financially sustainable could look likeor develop entirely new assumptions. It helps to analyze both the most recent years revenue mix and data from previous years.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 3, 2025

If you’re reading this, you probably already know about the problems that nonprofits like yours are facing with their insurance: Rising insurance premiums, poor coverage from commercial insurance carriers, and in some cases, the loss of coverage altogether. Many of these nonprofits have never made a claim. The answer is fourfold.

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Future Fundraising Now

MARCH 4, 2025

In fundraising, contractions are a must. In fundraising, the paragraph isn’t a unit of information. It’s a visual structure. Try one-sentence paragraphs. One word paragraphs. Sentence fragments? No problem in fundraising. Fragments add energy to copy and improve reading ease. They help propel the reader forward.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

AUGUST 1, 2023

Creating the right funder prospect list is also a critical part of my work with clients who contract with us for grant writing services, and is included in our grant writing service contracts. Or Running themselves ragged applying for 50+ grants and not getting enough results for how crazy tired they are.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 24, 2024

Yet, until recently, they also meant our staff spent extensive time and energy calling families to track down re-enrollment contracts each year. With this approach, families now sign one continuous enrollment contract that remains in effect for the duration of their child(ren)’s enrollment at DKJA. We knew there had to be a better way.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Below is a sample list of grants and contracts currently offering an RFP. Grants and Contracts for Services Utilizing the RFP as Part of its Application Process Contracts for services to eligible nonprofits, Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), government agencies, and Tribes to address community needs.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Those low-cost tools can be a great way to launch and gain momentum, but there comes a point for every nonprofit when the time it takes to manage your fund accounting workarounds outweighs the cost of upgrading your system. It may be time to look for a fund accounting system with subfund capabilities when you notice these three signs.

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GrantNews

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

When awarded a grant, your organization enters into a contract with the grant maker, agreeing to specific guidelines and objectives. Have you ever wondered where grant funding actually comes from? A grant is a financial contribution from an entity to support projects that align with its mission. Grant funding is out there.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

Its officially 2025! We made it through 2024, and with it the final push for year-end donations. Now is the time to make sure that your organization has donor retention strategies in place to bring those year-end supporters with you into 2025. Its a simple formula: attracting new donors costs a lot more than getting previous donors to give again.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 18, 2023

Do you have suggestions for getting your name and expertise out there as a contracted proposal writer? The post Do you have suggestions for getting your name and expertise out there as a contracted proposal writer? Any job boards you recommend? Sincerely, In Charge of My Own Bandwidth. It can take a little bit to find your footing.

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 28, 2023

The American Revolution started over a broken contract. So, discussing partnership contracts the week before Independence Day seems only appropriate. According to the Declaration of Independence, King George III broke the social contract between himself and his subjects, the American colonists. But what should be in a contract?

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GrantNews

JANUARY 30, 2025

Contracts for Services for Health-Related Research Contracts for nonprofits, for-profits, IHEs, and government agencies for research for health-related projects. (mayoclinic.org, “ Autism Spectrum Disorder “) ADHD is a common neurodevelopmental condition that affects children and adults worldwide.

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GrantNews

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Locating contract and funding opportunities. When you hire a grant writer, the first logical question is, “How much will it cost?” ” It is only natural to to worry about the price tag involved with hiring a professional grant writer since many of us see grant writing through a fog of confusion. Want to learn more?

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Future Fundraising Now

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Ripple effects from overseas cuts, broken contracts, and more is hitting hard and quickly. About the pause/cancellation/unpause of US federal loans, grants, and financial assistance programs: What a scary mess. Maybe youve heard the expression, Were building the airplane while its flying. We may see more in other sectors. Donors want to help.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 3, 2023

Creating the right funder prospect list is also a critical part of my work with clients who contract with us for grant writing services, and is included in our grant writing service contracts. If you’re new to this funding research, it can take months to develop your list of qualified prospects.

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RBW Strategy

MAY 14, 2024

Beginning in 2013, the AAMC first contracted with RBW Strategy to provide supplemental grant writing support during an especially busy time to increase staff capacity. Since then, the AAMC has begun to work to center its efforts into a prioritized mission-critical, mission-focused, and mission-supportive framework.

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Clairification

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

They begin sentences with contractions. Recently, fundraising copywriting and thanking guru, Lisa Sargent , posted a list of “small stuff” it’s absolutely important to sweat. It took me decades – decades! — to learn this on my own in the trenches, and I’d have given anything to have had a mentor like Lisa to clue me in from the get-go.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

As the planet heats up, the tundra thaws and oceans warm, ice floes will melt and forests will wither — leading to even hotter temperatures and ever more dramatic weather shifts, in a vicious cycle of catastrophe. But as climate change is manmade, it may have not just ecological but also sociological tipping points. But we need to prepare now.

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Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I use mine to track the analytics of my blog and e- newseletter , to pay bills and deposit checks, to buy my Starbucks latte, to unlock discounts in QR Codes, to make to-do lists, to sign contracts and invoice clients. Mobile starts with you. I bet you own a smartphone but what do you use it for besides email, music and Angry Birds?

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RBW Strategy

AUGUST 7, 2024

The service agreement or contract (depending on the partner relationship) must outline specific terms and conditions, which means national policy requirements, that adhere to 2 CFR 200 requirements. This serves as your steering committee. It is critical to have legal counsel review any agreements before they are shared with partners.

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Candid

AUGUST 13, 2024

Over time, the organization succeeded in growing its government funding sources, both adding new government agency funders and expanding contracts with current funders. Developing an effective funding strategy is vital to any nonprofit’s ability to sustain or increase its impact. So how does that play out?

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Blackbaud

MAY 14, 2024

If you know the voucher amount ahead of contract completion: An admissions or business officer can add the state fund amount in Blackbaud Enrollment Management the same way they add financial aid to each family’s contract. ESA funds stay with the state until a student’s parent or guardian approves payment to the school.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Speak with your accountant to explore what “contract positions” entail. It might be possible to keep staff members on a contract basis until your organization can sustain employees long-term. Service Contracts – Don’t forget to reassess annual service contracts. Fact: there are currently over 2.7 But you can’t avoid it.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The contract may be signed, the student enrolled, and even a deposit made, but that doesn’t mean they are going to show up on day one, nor that they will continue to attend throughout the school year. There are a lot of variables that may change between contract and attendance, so your job is not done when a family enrolls.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The tuition cycle starts with the school’s contract, which should clearly outline policies, expectations, and consequences that families acknowledge during enrollment. Having that contract roll from the school’s admissions software into its tuition management system helps eliminate chaos and confusion. Engaging quickly.

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