Lightning Fast Grant Writing

JANUARY 10, 2024

The grant innovator form is a simple document I use to organize an agency as it seeks grants. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with this surprisingly valuable document by checking out the link at the end of this article. By asking your colleagues to fill it out, you will tactfully motivate them to help you get grant funding. The form also subtly calls upon you and your associates to think through why a program is needed by your clients in the first place.

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Clairification

JANUARY 8, 2024

Trust defines the credibility and legitimacy not only of your organization, but of the entire social benefit sector. Yet too few organizations make the effort to operationalize this construct into their fundraising and marketing planning. You should. Without donor trust and confidence in philanthropy there’s no future for social benefit organizations.

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RBW Strategy

JANUARY 12, 2024

Building Out a Post-Award Grant Management Checklist After spending 100+ hours working on that federal grant where you were losing sleep (and potentially sanity), you received news from the federal…

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Hands-On Fundraising

JANUARY 9, 2024

Conversation?! Don’t worry. You don’t have to be a great talker to have this conversation. Today I heard from an excited client about an email. (I love getting celebration emails like this!) My client is a new theater here in Connecticut. And theater is where I started my nonprofit career… so I’m having fun. We’ve […] The post How are your conversation skills?

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This prompt guide for ChatGPT contains 20+ tested ChatGPT prompts, along with tips on how to use this tool the best way. Nonprofits can engage with ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, refine project plans, and craft compelling narratives for grant proposals.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

JANUARY 10, 2024

Parallel to the improvisation you do yourself as a grant writer, it is also important to know tools for helping your grant writing team improvise as well. Too often a lack of creative energy can be traced to the fact that various team members may be afraid of failing. With this motivation, they may be more creative in inventing reasons for giving up than coming up with solutions that will make it happen.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

The past five years have seen tremendous change in the world — and in the nonprofit sector. We faced a global pandemic, resulting in oftentimes disastrous fundraising. Organizations relying on event-driven fundraising suffered. And one of the biggest event-driven fundraising models shuttered their doors. Then, once nonprofits recovered their wits and resumed asking, fundraising initially rebounded big time.

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The Fundraiser Coach

JANUARY 9, 2024

Should you stop multitasking? I honestly think multitasking has saved my life many times. Or maybe it has just saved me time, and in that time of my life, I craved the ability to create more time out of thin air. I was raised in a family where being as productive as possible was highly valued. So, as a parent, I would make dinner, do the laundry, AND help with homework when needed.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

JANUARY 10, 2024

When I’m teaching grant-writing workshops outside the U.S. the participants sometimes ask me a very basic question: “Why do foundations give away money?” My answer is that in the United States, people who accumulate large amounts of wealth naturally want to see that wealth stay aggregated in one lump sum after they are gone. (I think it makes them feel better to know that their wealth will continue doing good things for the world long after they are gone.

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Tony Martignetti

JANUARY 9, 2024

Amy Sample Ward & Gene Takagi: Our Esteemed Contributors’ 2024 Outlooks Amy Sample Ward and Gene Takagi kick off the New Year with what they’ll be keeping eyes on this year. They delve into artificial intelligence (AI); the presidential election; donor advised funds; workers’ rights; and more.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 9, 2024

I was dean at UNC-Chapel Hill when a donor pressure campaign blew up the appointment of the 1619 Project author. Clearer donor guidelines would have prevented this. By Susan King I was dean at UNC-Chapel Hill when a donor pressure campaign blew up the appointment of the 1619 Project author. Clearer donor guidelines would have prevented this.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 10, 2024

Supercharge your peer-to-peer fundraising this year by joining hundreds of nonprofit progressional at P2PForum24 in Philadelphia from February 21 23. Whether you’re a senior leader or staff member, this is the place to learn from experts and your colleagues at other organizations. Join us for a gathering that will help you improve your program’s performance in this critical year.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 10, 2024

At Qgiv, we’ve been helping people fulfill their passion to make a difference in the world for nearly 15 years. Over the years, our fundraising technology has grown to include a full suite of event and online giving tools—supporting thousands of changemakers just like you. Today, I’m excited to announce the next step in our growth as a company—joining Bloomerang !

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Veritus Group

JANUARY 10, 2024

When it comes to your non-profit's structure and systems, keeping things simple and effective is best. Reevaluate now and get back to basics. The post Get Back to Simple and Effective in 2024 appeared first on Veritus Group.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 11, 2024

Too often, diversity initiatives encourage an us-vs-them mentality. Philanthropy should invest in efforts that unify rather than divide. By Eboo Patel Too often, diversity initiatives encourage an us-vs-them mentality. Philanthropy should invest in efforts that unify not divide.

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Booster

JANUARY 11, 2024

International Thank You Day is all about taking a moment to express gratitude to those making a positive impact in the lives of others. With the goal of school fundraising being to raise funds to improve schools and the lives of students—your volunteers are doing just that! Not only do they donate their time, but they also bring positive energy and a drive to succeed that is invaluable.

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Fundraising HayDay

JANUARY 11, 2024

The use of artificial Intelligence tools for writing is a hot topic of discussion in the grant and fundraising community these days. Questions abound about the efficacy, ethical boundaries, and inherent bias associated with AI. Join our discussion with Philip Deng, Cofounder and CEO of Grantable, about how we can best use this tool in a way that makes sense for our work.

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Veritus Group

JANUARY 12, 2024

Take time now to begin a strategic communication plan for each donor on your caseload. It will make a huge difference for you and your donors. The post Want the Most Flexibility in Your Work? Have a Plan. appeared first on Veritus Group.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 8, 2024

A study of the billions in gifts by the maverick philanthropist reveals a little about which organizations she favors. By Drew Lindsay Harvard researchers mined information about the maverick philanthropist's nearly 2,000 grants to offer the best window yet into the types of organizations she favors.

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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. His treatise, The Rhetoric , laid out a durable blueprint for creating persuasive arguments and the elements he described are as useful today as they were in 4th century BC Greece. As proposal writers, we sometimes get lost in the weeds of data, logic models, detailed methods and other granular stuff.

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Grant Writer Team

JANUARY 11, 2024

One of the most important details to remember when writing a winning grant proposal is to show passion. It goes without saying that skilled grant writing requires strong writing skills. However, what is more important to funding sources is that nonprofits really care about the work they are doing. Successful grant writers have passion for each client’s ideas.

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Veritus Group

JANUARY 8, 2024

Cultivating meaningful relationships with your donors requires a relentless commitment to patience and persistence. The post Patience and Persistence: The Heartbeat of Successful Fundraising in 2024 appeared first on Veritus Group.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 8, 2024

Businessman Glen Taylor created a foundation that will support three community foundations. The money will back programs to help people across the state. By Maria Di Mento Plus, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Ehlers-Danlos Society, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and an Outward Bound education program all received large sums.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 10, 2024

In grantmaking, one word makes more eyes glaze over than any other – data. Those who find it fun are called nerds. And for everyone else, it can bring up feelings of boredom, overwhelm, and confusion. In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 12, 2024

Even a small business can have a large impact in their community. Small businesses are the lifeblood of the communities they serve. Think about it, they hold a unique position as they are both comprised of individuals who live in the area and cater to specific community needs. Who knows you better than a Mom & Pop shop? Who knows the area, all the hot gossip, and what goods and services are just right for the geographic location?

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 12, 2024

Several development directors recently asked me about consulting as a side hustle, which made me consider three critical things.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 10, 2024

What binge watching a popular television show taught me about philanthropy’s ongoing efforts to move away from antiquated notions of charity. By Lisa Pilar Cowan Maria Mottola What binge watching a popular television show taught me about philanthropy’s ongoing efforts to move away from antiquated notions of charity.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 12, 2024

Our team comprises of book lovers who read books from all genres. This year, we decided to hold a Secret Santa book exchange and it was a lot of fun sending books to each other. As we begin 2024, we realized that we needed a list of must-read books and decided to ask for your recommendations. We were not disappointed with the suggestions we received.

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Capital Campaign Pro

JANUARY 8, 2024

Season 3, Episode 40 In this episode, hosts Amy Eisenstein and Andrea Kihlstedt explore the age-old question: Do you really need a consultant for your capital campaign? They delve into the pros and cons of hiring a consultant for your campaign and provide valuable insights to help you make an informed decision. They also share […] The post Podcast: Choosing the Right Approach: Capital Campaign Consultants or DIY Campaigns?

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 9, 2024

Effective copywriting for direct response fundraising is weird, and it has three qualities that tend to irritate nonprofit professionals.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 11, 2024

A new how-to guide shows that getting everyday things right can restore confidence in your organization and the social sector. By Drew Lindsay Getty Images A new how-to guide shows that getting everyday things right can restore confidence in your organization and the social sector.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

Anyone who works in the nonprofit sector knows it’s not for the faint of heart. By necessity, the sector focuses on the negatives—the systems that are broken, the problems that need solving, the issues that are underfunded. And yet, this hyper-focus may be counterproductive. The burgeoning field of positive psychology suggests that humans have a default “negativity bias”—we disproportionately pay attention to and remember what goes wrong.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid—commonly known as FAFSA®—is the form current and prospective college and career school students must fill out each year to qualify for federal financial aid, whether that be in the form of grants, loans, or work-study funds. Many colleges and universities also use it to help determine a student’s eligibility for their own need-based financial aid programs.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 9, 2024

Nonprofits always want their practices — from expenses to donations — to align with their core values, and choosing a bank is no exception.

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