Blackbaud

APRIL 7, 2025

A well-crafted budget is essential for aligning financial resources with the strategic goals of your private school, and with the right processes and tools, it doesnt have to be stressful. It sets in motion the goals youve outlined in your strategic plan.

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Blackbaud

JULY 24, 2024

Although fractional CFOs may have a range of financial certifications and educational backgrounds, they often have previous experience as full-time CFOs for larger nonprofits. What management systems or tools should this nonprofit have in place to allow it to reach its financial goals? Tracking financial metrics.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Tailored Requirements Many local grant programs have specific criteria that align with regional priorities, making it easier for organizations to find funding that aligns with their goals. Engaging with local grant funds is an effective step towards achieving mission-driven goals and fostering community improvement. Avoid jargon.

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CauseVox

MAY 25, 2021

You’ll come away with the key insights you need to create the best resource to empower your fundraisers to meet their goals. Kelly is an independent fundraising and strategic planning consultant based in Washington, DC and serving clients worldwide. Don’t miss out! Save your seat today for the free webinar.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 11, 2025

Our main goal for 2025 at the Shirley-Eustis House Association is to build a broader network of businesses, institutions, and well-connected individuals who know about us and what were doing. We would love to qualify for funding for education, agriculture, electricity, fresh water, and jobs creation.

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Mentor Education Funding Training 55

Candid

JULY 23, 2024

Unlike campaigns, nonprofits doing nonpartisan voter engagement are driven by a fundamentally different goal: to ensure the members of the communities they work in and with have a say in the policies that impact their lives, regardless of voting history. And the data shows it’s effective.

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Grant Training Center

AUGUST 21, 2023

This research skill is applicable to various jobs that involve data gathering, analysis, and strategic planning. Strategic Thinking: Crafting grant proposals requires strategic thinking to align your organization’s goals with potential funders’ priorities.

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DoJiggy

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Follow these steps to ensure your event runs smoothly and meets your fundraising goals. Define Your Fundraising Goal Be specific about what the paddle raise funds will support. Setting a clear goal motivates attendees to participate and gives them confidence in their impact.

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Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

The goals of the funder’s RFP align with your grant proposal and organizational goals  Grantseeking is always about need, but as Candid’s educational programming manager Lori Guidry says, “it’s not about your organization’s need; it’s about the need of the people or cause you’re serving.”

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Blackbaud

JUNE 27, 2024

A stagnant fundraising strategy can cause roadblocks, such as falling behind on fundraising goals, missing key support, and even causing donor attrition. Lack of clear goals and reporting. Poor strategic planning can lead your organization to make uninformed or vague goals that make it difficult to define success.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

These grants are essential for organizations that align with the foundation’s mission or strategic goals. Some may prioritize education, health, the arts, or community development, while others may target specific demographic groups or geographic areas. Different foundations may have varying focuses.

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GrantNews

JULY 22, 2024

Funding promotes job preparedness, self-sufficiency, and higher education. The goal of the grant program is to support results-oriented opportunities to prepare individuals for full and equal participation in the economic and social mainstream. Also, project support for human welfare, civic affairs, and arts and culture.

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Grant Writer Team

MAY 23, 2024

One thing is sure, the emergence of grant consultants may represent the healthy increase in competition that breeds expanding education, job know-how, and the drive to succeed. An even better question might be, is one job title more lucrative than the other?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

This strategy helps educate them that you have a lot on tap already and that you won’t be dropping everything to sell poinsettias, publish a cookbook, enter a national contest, or write a letter to a celebrity asking for money (or whatever else they’ve come up with). Set an Impact Goal. Set 3 critical goals. It’s too vague.

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Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

Free nonprofit resources offer your organization knowledge, strategic planning, and valuable data to help you accomplish your goals more efficiently. Free nonprofit resources offer your organization knowledge, strategic planning, and valuable data to help you accomplish your goals more efficiently.

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amplifi

AUGUST 8, 2024

Be strategic with your goals. You’re working to give underserved children a better education. Build a plan for your outreach. You know that if you want to raise more money and achieve your goals, you need to reach the right donors with the right message, in the right way, at the right time.

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Metrics Strategic Plan Goals Retainer 80

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 13, 2023

Use your organization’s strategic plan and the SMART goals within it as your guide to mission-aligned messaging. Development: Do you have acknowledgement practices in place, a plan for stewarding your institutional partners, and know how grants factor into your department and organization’s goals? Competency: #2

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

They can help the organization set and achieve goals. They’re responsible for planning, organizing, and directing a group so that goals are reached in a timely fashion. In order to reach your goals, you need a well-thought-out plan. In other words, plan for today, this week, this month, this year, and this decade.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2023

A SWOT analysis (SWOT = Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) is a strategic planning tool used to assess an organization’s internal and external environment. She shared that a SWOT analysis “provides insight to align your professional goals with the needs of your team and organization.”

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Nonprofit Goals Strategic Plan Funding 95

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As both fields involve managing complex tasks and achieving specific outcomes, understanding the value of agility can help nonprofits, schools, and higher education institutions optimize their approaches. Nonprofits and higher education institutions, like the ones we serve at Bow Valley College, can greatly benefit from adopting this mindset.

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Management Education Utilities Training 94

WT Grant Foundation

AUGUST 7, 2023

One-on-one support creates the opportunity for grantees to receive customized assistance related to their capacity-building goals, and peer-based learning and coaching allows grantees to discuss challenges, seek advice from peers, and collaborate across projects in a supportive space. What was your capacity-building goal?

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Say your organization is focused on eliminating food insecurity; you likely have allies from other community-based organizations that would be interested in being a part of your advisory committee, including organizations focused on child health and wellness, financial education and stability, and housing.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2012

The August GUIDE series, free educational webinars from Guide Creative focused on the importance of strategy, visual elements, and cues in successful nonprofit websites, is open for registration! organization, your goals, and your mission — let’s test it and see how. Kelley Jarrett is Guide Creative's market manager.

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Grant Training Center

AUGUST 10, 2020

To develop this culture, institutions should include and encourage this undertaking in its strategic plan, and throughout all areas of the university. Most US institutions of higher education encourage faculty to apply for external funding, but the assistance they provide varies extensively.

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Qgiv

JULY 24, 2024

At its core, your board is responsible for steering your nonprofit towards achieving your goals while ensuring legal and ethical integrity. Your chair also acts as a liaison between your board and your staff to help with aligning goals and communication.

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iGrantWriters

JUNE 6, 2023

The goal is to improve the quality and reach of services and outcomes related to economic self-sufficiency for individuals, families, and communities.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Did we set appropriate capital campaign goals with our board? Whether you’re already riding the momentum of an exciting campaign or just considering the planning phase, know you have access to the right engagement tools and tips to prepare your board for a successful capital campaign. Is our board on track for the public phase?

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GrantNews

JULY 2, 2024

Keep America Beautiful (“ KAB “) – Overview A leading national nonprofit, Keep America Beautiful inspires and educates people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment. Educate hundreds of thousands of students and citizens. Positive Attitude. Collaborative Accountability.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 7, 2025

Table of Contents Types of Donations to Meet Fundraising Goals Consideration for Higher Education: Fundraising vs. Advancement What Makes Fundraising So Challenging? How Blackbaud Can Help Your Fundraising Efforts Types of Donations to Meet Fundraising Goals Organizations rely on fundraising to earn financial support.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Navigating the Challenges of Fundraising for Private Schools Learn how effective fundraising builds a thriving educational environment. In this sphere, the stakes are high, as the success of these initiatives directly impacts the quality of education and the range of opportunities available to students.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

The individual leading the charge wanted to nit-pick the goals and objectives every time we met. In week four, I put down my foot and said, we are NOT changing these goals and objectives again. Author Bio: Bonnie Houk, GPC, Director of Grants Management, Southeast Kansas Education Service Center.

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Qgiv

JUNE 11, 2024

Community-centric fundraising (CCF) is a fundraising method that prioritizes the collective well-being of the community over individual organizational goals. Other fundraising methods often focus on raising the most money to meet their goals or gaining the most donors. Power Of Community In Strategic Planning.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 18, 2023

Since 2020, fundraisers have confronted many obstacles that affect them and their nonprofit teammates, including the Great Resignation, burnout, and limited resources to meet their goals. Final thoughts and takeaways for your organization Educate your supporters on the roles and responsibilities of different staff at your nonprofit.

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DoJiggy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But with determination and strategic planning, your passion project can take off without a financial launching pad. Host small events or meetups to share your vision and goals, or connect with supporters on social media. Forge connections with educational institutions for student volunteers seeking service hours.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

For example, a “Back-to-School Drive” for educational nonprofits. Planning and Executing a Successful Donation Drive: Tips and Tricks Set Clear Goals Define specific, measurable, and time-bound goals for your drive to keep your team and supporters focused. Creative Donation Drive Ideas to Ignite Support 1.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2017

Every nonprofit has a mission and almost all have a strategic plan for how they will move towards meeting that mission. Based on your strategic goals, have communication goals and objectives that support your organizational goals. Just having something, anything online is not better than nothing.

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Nonprofit Media Strategic Plan Goals 56

Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

Nonprofits focus on a wide range of causes—charitable, humanitarian, educational, religious, environmental, political, and more. Their goals are often focused on helping others in need and bettering their community. It’s important to have a clear, specific goal in mind before you get into the nitty gritty of starting a nonprofit.

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