Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

So, are you ready to up your fundraising and development goals for 2024 by securing grant funding? Organizational development plays a crucial role in the process of becoming grant-ready by providing the foundation and framework necessary to effectively pursue and manage grant funding.

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GrantNews

MAY 7, 2024

Question: Is your nonprofit ready for a rebrand? While we tend to think of marketing strategies as only applying to for-profit companies, they also help nonprofits reach their goals as well. Funding – Difficulty getting grants is also another reason nonprofits might want to change their brand.

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Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2024

In the last five years, nonprofits have witnessed a significant upswing in the availability of federal funding. Initiatives like the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and other pass-through funding to states and local governments have spurred a surge in nonprofits seeking federal funding.

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Gail Perry Group

JULY 31, 2024

Do all the board members fully grasp the campaign's goals? A well-oiled development machine is absolutely crucial for reaching your fundraising goals. Every campaign needs to clearly articulate the upcoming projects it wants to fund. Remember that donors typically don't make large gifts to fund the status quo.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. While nonprofits will hopefully see an increase in unrestricted funds—and a decrease in burdensome reporting requirements—as part of this and other movements, good nonprofit accounting principles still apply. What Are Restricted Funds? What are Unrestricted Funds?

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 13, 2023

Is your organization grant-ready? When it comes down to it, grant readiness comes from preparation in three main areas: Resources, Collaboration, and Alignment. Use your organization’s strategic plan and the SMART goals within it as your guide to mission-aligned messaging. COLLABORATION: Get Your Team on Board.

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Fundly

JUNE 20, 2024

Your nonprofit’s donors lead busy lives—managing their careers, maintaining social relationships, and pursuing their personal goals. Giving Tuesday: FAQs Ready to become a Giving Tuesday expert? Nonprofits can raise funds, acquire new donors, build community partnerships, and spread awareness of their missions. Crowdfunding 9.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

JUNE 4, 2024

How to Set Realistic Goals for Your School Fundraiser Blog Summary: This blog offers a comprehensive guide for school administrators, teachers, PTA members, and community stakeholders on how to set achievable SMART goals for school fundraisers. The SMART goals framework provides a practical approach to setting these objectives.

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GrantNews

MAY 29, 2024

Celebrate Canada with Grant Funding! In the spirit of friendship, GrantWatch is providing a list of some of the many grant funding opportunities available in Canada! This category has both local, state/province, national and international funding opportunities available. The steadfast goal? A shared prosperity for all!

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Gail Perry Group

AUGUST 8, 2024

They can fund ambitious projects that can transform your community and advance your mission. So, how do you know if your board is truly ready to lead the charge? This handy tool allows you to assess your board's readiness across seven critical areas, ensuring you're primed for a winning capital campaign.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 26, 2024

Have you ever witnessed the energy in a room soar during a well-executed Fund-a-Need appeal (also known as a Paddle Raise)? We surveyed fundraising professionals to uncover the secrets behind impactful Fund-a-Need campaigns. What is a Fund-a-Need aka Paddle Raise Appeal? Ready to take your Fund-a-Need to the next level?

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GrantNews

MAY 15, 2024

Locating the correct grant funding sources can be a daunting task. If you have not considered grants, you will be happy to learn that they are a great way to secure funding. To illustrate, a grant is awarded to fund ideas and projects. To illustrate, a grant is awarded to fund ideas and projects. Where do you turn?

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Gail Perry Group

AUGUST 8, 2024

They fund ambitious projects that can transform communities and advance missions. So, how do you know if your board is truly ready to lead the charge? This handy tool allows you to assess your board's readiness across seven critical areas, ensuring you're primed for a winning capital campaign.

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Red Tape Busters

JANUARY 26, 2024

Are you ready to take your organisation’s funding potential to the next level? But before you dive into the world of grant applications, it’s essential to ensure that you’re grant ready. Understanding Grant Readiness Grant readiness is all about positioning your organisation to maximise your funding potential.

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Ignited Fundraising

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Meet your Giving Tuesday fundraising goal, that is. What was the financial gap between where the organization is today and where it must be by end of the day or end of December to fully fund their mission? What will it take for you to exceed YOUR fundraising goals? The post Did you meet your Giving Tuesday Fundraising Goal?

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Blackbaud

MARCH 21, 2024

Have you ever been pulled into a meandering project with no clear direction or goals? Any major project—such as implementing new fund accounting software—needs a well-developed charter to keep stakeholders focused on the goals and desired outcome. How does this project fit within your mission, values, and goals?

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 19, 2022

For some nonprofit leaders, it's also a time to start thinking about a new program year, new budget, and new goals and objectives. The same applies to seeking grant funding. New years is a time for celebration- from watching a ball drop, partying the night away with loved ones, or just celebrating in general. You get the drift.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 28, 2024

Securing funding can often feel like an uphill battle in nonprofits’ fluctuating economic landscape. This blog post delves into practical strategies for nonprofits seeking to enhance their grant writing skills and secure necessary funding during challenging periods. Why Is This Considered a Tough Time for Nonprofit Funding?

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Allied Grant Writers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

As 2025 approaches, businesses, nonprofits, and individuals are increasingly looking for ways to secure essential funding to fuel innovation, growth, and community impact. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll cover the key funding opportunities for 2025, including government grants, private foundation awards, and business loans.

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Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

We’ve outgrown our space, we need a bigger endowment fund, we need to serve more people – it’s time for a capital fundraising campaign. to describe the development team’s feelings, but the question they all have is: “Are we really ready to do this?”. In the end, it will take you the same amount of total time to get to the goal.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Why do we perform this ritual of setting goals when the odds of keeping them seem so small? If getting fully funded is your 2024 New Years Resolution, this is where you want to start. 2024 is here, and we are hyped and ready! My book is ready and is available here for pre-sale. Now let’s get funded!

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Grant Writer Team

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Nonprofits need a projected annual budget for transparency, especially if grant funding is needed. Nonprofits seeking grant funding need to provide an annual budget to the funding source. Agree on Program Goals Second, determine your program goals. You need to prioritize program delivery goals.

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Blackbaud

MAY 27, 2024

With all the spreadsheet juggling that comes with budget season, it’s easy to forget the primary goal of your organization’s budget: to gain visibility into your organization’s finances and plan for the future. Luckily, your fund accounting software helps you tackle all these situations. Are we expecting grant revenue?

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 3, 2024

Are you ready for a reset? Better yet, is your grant strategy ready for a reset? From there, the steps I take are: Review agency/client goals and any updated strategic plans. I review the updated strategic plan to understand the high-level, overarching goals as I begin to create my grant calendar for 2024. It’s January.

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Grant Consulting Services

MARCH 26, 2023

Grant optimization and readiness helps you determine if your organization is eligible and helps prepare your organization to start applying for grant funding. In order to start the grant process, the organization’s capacity has to be evaluated to ensure the best chance for grant funding success. What is Grant Optimization?

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Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2024

Annual funds are crucial to the success of a nonprofit. They’re an incredible pool of unrestricted funds that can support your mission, keep the lights on, and pay your staff. Attracting and retaining new donors is a goal of every nonprofit since unrestricted funds are essential to our operations.

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Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Your food bank needs accounting software that can help you manage a variety of funding sources while also helping you make strategic, data-driven decisions based on inventory and forecasted community demand. Provide clear stewardship for restricted funds. Improve transparency by communicating the status of your restricted fund balance.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

To get started: Before applying for grants, assess your organization’s level of grant readiness. Grant readiness is your organization’s ability to apply for, manage and report on funding. What grants has it received and how were they funded? Who implemented the program/grant funded activities?

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 24, 2024

Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates has helped nonprofits earn more than $100 million in funding. As we have worked with nonprofits, some of those nonprofits love to delve into data and constantly adjust goals and metrics, and other nonprofits need more guidance about how to structure their goals to be data-driven.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Funding Alert! There are several types of funding that correspond with those goals. With an estimated funding pool of $61,000,000, the IUSE program anticipates funding 135 total awards. What if I am ready to apply? The program is open for two and four year institutions where innovation teaching is happening.

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GrantNews

AUGUST 16, 2024

When preparing for a successful grant interview, it can feel nearly impossible to anticipate every question a funding source might ask. That’s why we’re sharing six valuable tips to help your nonprofit get ready for a successful grant interview! Remember, funders can tell if your passion is genuine or not.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The holidays are coming soon and that means you need to be ready to make the most of it, starting with getting your nonprofit website spiffed up, donor friendly, and ready to receive donations. Here’s a list of 6 things you can do to get your nonprofit website ready for the holidays. That’s a problem. First things first!

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 18, 2024

Awards range from $50,000 to $1million and there is a three-year period of performance beginning the date the funds are released. What is the program goal? The goal of the program is to acquire and install the equipment to provide distance learning and telemedicine. What if I am ready to apply?

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AmpliFund

APRIL 24, 2023

Grant programs across the country are used to doing incredible things with fewer resources than they need, but right now t here is more federal funding available than ever before. S uddenly, grant s teams are finding that they may be able to get the funding they need for the projects they ' ve previously had to put on the back burner.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Why and how Candid updated our racial equity funding site . The nationwide racial reckoning triggered by the 2020 murder of George Floyd has resulted in a dramatic increase in funding for racial equity. The result is a refreshed site that gives a more complete picture of past funding and allows for stronger comparisons over time.

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Pamela Grow

MAY 2, 2024

Keeping thorough, accurate records of your organization’s finances allows you to know how much funding you have on hand and effectively allocate it to further your mission. You can manage a cash accounting system in a basic spreadsheet, which is helpful if your nonprofit isn’t ready to invest in specialized accounting software yet.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The need for nonprofit start-up funding is huge, and today’s post is your guide to finding it. So today, I’d like to share some advice and best practices for finding funds to start a new nonprofit, as well as some tips for setting yourself up for long-term financial stability. Your next steps. Register today!

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