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Five Characteristics of High-Performing, Grant-Winning Nonprofits

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Grantmakers love funding high-performing organizations. There are a few common questions grantmakers will ask to see how if a grant applicant is a high-performing nonprofit: "Tell us about your organization." They package their story in amazing annual reports, white papers, and other ways to tell their story.

Grants

Grants Grant GPC Grant Writing

Taking Community Benefit Initiatives to the Streets: The Rise of Mobile Clinics

Blackbaud

JANUARY 21, 2025

Their operations are sustained through a combination of hospital system funding, philanthropic contributions, and government grants, underscoring the collaborative effort to fulfill community benefit requirements while addressing health inequities. Want to bring more equity into your community benefit initiatives?

Pass-Through

Pass-Through Transportation Education Funding

Grant Professionals Foundation (GPF) Scholarship Applications are Now Open! Invest in Your Future

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Grant Professionals Foundation (GPF) was established in January 2006 to ensure resources are available to educate, credential, and assist grant professionals who secure the funding necessary for not-for-profits to serve the greater good. Continuing close relationships with past colleagues and clients are integral to Brad G.

Applicant

Applicant Application Grants Grant

Return on Mission: A Framework to Measure Success at Philanthropic Organizations

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Transitioning from Return on Investment to Return on Mission The concept of ROM is that the real measure of a nonprofits success is not in how high the return is on an investment, such as a grant or major gift, but rather how much that investment impacts the mission itself. That, then, is the bridge that connects overhead and mission costs.

Metrics

Metrics Finance Management Goals

A to Z Grant Terminology You’ll Want to Know

Grant Writer Team

OCTOBER 26, 2023

So, you want to write a grant! However, do you know the A to Z grant terminology needed to convince a prospective donor to fund your project over some other worthy cause? GrantWriterTeam has some pointers for anyone just starting their grant-writing journey. There MUST be a budget for writing your grant proposal.

Grants

Grants Grant Pass-Through Award

Making the Switch: What For-Profit CFOs Need to Know About Nonprofit Accounting

Blackbaud

MAY 14, 2024

Instead of increased profit, your focus becomes the expenses—and the transparency around those—because your stakeholders now care more about how your funding is spent instead of increasing revenue. In the nonprofit space, you’ll be tracking both unrestricted and restricted funds as part of your overall organizational income.

Finance

Finance Software Nonprofit Funding

Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

Blackbaud

MAY 15, 2024

In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. These were the top three things we implemented based on our findings: Simplified our application: We cut down on the number of questions we asked by eliminating redundant ones and stuck to only what was needed for funding decisions.

Management

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How to Manage Your Arts and Cultural Nonprofit’s Revenue Streams in Uncertain Times

Blackbaud

JULY 22, 2024

Don’t tie your income to a single economic driver, such as government grants or major donors. For example, you may have several different grants, but if some of them are backed by federal funds, either directly or as pass-throughs, you could be vulnerable to federal budget cuts that affect your sector.

Management

Management Pass-Through Budget Demographics

10 Tips for Mastering Your Grantmaking Dashboards

Blackbaud

JANUARY 24, 2024

The dashboards on your grant management system give you a similar snapshot of your grantmaking programs. What Are Dashboards in Your Grant Management System? The dashboards act as the welcome screen in your grant management system. Are you going too fast? Is there enough air in your tires? Is it time for an oil change?

Grant Management

Grant Management Applicant Application Grants

Philanthropy during COVID-19 in Brazil

Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. On the donor side, it is dominated by corporate investors who largely execute their own projects rather than administer grants.

Donation

Donation Funding Award Fundraising

9 Best Practices for Strong Nonprofit Financial Management

Blackbaud

AUGUST 12, 2024

You’ve got to use funds wisely, aligning with your mission and honoring donor intentions. You will always get the grant and donors will never churn. Each type of funding may have different restrictions, reporting requirements, and expectations from your funders. Smart money moves are vital for nonprofits.

Management

Management Policy Policies Budget

Don’t Make These Common Mistakes When Filing Your Form 990

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Not only can you re-use this explanation for future grants, but you should assume that funders will be reading your 990s. Your fund accounting system is a centralized location to house important grant documentation, invoices, and other program expenses. Take advantage of Schedule O if you need more space.

Electronics

Electronics Software Funding Management

Donors and “Marchers”: Build an Equitable Following With Major and Small Donors

Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

The 99%, i.e. the rest of us ordinary mortals, have traditionally been the largest source of funding for American nonprofit organizations, the reliable backbone of philanthropy ever since the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, and probably before. So how do we make sure that our funding base is balanced to represent the 99% as well as the 1%?

Contract

Contract Contracts Retainer Consultant

Where Do You Begin? Planning a Grant Application with Three Questions

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 19, 2023

Regardless of the size and scope of your project, I’m going to share with you what we use in our office as a starting point for planning grants of all sizes, scopes, and funding sources. What are we going to do about it with this grant? Question: Where do you start when planning a grant proposal?

Applicant

Applicant Application Grants Grant

Simplify Your Knowledge Management System with Slab

Peak Proposals

JANUARY 10, 2021

Templates for meetings, white papers, and responses to common press inquiries Resource lists Staff contact lists Answers to frequently asked questions and how-tos Three Scenarios Where Your Nonprofit Could Leverage Slab Below are three scenarios where you could use Slab to facilitate staff training and share frequently referenced materials.

Management

Management Template Proposal Policy

Creating a Content Library for Your Best Content

Peak Proposals

MAY 13, 2021

Once established, your library can help you respond to funding opportunity announcements and other types of opportunities more quickly and with less effort. For example, a grant proposal that results in an award very likely contains content worth adding to a content library. graphics, proposals, white papers, etc.)

Proposal

Proposal Software Template Application

Creating a Content Library for Your Best Content

Peak Proposals

MAY 13, 2021

Once established, your library can help you respond to funding opportunity announcements and other types of opportunities more quickly and with less effort. For example, a grant proposal that results in an award very likely contains content worth adding to a content library. graphics, proposals, white papers, etc.)

Proposal

Proposal Software Template Applicant

Why Hospitals Should Invest in Climate Actions as a Community Benefit Strategy

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 21, 2024

These efforts are most impactful when hospital investments are combined with foundation support through blended funding. Foundations can leverage external dollars through grants, donations from individuals or major donors, and partnerships with businesses interested in sustainability and climate action.

Transportation

Transportation Policy Policies Donation

Grants & Fundraising Brief

Five Characteristics of High-Performing, Grant-Winning Nonprofits

Taking Community Benefit Initiatives to the Streets: The Rise of Mobile Clinics

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Grant Professionals Foundation (GPF) Scholarship Applications are Now Open! Invest in Your Future

Return on Mission: A Framework to Measure Success at Philanthropic Organizations

A to Z Grant Terminology You’ll Want to Know

Making the Switch: What For-Profit CFOs Need to Know About Nonprofit Accounting

Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

How to Manage Your Arts and Cultural Nonprofit’s Revenue Streams in Uncertain Times

10 Tips for Mastering Your Grantmaking Dashboards

Philanthropy during COVID-19 in Brazil

9 Best Practices for Strong Nonprofit Financial Management

Don’t Make These Common Mistakes When Filing Your Form 990

Donors and “Marchers”: Build an Equitable Following With Major and Small Donors

Where Do You Begin? Planning a Grant Application with Three Questions

Simplify Your Knowledge Management System with Slab

Creating a Content Library for Your Best Content

Creating a Content Library for Your Best Content

Why Hospitals Should Invest in Climate Actions as a Community Benefit Strategy

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