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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NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2022

In this session, we'll review the results of our 2022 Top Funder Decision Factors survey of foundations, charitable trusts, and corporate giving programs from across the country and define how nonprofits can use outcome-focused data to stand out and secure more funding.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The right fund accounting software can save you time and streamline your processes. Here are five tips to help your community health center’s fund accounting implementation smooth and seamless. In a small, grant-funded organization, you might not have these skills and that’s ok! Identify the right skills on your team.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The 2022 Donor-Advised Fund Report details growth in all key DAF metrics for the 12th consecutive year. The new report also reveals DAF grantmaking to charities around the world grew 60% compared to pre-pandemic 2019 and increased 400% over the past decade.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 21, 2024

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. Give your project an easily identifiable name, such as Fund Accounting Software Implementation. Goals and Metrics What does success look like?

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Not Your Father's Charity

MAY 25, 2022

Why Raise Funds from Nonprofit Major Donors? Raising funds from nonprofit major donors is a vital part of your fundraising strategies. That said, any nonprofit can cultivate relationships with major donors with the means and desire to fund the vision. A good plan also includes metrics to measure your progress over time.

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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

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In the world of nonprofit organizations, securing reliable funding is crucial for sustaining and expanding your mission. This comprehensive guide will navigate you through the landscape of nonprofit grants, helping you understand, find, and secure these valuable funding opportunities. Types of Grants Available for Nonprofits 1.

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Blackbaud

MAY 27, 2024

Luckily, your fund accounting software helps you tackle all these situations. Scenarios serve as ideas or variations on a plan and align with potential situations that might happen throughout the year as well as the actual budget records you save into your fund accounting software. Which programs will receive it? Congratulations!

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Just Write Grants

JUNE 26, 2024

Turning these dreams into impactful realities often requires funding, and grants can be the key. This comprehensive guide equips you, the champion of a youth initiative, with the knowledge and tools to navigate the world of grant opportunities and secure funding for your program.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 28, 2024

The most obvious benefit to a partnership is the possibility of additional funding—but these collaborations have much more to offer. Your partner may share more than just funding with you. Get an idea of the funding or other resources the partner is willing to provide. What are the benefits of building community partnerships?

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Run Special Holiday Events Organize events that align with the holiday season: Charity Galas and Auctions : Host end-of-year galas or auctions with holiday themes to engage donors and raise funds. Virtual Events : Consider virtual holiday events, such as online auctions or webinars, to reach a wider audience.

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Candid

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Metric: Nonprofits spend less time and money per dollar raised. Effective: provide funders with better tools and data to make good choices about which organizations they aim to fund (think putting a stake through the heart of the overhead myth). Equitable: ensure there is a level playing field for all nonprofits to access funding.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Levey Four major donor-advised fund managers oversaw distributions of more than $26.9 With only rare exceptions, major metrics — total amounts given, number of funders, average grants — increased from the previous year. Not every metric increased. By Richard H. billion during their most recent fiscal years.

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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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Grant Writing Grant Grants Demographics 130

Instrumentl

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

In this 1-hour special workshop hosted by Instrumentl, you’ll learn what how to get grant ready and what background information and more to have right at your fingertips, so you get to what’s really important – describing the great program that needs funding, today!

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Even as overall giving slumps, this increase is significant because it means that more organizations are receiving reliable funding on a monthly basis. Before you begin any project involving data analysis, start by clearly outlining your goal so you know which metrics to analyze. Understand donors’ giving behaviors.

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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

Based on that feedback, the fund works to reduce the burden on potential grantees and identify barriers that might discourage them from applying. Tracking common outcome metrics across grantees. Tracking common outcome metrics across grantees. Modeling equitable grantee- and constituent-centered practices.

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Grant Writer Team

AUGUST 15, 2024

Start-ups face stiff competition in securing funding. It’s All About Monitoring Metrics Develop a solid budget for your business and track key metrics, demonstrating your performance. It’s important to understand that it can take time for funds to be disbursed.

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Red Tape Busters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Third, focus on their core objectives & evaluation metrics. If the committee members remember your proposal when they’re making their final decisions, you’re more likely to get funding. If you can show them that you’re not afraid to take risks, they’ll be more likely to give you funding.

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Planned Giving

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Hint: You Can’t Spend ‘Likes’ Those gleaming little thumbs-up don’t pay the rent or fund your next project. The noise of digital adoration doesn’t equate to funds unless you give your public something to act upon their emotions. Put the right analytics in place to track quantitative proxies for qualitative metrics.

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CauseVox

MAY 29, 2024

Now you can sit back and watch the funds pour in. Communicate Impact To Promote Matching Grants Your matching grant’s end goal isn’t just to double the funds raised, it’s to make twice the impact — and your donors should know what twice the impact adds up to.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 2, 2023

With a program design that makes sense for the target population and metrics that showed the impact, this grant was fully funded and was one of only 20 awards across the whole country. We also built outcome measures around actually reducing problematic substance use among participants.

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Blue Avocado

AUGUST 2, 2021

Many nonprofits feel pressure from foundation and government funding sources to maintain a certain level of program expenses as a percentage of total expenses (for example, greater than 75%). This metric has always been a matter of debate. Nonprofits […]. The post Functional Expenses Decreased During Covid-19?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

For many nonprofits and academic researchers, finding the right grant to fund their work is critical to their survival. Platforms like GrantPuma—which I founded—partner with Candid to scan tens of thousands of federal and foundation grants, funders’ strategic priorities, and funding trends to deliver relevant opportunities.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 15, 2024

If you are not sure which metrics are essential or how to convert your data into something stakeholders can grasp and absorb, start simply by setting clear goals. Learn more: Using Data to Make Annual Giving Work for You Measuring Outcomes Outcome metrics are powerful, necessary tools for demonstrating transparency and accountability.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 22, 2024

What you hear is, “We would be happy to fund that. What you do as a successful individual giving officer is, sit in front of a blinking cursor and a screen full of empty boxes that ask for outcome metrics. I will send you a link to our online portal this afternoon. This is the most important precedent a philanthropy leader can set.

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Just Write Grants

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When it comes to securing funding, nonprofits often encounter various types of grants, each serving a different purpose. Definition and Purpose Capital grants are funds specifically designated for the acquisition, construction, or renovation of physical assets. Capital Grants 1.1 Program Grants 2.1 Operating Grants 3.1

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

To get started, let’s go over some of the types of metrics your nonprofits can track: Types of Data Analytics for Nonprofits. Fundraising Metrics. One of the most crucial data sets to keep an eye on are your fundraising metrics. After all, you can’t support your mission without the funds needed to do so!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Reporting and metrics are important sources of information for nonprofits and the foundations that support them, by making data available about who is benefiting from their work in the social sector. read more.

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Just Write Grants

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Foundations and grantors are using data to assess the impact and effectiveness of their funding. AI tools can assist in generating drafts, analyzing grant opportunities, and predicting funding trends. Include plans for future funding, partnerships, or revenue generation to ensure the project’s continued success.

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Candid

MAY 7, 2024

It’s not uncommon for nonprofits to struggle with securing funding despite the strength of their programs. Funders seek a return on investment With so many applicants and limited funding to go around, foundations view a grant as an investment. In addition to including only the most relevant metrics, keep your language simple.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

So, using the same kind of language as every other charity repeatedly expressing their need for funding may not be the most effective strategy. If we don’t follow through on our rhetoric, we will fail to sustain the trust critical to securing more funding. This brings the listener into a uniquely powerful frame: “We don’t seek gifts.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In essence an RFP is a solicitation released by a funding agency who has money to donate to a good cause. The metrics and criteria section details the anticipated impact of the project’s goals. Funding is for both operating and capital funding to finance development of the facilities. And the best part?

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

In this guide, we’ll dive into what you can do to discover, analyze, and appeal to donor motivations and maintain a healthy level of funding for your cause. However, make sure you have the right tools and technology in place to capture these metrics. Use ethical and organized data collection methods. Personalize communications.

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AmpliFund

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Monitoring your organization’s grant recipients is crucial for accurately measuring outcomes and making informed decisions for future funding. This can lead to incomplete or unreliable information on outcomes and impact, which hinders your organization's ability to assess the effectiveness of funded projects and make data-driven decisions.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

By collecting essential metrics as part of your program management process, you’ll be able to use this information to: Identify program gaps and areas of need. Using predefined metrics can be incredibly valuable for determining how well your nonprofit has been meeting the needs of your constituents and where you can adjust for greater impact.

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