Grant Writer Team

JANUARY 23, 2025

At some point, every entrepreneur asks the same question: Is my business eligible for grant funding? Researching and applying for grant funding requires dedication, time, and effort, and there are several important things you need to know before applying. This type of funding often comes with specific requirements.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Funding is to develop housing units to be sold at prices below the average market price to increase housing options for low-income individuals and families. Funding supports supervised research at an accredited Institution of Higher Education (IHE) or nonprofit research institution which is not available in the student’s home country.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Your website can be a great marketing tool, but it can also help your nonprofit raise funds. Clearly outline your immediate funding priorities, such as specific programs, campaigns, or goals. Offering insight into how funds are allocated demonstrates accountability and reassures donors that their money is being used effectively.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 9, 2025

The real takeaway here is to be able to articulate why the operating reserve fund exists for your organization and clearly understand the purpose, rather than getting hung up on the aggregate number. The more dependable and regular your funding is, the less risk you have and the lower your reserves can be.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Most callers are surprised to learn from us that the federal government has relatively few programs to fund building construction or acquisition/renovation of buildings of any type. Congress in effect transferred funding for housing and community facilities from the federal government to the states and large cities/counties.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In September 2024, Candid and ABFE published two fact sheets about Black nonprofit leadership : Key Facts about Nonprofits with Majority Black Leadership and Key Facts about Nonprofits with Black CEOs.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 22, 2025

Things like creating a new program to fit within the constraints of a major funding opportunity from a certain grantmaker. Do you publish a regular newsletter? Crazily enough, as nonprofits seek increased funding for increased services, many are also laying off fundraising staff. Potential major donors?

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Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 24, 2025

Specialized funds like the Disabled Consultant Futures Fund enhance career opportunities for disabled artists by providing fair compensation and investments in their personal projects. While it may appear overwhelming, the potential funding makes it worthwhile.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2021

GrantStation helps nonprofit organizations fund their programs and fulfill their mission. Many organizations struggle to find new funding sources. GrantStation also helps organizations by publishing the in-depth State of Grantseeking™ Report.

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Strategic Grants

OCTOBER 8, 2023

One of the most common questions we are asked by not-for-profit organisations at Strategic Grants is “Does your grants database have a list of Private Ancillary Funds?” commonly referred to as PAFs) along with the next obvious question of “Great – how can we receive funds from them?”. First things first: What exactly is a PAF?

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 29, 2022

As I was beginning to build my library on fundraising, I knew I had to obtain the book, “Henry Rosso’s Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising.” Can you imagine my joy and excitement when it was announced that Wiley Publishing had published the fifth edition of “Achieving Excellence in Fundraising”?

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Gail Perry Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We originally published this post a few years ago, and it's one of the most popular on our site. The generous gifts from board members funded this special project, X." “The Are you and your team happy with the level of board giving to your nonprofit? 7 Steps to Successfully Solicit Your Board Your Overall Strategy: Take Charge But.

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Library Grants

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This three-year project, funded by the Mellon Foundation, addresses the challenge of accessing and deeply engaging with trans archival materials, offering support to scholars interested in enriching and diversifying the field.

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GrantNews

MAY 3, 2024

Nonetheless, you must thoroughly read and ensure you meet the eligibility criteria for these funding opportunities before applying. Funding for Small Businesses As outlined on their website, the SBA does not provide grants for starting and expanding a business. Funding encourages business growth.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 26, 2022

In May of 2020, Echoing Green and The Bridgespan Group published an article highlighting enormous budget disparities between Black and white-led nonprofit organizations seeking institutional funding in the early stages of their development. The numbers were staggering.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 10, 2025

Show You Have Nothing to Hide in Allocation of Funds Blackbaud Institute research found 76% of donors are concerned about what portion of their donation goes to overhead. Nonalignment means you might only redo your acknowledgment letters once a year, after your annual report has been published, when the info is readily available.

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Just Write Grants

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

For many nonprofits, corporate grants can provide essential funding to support their programs and initiatives. Heres a guide to help your nonprofit secure corporate funding effectively. Establishing a rapport before submitting a grant proposal increases your chances of securing funding.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2024

Create a schedule for your content team to follow that provides deadlines for writing new donor stories, gathering images and other visuals, publishing the stories, and promoting them on social media and other marketing channels. For example, your CTAs could say: Support our scholarship fund today to help other students in need.

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ProposalPRO

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Ever read through a federal Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and exclaim, “What are these people thinking?” Agencies will publish a notice in the Federal Register and call for public comments within a set period, usually lasting 30-60 days. Finally, please subscribe to my Fund the Change blog, below. What is Public Comment?

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The 18th annual DAF Report published by National Philanthropic Trust reveals that despite declining contributions, DAFs provided stability for charitable organizations.

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RBW Strategy

JANUARY 24, 2024

Phase 1: The Pre-Award Phase The pre-award phase includes the grantor announcing the funding opportunity all the way through the application submission and review of grant applications. The grant-making agency announces the funding opportunity and advertises it to applicant communities. The funds are then dispersed.

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GrantNews

AUGUST 12, 2024

In 1806, Noah Webster , published “A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language.” ” First American Dictionary of the English Language published in 1828 and had 70,000 entries. The first phone book was published in CT on February 21, 1878 , just two years after the telephone was invented! and is in CT.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Ideally, previously published research can be revisited or represented as the cyclical nature of these conditions presents itself: as Husock writes, “Think tank research can be seen as having an extended ‘half-life,’ in which its influence continues to resonate over time. “As

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GrantNews

APRIL 25, 2024

Researching and applying for grant funding can take dedication, time and effort. This kind of funding often has strings attached. Also, once a grant is awarded, do NOT sit around and wait for the funds to be ‘immediately’ issued. New grants are published daily. Grants are not just free money! Never give up!

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Schools, city governments, retailers, corporations, individuals, and big and small nonprofits have been participating in GivingTuesday by the thousands, and many of them are working together to raise funds for those 24 hours and beyond. They have all realized that giving back is so much more effective – and fun – when you do it with others.

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Library Grants

MARCH 12, 2025

The First Book Marketplace offers new books at low or no cost, thanks to donations from publishers and vendors. Becoming a First Book member takes about 5 minutes, and includes access to special funding opportunities made available from donors and partners.

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California Grants Portal

AUGUST 19, 2020

We wanted to create an easy-to-use website for all of California’s grantseekers to easily find and search for funding opportunities using filters like applicant type, grant category, deadline, and more. Published on August 19, 2020 Reach out to us at CAGrantsPortal@library.ca.gov.

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PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Describing Library Problems that Need Funding In my last post, I shared about the importance of aligning your grant application to a funding agency’s priorities. In this post, I will discuss how to describe problems for funding. It is important that the grant application you submit have a clear problem that needs solving.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

From funding extracurricular programs to enhancing school facilities, these efforts often fill budget gaps and enable schools to offer a variety of activities and support that wouldn’t be possible otherwise. With the need for fundraising growing each year, schools are exploring innovative ways to raise funds efficiently and effectively.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2023

Candid and ABFE partnered to create and publish Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. In other words, the amount of money donated to the Ivy Leagues suggests a ballpark figure for how much funding is available to higher education in general.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The topic is research funding. Through our work in grant development, we’ve met many faculty members who have not received training on how to find funding or write grant proposals. In this post, we share what we’ve learned about finding research funding based on our experience working with faculty at US-based universities.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 4, 2024

Do we have the funds this year to maintain our programs? Most organizations face frequent budget cuts, which creates organizational uncertainty and a scramble for new funding options. You can clearly see which revenue sources or grant-funded parts of your organization might be draining your budget instead of adding to it.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 3, 2023

FORVIS published its annual, national nonprofit study detailing that nearly one-half of nonprofits saw a decrease in net income in 2022 due to increases in personal compensation and operational costs, decreases in state appropriations and an end to the American Rescue Plan funding.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2024

As part of their democracy portfolios, they’re funding not only newsroom operations and training but also research and collaborations to bring diverse voices to the fore. Other funding initiatives to combat misinformation include the Global Fact Check Fund at the Poynter Institute. Knight, John D. and Catherine T.

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Even if you write a perfect grant proposal, it still might not get funded—simply because there is so much competition. Other times, you can have a fantastic grant proposal, but there just isn’t enough funding to go around. Candid publishes RFPs as a free service for U.S.-based Grant writing is challenging.

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Candid

MAY 26, 2022

Writer’s Note: The following recommendations were originally shared in Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , a report published on May 25, 2022 by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Candid. Flex your funding. Fund operating expenses. Fund operating expenses. Let them guide you in your funding.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

But without additional funding sources, we’re overly dependent on corporate priorities that often shift with political agendas. The goal was to create industry-wide standards for how companies collect, use, and share this information, and in 2022, the Tech Accountability Coalition published its Unbias the Future Equity Framework.

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