GrantNews

AUGUST 16, 2024

That’s why we’re sharing six valuable tips to help your nonprofit get ready for a successful grant interview! Present Accurate Data The social constructs of philanthropy are shifting, with many grant funders adopting an investment mindset. You can illustrate this by presenting a clear plan with successful outcomes.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 7, 2022

But the fact is, successfully securing and implementing grant funding takes time and effort; to be successful in the business of grants, you need to put equal emphasis on the 5 Rs of Grant Writing : Readiness, Research, Relationships, wRiting, and Reporting. Now you are ready to dig in on funder research, but where do you start?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Pay attention to the donor/attendee experience, then weigh out the potential cost and get ready to PLAN, PLAN, PLAN! But if the event meets your goals for revenue and awareness, it might be ok. Typically, a Heartstrings Event has one main goal – to ask people for support. Point blank.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Ensure Eligibility – Are You Grant-Ready? After completing your FREE Grant Readiness Assessment you will discover what type of grants you are eligible for. Having a concisely written mission statement prepared before applying for a grant is the best way to ensure you are presenting a coherent plan to funders.

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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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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Start with five to eight fundraising ambassadors with a goal of understanding them and how they can best engage in ways that will make them feel great while raising money for your organization. Just asking ambassadors to spread the word and “help us reach our fundraising goal” won’t lead anywhere. and achieve their goals.

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Define Clear Impact Objectives Aligned with the Funder’s Goals Funders want to see that your program’s goals align closely with their mission. Craft your goals to reflect the outcomes they value most, demonstrating that you understand their impact expectations. 80% of participants secure employment within 6 months”).

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

With a plan, you’ll: Be more productive because you’ll be working on tasks that move you toward your goals. But there is no time like the present! But … be ready to do it next year. Set an Impact Goal. What they need is an Impact Goal which is a beacon to guide you through your journey and ward off distractions.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 15, 2014

A couple of weeks back, I presented on a webinar with TechSoup discussing the process and challenges of moving your organization to Office 365 without leaning too heavily on an outside consultant. Today I'd like to help you decide if your organization is ready to make the change. You can view that full webinar below.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 30, 2023

Precautionary Note: The Risk of Immature AI Technologies Precautionary Note: The Risk of Immature AI Technologies But with these advancements come certain concerns, notably the rapid rollout of AI technologies that may not yet be fully mature or ready for deployment​.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 4, 2024

Program-based budgets will allow your organization to make more precise cash flow projections and more appropriate fundraising goals for the year so that your organization can plan to accomplish more, not less. A dashboard is a snapshot of the organization’s progress towards its major financial, fundraising, and mission impact goals.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To successfully implement changes to your grantmaking application, you need to communicate the benefits of data-driven and user-centered design to your leadership, tie the benefits to your organization’s overall goals, and involve your leadership in the decision-making process. For example: Does your application represent your mission?

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Greater Giving

JUNE 4, 2021

And if they are truly passionate about the same cause that you are, then they should be ready and excited to become a part of the solution—with you there only to help make that happen for them. Your nonprofit is just the vehicle for a sponsor to achieve their own goals. How can your nonprofit organization make that happen?

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Candid

JUNE 5, 2024

In the nonprofit context, Instructional Design helps you ensure that the educational materials you create are not just informative but also closely aligned with your organizational goals and the specific challenges you and your stakeholders face. You can also conduct a training inventory to identify existing resources that can be repurposed.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 14, 2021

Both sellers and supporters will get behind a clear goal. Set Tangible and Achievable Goals Do think about goals on two fronts: for the group and for the individual. The overall goal is the north star for everyone involved in the fundraiser. The overall goal is the north star for everyone involved in the fundraiser.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Since you probably raise a good percentage of your fundraising goal during the month of December, you have to make the time count! Instead, give yourself a solid 4-6 week time frame (pre-December) to hammer down your year-end fundraising details so you’re ready to go on kickoff day.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 5, 2024

If you’re ready to move beyond grants, let’s get started! Even if it feels overwhelming at first, break it down into essential steps: Setting goals Identifying potential donors Defining your message Starting with a well-conceived plan helps you clarify goals, outline specific actions, and define your budget to achieve your goals.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 15, 2021

When to Start Thinking About Getting Paid If you expect to have money coming in beyond what you need to cover program expenses during your budget’s fiscal year, you are ready to think about a nonprofit salary for yourself. Put your nonprofit salary goal on hold while you work on building your donor base.

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Greater Giving

MAY 28, 2021

When an unpredictable, sudden change in planning sweeps you up and carries you away, it’s important to stay flexible and ready to act. It is their largest fundraiser of the year, with as many as four hundred guests and a typical goal to raise $160k or more. How can they draw the same amount of interest during an online program?

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Joe Garecht Fundraising

OCTOBER 3, 2021

This strategy involves going to large conferences and events in your organization’s mission field with the goal of meeting new donors at the event. You can simply go as an attendee, or you can try to be a presenter or roundtable participant, or you can rent a booth in the vendor area, if it’s the right kind of conference.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 27, 2021

Their development teams work long hours to meet aggressive fundraising goals, but their sense of urgency is not about meeting payroll and paying for other immediate needs. When you talk to donors, you talk about your organization’s present and you also talk about your organization’s future. It’s a long-term goal.

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Grant Writer Team

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

GrantWriterTeam offers a solution by connecting nonprofits with experienced grant writers ready to help craft winning proposals. They focus on helping nonprofits maximize their limited resources, bringing specialized knowledge in grant writing, budgeting, and project presentation. Funds for Programs Addressing Community Needs !

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Grant Writer Team

AUGUST 15, 2024

Partnering with a grant writer can help you organize your budget and present your data effectively. Experienced grant writers tap into multiple grant directories and understand how to identify the opportunities that align with your specific goals. Funders are interested in concrete data, not just your narrative.

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Strategic Grants

JANUARY 23, 2024

It’s a new year, which means new goals, updated strategies and fresh professional development opportunities. When it comes to fundraising and grants especially, having an internal resource that can listen, capture key messages, and present those in both proposals and when speaking to internal and external stakeholders, is essential.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

GivingTuesday presents an invaluable opportunity for nonprofits to capture the generosity of first-time, spontaneous givers. As you button up your GivingTuesday campaign, keep these factors in mind with the goal of securing the first gifts of spontaneous donors who are already aware of your organization and primed to give.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Once you’ve mastered these basic Boolean operators of effective grant searches, you’ll be ready to move on to more intricate searches. All the terms connected by it will be present in the grants you’re looking for. With OR , only one of the search terms needs to be present in the grants. Let’s begin!

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Qgiv

JULY 28, 2021

Fundraising participants can rely on their team members to share their fundraising goal and make more of a difference together. With more than thirty days left before the event, fundraising teams had already raised more than $27,000 of the organization’s $100,000 fundraising goal. Ready to host your own peer-to-peer event?

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Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This month four members of the committee will share insights on compensation, professional obligations, solicitation and use of funds, and presentation of information. The purpose of grant funds are to support the work of the organization and accomplish the goals and objectives set forth in the proposal.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

And that means you can start using those funds almost as soon as they’re donated to help your organization reach its goals. From there, you’ll be ready to take off with text-to-give! Make sure you briefly walk them through how to use it so they’re ready when the event takes place! Offer monthly/recurring options.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

About the Presenter Chris Barlow is the Customer Happiness Director of Beeline Marketing. Do Market Research The goal for your lead magnet is to create a resource that people may find when they are using a search engine. Choose a Format Remember, your primary goal here isn’t to deliver a product or service.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Ready to learn more about Giving Tuesday and how your nonprofit can make the most of it? In fact, despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Giving Tuesday reported that participants gave $2.47 Motivate your supporters by tying your fundraising goal to something tangible. Let’s get started!

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Decide on a fundraising goal. Your fundraising goal should be reasonable and reachable, while still presenting enough of a challenge that donors will rise to the occasion to help meet it. Your goal should translate directly to a tangible outcome. Create a holiday-ready donation page.

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 1, 2018

I am typically not a fan of making resolutions as I outlined 4 years ago in the post “ Goals versus Resolutions “ Goal : noun ?g?l n : the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict, problem So are you ready for me to tell you what my non-resolutions will be for 2018? Guess what?

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 17, 2024

As you look at your grant management software options, you want to include your future goals as well as your current processes. Make sure you know what that will look like for your GMS, even if you aren’t ready for those features yet. Check out our guide for helping you make a plan for the future of your grantmaking.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

You’ve outgrown your space, and you’re ready for your first capital campaign! Smaller gifts from individuals, events, and items like engraved bricks help support the campaign toward the end, when a small amount is left to reach the goal. First Things First…Are You Really Ready for Your First Capital Campaign?

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Grant Writer Team

AUGUST 22, 2024

While resources like GrantWatch help you find grants, once you’re ready to apply, you may wonder, “What’s next?” Essentially, your grant writer becomes an extension of your team, helping you present the best possible case for funding. What Is a Professional Grant Writer and How Do They Help?

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Much of the remaining 80% goes toward wrangling attachments of required documents, hashing out budgets, and designing meaningful goals and objectives. Offer to present a lunch and learn, a section of board member orientation, or other brief informal talk about how grants work.

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