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Questions to Ask If You Are Thinking About Moving to a New GMS

Blackbaud

Make sure you have the right people in the right roles to manage the switch. This includes a grants manager to handle day-to-day implementation tasks, as well as consistent leadership to support the change. If you don’t have the right people in place, you may consider postponing the move to a new grants management system.

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How to Streamline Your Grant Management Process with Technology

Blackbaud

Having a predictable and consistent grant cycle will ensure your team members are able to evaluate each request efficiently and effectively. Here are a few things you can expect for each step of the grant management process, including some best practices on how to ensure the entire cycle works smoothly and effectively.

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Best Practices for Creating an Effective Eligibility Quiz in Grant Applications

Blackbaud

Focus Area: Include a list of options, such as youth literacy, nutrition, and workforce readiness. Your grant management system may also integrate with a data repository like GuideStar that will pull that information in based on the organizations information. Ask if your applicant serves one or more of those impact areas.

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The Professionalization of Grants: Scaling Your Grants Program Through Effective Infrastructure

Grant Professionals Association

If you havent already, now is the time to evaluate your organizations grant readiness from pre- to post-award, ensuring alignment with funders, competitive proposals, and strong fund stewardship. Understanding how your organization makes grant submission decisions is critical. Do We Have Shovel-Ready Projects?

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Need a New Grant Management System? 5 Tips for Selecting the Best GMS for Your Foundation

Blackbaud

But inertia is not an option when your grant programs outgrow your current solution, or your vendor sunsets the software you use, like Salesforce is doing with their grant management software, FoundationConnect. Make sure you know what that will look like for your GMS, even if you aren’t ready for those features yet.

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Financial Sustainability for Nonprofits: 4 Considerations

Ann Green's Nonprofit

In this guide, we’ll review four considerations to keep in mind as you assess your nonprofit’s financial sustainability—and, therefore, how ready it is for expansion. Their duties range from budget creation and cash flow forecasting to grant management and financial policy development. Let’s get started! Bookkeeper.

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Preparing for the Inevitable: How Grantmakers Can Thrive Amid Climate Events

Blackbaud

A huge thank you to Audrey Kidwell, Grants Manager for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, for providing many of the resources and tips included in this article. Modern grantmakers must be prepared and ready to support their communities when—not if—a climate disaster hits. Here’s how grantmakers can be ready.

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