Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Last year, we shared our crowdsourced list of red flags that funders look for in grant proposals—the things that immediately reveal the weak points in an application and raise questions about the organization’s credibility. Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders?

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Grant Writer Team

JANUARY 11, 2024

One of the most important details to remember when writing a winning grant proposal is to show passion. It goes without saying that skilled grant writing requires strong writing skills. Successful grant writers have passion for each client’s ideas. Let the passion jump off the pages of the proposal!

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Candid

JANUARY 29, 2025

These include categories like grants, donations from individuals, support from companies, and earned income from services or products. Those capabilities cant be built overnight, so youll need to share your findings and proposed funding strategy with key internal stakeholderswho are vital to implementing it.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

By themselves, social media appeals, fundraising letters, and other mass marketing efforts offer low conversion rates and contribute to message fatigue and information overload. Events, social media, and marketing are only small links in a much bigger chain of interactions with supporters. Fundraising mistake #2.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Grant Writing Essentials Understanding Grants and Their Purpose Grants are financial awards provided by governments, foundations, or corporations to support a specific project or initiative. Organizations or individuals seeking grant funding should clearly understand how grants function and the requirements they entail.

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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. Unlike traditional foundation grants, corporate grants are often tied to a companys philanthropic goals, community engagement efforts, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies.

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GrantNews

APRIL 16, 2025

However, it is best to diversify your funding source and also apply for grant funding support regularly. To help you with your grant-seeking journey, GrantWatch verifies listed grants, saving you time and stress. And regularly applying for grants paired with donor-centric practices creates a winning recipe for funding success.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Introduction to Foundation Grants Importance of Grants for Nonprofit Organizations Grants play a vital role in the financial sustainability of nonprofit organizations. Without grants, many nonprofits would struggle to maintain operations or expand their reach to those in need.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JUNE 5, 2024

Will it replace grant writers? Alex, the founder of Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates, has been a grant writer for more than a decade and has seen a lot of trends come and go. When should you use AI in grant writing? When should you avoid using AI in grant writing? Simply tell it, “I am a grant writer.

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Grant Writer Team

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Did you know that corporations sometimes provide in-kind support grants by donating promotional items to help enrich your mission? 1: Local Corporate Sponsorships for Community Development Many purpose-driven businesses create foundations to offer grants to support vital causes like education, health, and community development.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Nonprofit program design is a vital component to winning grants. Both foundation and government funders read a ton of grant applications. You can’t wrap up a half-baked cookie as a good gift, and you can’t wrap up a half-baked program as a fundable grant. The original proposed design was in person and phone call interventions.

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GrantNews

OCTOBER 13, 2024

As a legitimate and credible grant database, transparency and fraud prevention are very important to us. There are literally thousands and thousands of real grant opportunities designed to help businesses and nonprofits. Sadly, however, there are also many individuals looking to cheat honest people with fake grant funding.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 24, 2025

Grants from DAFs to nonprofits declined somewhat , going from $55.53 The average DAF payout rate (the percentage of grants made relative to the charitable assets available) was almost 24%. With this funding available, securing DAF grants has become a staple of smart nonprofit cash management. billion in 2022 to $54.77

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ProposalPRO

OCTOBER 30, 2021

In the grants space, federal law requires that the public be made aware of proposed (i.e., You’ll be able to read the proposed rule as well as others’ comments, which also are publicly shared. For example, Costa et al (2019) conducted an in-depth analysis of comments on a major proposed U.S. How Does it Work?

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Grant management is the hard work and dedication required to ensure an organization follows a donor’s guidelines. Nonprofits and small businesses dedicate countless hours to the grant writing process. However, responsibly managing grants after the award is just as critical. What is Grant Management?

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GiveSmart

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A significant portion of your funding may come from grants, which help support your programs in many different ways. However, writing grant applications can be a very time-consuming and stressful process. Even the most experienced writer may feel pressure to be chosen by grant funders out of dozens or hundreds of applications.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Especially when it comes to searching for grants. Being taken advantage of on the internet or through social media is a common occurrence. No one wants to fall prey to these schemes, so the question remains — how do you know whether or not a grant is legitimate? Grants have specific requirements in order to apply.

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HSF House

APRIL 17, 2025

Over the summer, I will be conducting a creative research project that investigates my identity as a Colombian American through three large-scale mixed media paintings. To further embrace the concept of hybridity, I will be investigating a blend of media in these works.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Every time I meet a new grant professional and hear about their work, I am totally in awe. In case you have never met a grant pro, here’s a sampling of what I’m talking about. No, we cannot do whatever we want with grant funding. No, we cannot ignore our award agreement’s grant terms and conditions.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JUNE 1, 2023

We’ve had many clients take this assessment, complete with customized recommendations, and raise their organization’s profile leading to increased grant funding in subsequent years! The Attractiveness Quotient is also included in my work with clients who have a signed contract for grant writing services.

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Candid

MARCH 14, 2024

Creating a consistent supply of social media content for a nonprofit is hard. At the Nonprofit Marketing Summit earlier this month, I shared how we do this—from how we rethought why we are on social media and our process for repurposing content (without getting too repetitive). And our social media efforts are an extension of that.

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Grant Writer Team

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When putting together a grant proposal, you may think you need an entirely new piece of writing. However, many grant applications share common requirements, which makes reusing parts of a past grant proposal a worthwhile idea. Do: Review the quality of the writing in the initial grant proposal.

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Peak Proposals

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Finding grant opportunities to apply to is of central importance to most non-profit organizations. While a grant database is ideal for conducting prospect research, many non-profits lack access to a subscription database and instead rely on free sources such as Google and other search engines. Use Google’s Advanced Search function.

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Grant Writer Team

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A well-written, award-winning grant proposal illustrates why a cause is qualified for funding. When it comes to getting approval, most grant-makers often require project outlines and other tedious data. And it’s true, your grant application must be 100% fact-based. However, bear this in mind. They invest in people.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Topics include mobile marketing; press releases; email marketing; multi-channel fundraising; volunteer job descriptions; grant proposals and much more. This month we've found 22 free non-profit webinars.

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Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2023

How to write a winning grant proposal by Stephen Robertson of Candid Ranking in the top spot: Writing grant proposals. Breaking down its typical sections, this blog offers a step-by-step roadmap for how to craft a winning project proposal.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

By now you’ve probably heard that short-form video on social media is an important tool for reaching new and younger audiences. The results: evaluating the success of our social media video experiment We ran this experiment from September 26 to December 9, 2022, and collected analytics to evaluate its success on December 12, 2022.

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Candid

APRIL 2, 2024

Grassroots organizations provide vital services to local communities, yet they struggle to compete for grants against large national nonprofits that can leverage robust development teams, considerable fundraising experience, and established relationships with grantmakers. Here are some steps to get started.

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

Why it pays to build relationships with nonprofit funders Grant funding plays a critical role in ensuring the survival and success of many nonprofits. Not to mention, securing these grants can be quite competitive, especially if you’re seeking funding for the very first time. However, finding these stakeholders can often be tricky.

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Candid

JANUARY 31, 2024

Our Get Started YouTube playlist offers a shortlist of videos on fundraising and proposal writing—all under three minutes. Fundraising-related entries include “ How do I find grants for my nonprofit? It offers collections on Individual Giving, Fundraising , Grants & Proposal Writing , and Corporate Giving.

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GiveSmart

JULY 16, 2024

Nonprofits can use ChatGPT to generate content like newsletters, blog posts, and social media posts. ChatGPT can also assist in writing grant proposals and personalize communication and thank-you notes for donors. GiveSmart’s expert team created a webinar to help nonprofits get started with Google Ad Grants.

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Just Write Grants

AUGUST 21, 2024

Understanding how to navigate the grant-seeking landscape effectively is key to unlocking financial support for your organization’s programs and initiatives. Here’s a comprehensive guide to help religiously affiliated nonprofits secure grants and make the most of their funding opportunities. Crafting a Compelling Grant Proposal 1.

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

Modern uses of AI, such as machine learning, include understanding text, recognizing people and objects in images, and figuring out who you might know on social media platforms. Making searching for funders and grants fast and easy. Generating first drafts of grant proposals. million nonprofits worldwide.

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Blackbaud

MAY 16, 2024

Applications, proposals, progress reports, impact metrics – the data collected throughout the grantmaking lifecycle is vast and ever-growing. The Data Deluge in Grantmaking: Drowning in Information Remember the days when grantmaking relied on paper proposals and handwritten reports? Grantmakers are swimming in a sea of information.

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Just Write Grants

AUGUST 30, 2024

Starting a nonprofit is a noble endeavor, but new organizations—especially those less than three years old—often face unique challenges when it comes to securing grant funding. While grants can be a critical source of support, understanding and overcoming these hurdles is essential for new nonprofits aiming to achieve their mission.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On-demand trainings can be taken any time, with recent topics including fostering an inclusive culture , finding funding , and writing grant proposal budgets. Candid also offers a wide variety of borrowable e-books by topic: DEI, management, fundraising, grant writing, advocacy, etc. Grants to Individuals .

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Just Write Grants

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As we approach 2025, the landscape of grant writing for nonprofits is evolving rapidly. Staying ahead of trends and preparing effectively can make the difference between a successful grant application and a missed opportunity. Understand Emerging Trends in Grant Making 1.1 Develop a Comprehensive Grant Writing Strategy 2.1

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