GrantNews

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

As a national database with over 9,500 available grants , GrantWatch also lists funding opportunities that can help your nonprofit enhance its digital marketing efforts and expand its reach online. Funding supports community events that align with the funding source’s strategic plan.

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Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

In an ever-evolving social and economic landscape, churches and religious organizations increasingly seek alternative funding sources, such as church grants, to sustain operations, expand ministry services, and engage in community outreach.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The second thing you absolutely have to do is schedule your grant writing chores for the year ahead. It means setting due dates for rolling grant applications too. As a new grant writer, I always put this information into an Excel spreadsheet. It is then that I review the year’s results, and update my business plan.

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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. Understanding the distinctions between capital, program, and operating grants is crucial for effectively managing your organization’s finances and meeting its goals. Capital Grants 1.1 Program Grants 2.1

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Note from Diane: You know how passionate our team is about thinking about your grant management work (your post-award work) to help strengthen your grant applications (your pre-award) work. Its why we partner with MyFedTrainer.com to deliver grant writing supports and training on both the pre-award and post-award side of things.

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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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Grant Consulting Services

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Does your organization have a strategic plan? Strategic planning is a very important step in building a successful organization, no matter its size. So, what is a strategic plan, and how do you make one? What Is A Strategic Plan? Happy strategic planning, friends! Is it working?

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Grant Writer Team

MAY 23, 2024

In today’s fast-paced world, most established businesses and nonprofits hire professional grant writers to get the funding they need. They know that grant writing is a time-consuming process, usually best left to someone with the know-how to complete the job and get a favorable response. Grant Consultants are currently trending.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Understanding the Power of Local Grant Money Local grant money serves as a vital resource for non-profit organizations striving to enhance their community impact. Local grants provide critical funding that can address these gaps.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Introduction to Grants Definition and Purpose of Grants A grant is a financial award provided by a government agency, foundation, or corporation to support initiatives aligned with their objectives. In essence, grants play a critical role in fostering growth and innovation by providing the necessary financial backing.

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GrantNews

OCTOBER 10, 2024

How do you access government grants for nonprofits? The fact is, a significant number of government grants are waiting for grant-seekers to apply. However, the challenge is how to locate these government grants and identify those that will be the right fit for your nonprofit. Government grants to nonprofits.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 13, 2025

Your revenue is overly dependent on a handful of major donors or a single government grant. Strong revenue diversity is vital to the sustainability of your organization, and you never know when a major donors gift wont come, or a grant program will shift its focus. You see the writing on the wall.

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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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Candid

MARCH 11, 2025

Capacity Building funding provides much-needed support for what many organizations had been doing without: resources to strengthen leadership and boards, professional development, technology, evaluation, strategic planning, communications, etc. We held live webinars and community office hours where applicants could ask questions.

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GrantNews

MAY 30, 2024

An important alternative funding option has emerged: grants. Unlike loans, grants do not require repayment. Where can small businesses find these elusive grants? In addition, grant seekers can also peruse the government site for the multitude of funding possibilities there. But, stop the presses, there’s more!

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 13, 2023

For the second time in three years , Millionaire Grant Lady has won a $1.5 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ( SAMHSA ) to help a Texas-based organization respond to the opioid crisis. Federal grants are also the most competitive, complex, and difficult to receive.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 17, 2025

Weve created resources to help social impact organizations as they respond, from strategic planning to diversifying revenue streams to engaging new donors.

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Grant Training Center

AUGUST 21, 2023

Grant writing expertise can be a valuable asset when you’re seeking a job. Even if the job itself is not directly related to grant writing, many of the skills you develop in writing and implementing grants strongly relate to superior job attributes.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 12, 2023

And does your boss even understand the world of grants? The answers vary with every grant professional. Some metropolitan cities have grant professionals embedded in multiple departments – police, fire, parks and recreation, and transportation. But where is the right fit for a grant professional? Ask questions.

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Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

I truly hope that nearly five years after the entire sector was forced to navigate office shutdowns, shift programs and services online, and streamline grant applications and reporting, I dont need to make the case that technology is central to philanthropic and nonprofit organizations mission and programs.

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Strategic Grants

JANUARY 29, 2025

In addition to grant funding, consider exploring corporate partnerships, merchandise sales, or fee-for-service offerings. Just like a Grand Slam tournament, grants and fundraising success requires strategic planning, engaging experiences, and strong teamwork it’s all about finding your “game, set, impact” approach.

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ProposalPRO

AUGUST 31, 2021

Asymmetric information can be a disadvantage, especially for nonprofit organizations that are new to the world of government grants. So how does asymmetric information work in the government grants space? Same Information, Different Understanding Uncle Sam provides information about grants for free. What is it?

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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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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

Smaller shares of grantmakers providing technology and tools, unrestricted funding The good news is that a significant majority of funders are now committed to streamlining grant applications (67%) and reporting processes (56%). Demonstrate need: Tie your request directly to the organizations strategic plan and its capacity needs.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Nonprofits work with consultants for a variety of reasons, from strategic planning to fundraising, capacity building and grant writing. When: Thursday, March 20, 202 5, at 11 am PT; 2 pm ET (60 min.)

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Grant Writer Team

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Nonprofits need a projected annual budget for transparency, especially if grant funding is needed. Nonprofits seeking grant funding need to provide an annual budget to the funding source. This way a grant writer from GrantWriterTeam can help you compile your programmatic budget for a particular grant.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 9, 2024

Nonprofits may scramble to gather details or documents and submit last-minute applications for grants. Here are five tips to cut the chaos.

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Grant Training Center

MAY 30, 2023

Successful grant writers possess a variety of characteristics that contribute to their effectiveness. Thus, successful grant writers: Strong Research Skills: Can identify relevant funding opportunities , understand the funding organization’s priorities and requirements, and gather supporting data and evidence for their proposals.

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Blackbaud

MAY 6, 2024

Always Start with the Mission in Mind Any good budgeting process should start with your organization’s mission and strategic plan. Work with the heads of each department to analyze expense history, review contracts for any automatic expense increases, and evaluate the strategic plan for any additional expenses to include.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2011

This week in our TechSoup Grant Series: One Hour a Week to Success , we are ready to focus on writing a successful grant proposal. If you use your organization's strategic plan as a foundation and have a fully developed grant project, this stage of the process should progress smoothly. read more.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Earn free CPE credit, network with other finance leaders and get inspiration to optimize strategic planning, reporting, grant management and accounting operations. Nonprofit leaders are invited to Beyond the Ledger: Nonprofit Finance Summit, a free virtual event on March 13.

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Grant Consulting Services

APRIL 25, 2024

Part II: Grant Optimization After the feasibility study, the next step is creating a workplan to identify any gaps. We call this step Grant Optimization. Using these findings will help you determine the next best steps to create a grant optimization strategy. What Is Grant Optimization?

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 17, 2024

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. It’s also important to understand how you determine success for your current grant programs.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 15, 2024

Outcomes are becoming increasingly important when seeking grant funding, so it pays to fine-tune the details. Strategic planning helps your organization meet challenges effectively while also taking advantage of new opportunities. After you use the SWOT analysis to develop your strategic plan , revisit the plan regularly.

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Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 4, 2024

In the realm of federal grants and education service grants, timing is everything. Securing funding through grants demands foresight and meticulous planning, often long before the grant cycle officially opens. Grant cycles, more often than not, operate on tight schedules, sometimes lasting no more than six weeks.

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Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

I truly hope that nearly five years after the entire sector was forced to navigate office shutdowns, shift programs and services online, and streamline grant applications and reporting, I dont need to make the case that technology is central to philanthropic and nonprofit organizations mission and programs.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

APRIL 23, 2023

While providing excellent grant writing services to your clients is important, it’s also essential to think strategically about how you can increase your revenue. Here are five effective ways to increase your income and achieve your financial goals as a grant writing consultant.

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