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Wrapping up 2024

Grant Professionals Association

Year to Date As you review the year so far, review your metrics to illustrate the excellent work you and your team completed. Revised or created policies and procedures? Discern what you can from unfunded grant proposals and feedback from grant reviewers or program officers to determine areas of improvement.

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The Secrets to Successful Nonprofit Grant Writing

Joe Garecht Fundraising

You spend hundreds of hours sending out grant proposals, praying that a few foundations will be interested in your work. No matter how great your grant proposals and letters of inquiry are, you are only going to win a small number of the grants that you submit. The best way to do this is to systemize your grant fundraising program.

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The most read Candid insights articles in 2024: Fundraising, AI, and diversity 

Candid

Now, the other question is Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant proposals? Mitigating future risks: Why your organization should have an AI policy by Astrid Vinje, Candid. by Guy Mika, Candid. Naturally, we were curious to know how grantmakers felt about the use of generative AI in funding applications.

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The Importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Grant Proposals

Grant Training Center

In the world of grant writing, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are essential components for successful and impactful grant proposals. To craft a compelling grant proposal that aligns with these principles, consider the following strategies: 1. Many foundations and government agencies have specific guidelines related to DEI.

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7 Database Goals for Your Independent School’s Capital Campaign

Blackbaud

Work closely with administrators to identify reports that need to be run and the metrics to track during the campaign, which will inform your fund setup and gift entry process. You are focused on policies and procedures. Improve proposal tracking. When portfolios are assigned, create or review the campaign proposal process.

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Philanthropy Officers and Grant Professionals

Grant Professionals Association

Complete the application in ninety days, and we will present your proposal at the next board meeting.” What you do as a successful individual giving officer is, sit in front of a blinking cursor and a screen full of empty boxes that ask for outcome metrics. Create philanthropic policies that incentivize partnership. Yes, or no?

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From Data Deluge to Impactful Decisions: Mastering Data in Grantmaking

Blackbaud

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?