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How to Overcome Common Obstacles to Connecting with Potential Funders
Our experts explore common obstacles when reaching out to potential funders and offer solutions for how to overcome them.
Read MoreYou just won a grant! Now what?
Our experts have complied 4 predictions to guide your grant seeking strategy in the New Year, including the opportunity for new funding sources.
Read More4 Predictions for Successful Grant Seeking in 2022
Our experts have complied 4 predictions to guide your grant seeking strategy in the New Year, including the opportunity for new funding sources.
Read MoreNonprofit Grant Management: Learning the Essentials
Grant management involves tracking and reporting on grants in order to satisfy funder requirements and keep accurate records. Learn more with our crash course.
Read MoreBuilding Your 2022 Funding Prospect List
As the summer heat subsides, don’t let your grants program cool down! The fall fundraising season is an important time to assess the performance of your grants program so far this year, including: How many of your past grant funders repeated their giving in 2021? How many qualified new grant funding opportunities did you find and pursue? How many of the grant proposals you submitted were…
Read More3 Steps Every Organization Should Take When Competing for Funding in the “New Now”
The past year has been one of flashing headlines and reactive planning. While it appears that the world may slowly be returning to some semblance of normalcy, there are certain affects that no policy or vaccine can undo. More specifically, the grant seeking scope has changed dramatically. What was once an atmosphere of crisis has now…
Read MoreFinding Emergency Grants During Crisis: Tips for New Grant Seekers
Adapted from an original article published by Grants Plus on Foundant Amidst an emergency like the COVID-19 crisis, we advise nonprofit organizations to contact their existing grant funders as soon as possible. But what if your organization does not have current grant funders? Perhaps you’ve received grants in the past but aren’t currently managing any…
Read MoreGuide to Emergency Federal Grants During Crisis: Updated February 2021
Over the past decade, nonprofit fundraising has been rapidly transformed by new ways to give. In particular, donor-advised funds have soared as a popular way for generous donors to support nonprofits of all sizes, creating an opportunity for nonprofits to boost revenues. Conceived by community foundations decades ago, today donor-advised funds (DAFs) are one of…
Read MoreGrants from Donor Advised Funds Since the COVID-19 Crisis: What Nonprofits Should Know
Donor-advised funds (DAFs) have been a fast-growing giving vehicle for years, but they have grown faster in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession. Experience shows that during economic downturns, philanthropic giving through DAFs remains strong. The recession of 2020 was no exception: in fact, grants made to charities from donor-advised funds were…
Read MoreEmergency Grant Seeking: Engaging Grant Makers in the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond
Adapted from an article originally published by Grants Plus on Foundant The nonprofit sector is still struggling through the uncertainty and upheaval of the COVID-19 crisis. Social distancing and “shelter in place” decrees forced the cancelation of fundraising events and fee-based services, resulting in lost income. Many organizations are recovering from programmatic and operational disruptions…
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