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Building 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…
Read MoreWhat’s a Donor-Advised Fund? Understanding the Essentials
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 MoreDos and Don’ts to Hit the Grants Bullseye
Every grant application has an opportunity cost: the time and effort to pursue this grant could have been spent elsewhere. This makes it crucial to focus your available time and effort on the most promising grant possibilities for your organization. Follow our dos and don’ts to improve your aim at the grants bullseye: DO weigh…
Read MoreBreaking the news: Telling grant funders the executive director is leaving
We are in a season of change across the nonprofit landscape. Numerous reports and studies have predicted a sector-wide shift in leadership that is now actively unfolding. Nonprofit executives of the baby boomer generation are steadily retiring and a new pipeline of leaders is stepping up. Add to this context troubling indicators of nonprofit CEO…
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Expert Tips for Winning Your Next Federal Grant
Successfully competing for federal grants is about more than following the application instructions. The formal Request for Proposals (RFP) usually tells only part of the story. Savvy federal grant seekers know to seek out the broader context about a federal funding opportunity in order to assess their organization’s competitiveness and prepare the most complete and…
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