Guest Author, Author at Funding for Good

A Beginner’s Guide to the Mail Appeal

by Guest Author | Dec 12, 2018 | Development/Fundraising, Donors

by a friend and former client of Funding For Good In 2017, I joined the world of nonprofit fundraising after many years in Corporate America. Over the last 18 months, I have learned so much about many different things: Donor relations, grant writing, prospecting,...

About Grant Writer Success Rates

by Guest Author | Aug 16, 2018 | Development/Fundraising, Grant Writing

by Amy Clinton While many nonprofits are interested in past grant writer success rates as a measure of potential future performance, this metric provides little in the way of proof of a grant writer’s work product, skill as a grant writer, or likelihood of writing...

The Gift of Leadership

by Guest Author | Aug 9, 2018 | Board Development, Strategic Planning

by Michael Webb I recently helped a couple of nonprofits conduct a Board Skills Assessment (with the help of excellent resources from BoardSource and Funding for Good). The subject was the gift of leadership. The results affirmed what I already suspected about their...

Volunteer Retention: 3 Strategies

by Guest Author | Jul 10, 2018 | Development/Fundraising, Strategic Planning

by Eric Burger I ran across this week’s blog a few weeks ago while I was doing research on volunteer retention tracking. I found this article by Eric Burger and asked permission to share with you guys. It is well-written and shares all the things, and more,...

If a Grant Writer Was Writing Your Strategic Plan

by Guest Author | Apr 25, 2018 | Grant Writing, Strategic Planning

Guest Blog by Michael Webb, Grant STEPS What makes a good strategic plan? Google it, and you’ll get lots of examples and opinions. Consider writing your strategic plan from the perspective of a grant writer. Being a grant writer, the thing I consistently find missing...