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In an increasingly crowded digital environment—with email, social media, and messaging apps vying for our attention—direct mail has a unique ability to capture our attention. But not all direct mail campaigns are created equal. When you combine direct mail and donor...
Pretty much everyone in the nonprofit sector is looking to raise more money. But few people actually dedicate their careers to nonprofit fundraising and development. That’s where development professionals come in. Here at Funding for Good, most of our team...
When it comes to sustainability for your nonprofit, some grants are better than others. New grantseekers are often afraid to ask for changes to their grants for fear of jeopardizing grant approval. But you don’t have to ask for more grant dollars to make your...
Evaluation methods are the criteria for evaluating the success of a program or project.
For today’s nonprofits, relying on a mix of funding sources isn’t just a good idea; it’s essential. Many organizations do a great job with individual donors and grants, yet too often, corporate partnerships are left on the back burner, treated as a potential...
Nonprofit budgeting can feel like an endless project. That’s because nonprofits don’t just create a single annual operating budget. Instead, we have: Annual operating budgets Program and project budgets Grant budgets Overhead rate calculations Budget narratives...
Nonprofit fundraising in 2025 has been a rollercoaster. To help make sense of what the highs, lows, and curveballs mean for our sector in 2026, we rounded up the latest research on nonprofit fundraising. Here are some top takeaways from nonprofit fundraising...
How do you write a great grant report, especially in a year like 2025 that has been full of challenges for the nonprofit sector? Grant reporting often feels like an afterthought for many nonprofits. Writing grant reports can be time-consuming, frustrating, and...
Creating an annual fundraising plan is one of the most important parts of nonprofit strategy, management, and, of course, fundraising. But fundraising planning can also feel overwhelming, as there are many elements to consider—and many people counting on your...
As of mid-2025, AI is drastically changing how we interact online. How we search for information, the news headlines we see, the content of many articles we read—they are all being affected by AI, whether we like it or not. At Funding for Good, we are not AI...
Grant research tools have become big business over the last two decades. Today, there are several competing paid databases you can subscribe to. But not everyone has the budget to spend on a database and a staff member to navigate it. That’s where free grant research...
I decided to put together a Grant Readiness Checklist to use for myself and with clients.
We are ALL looking for ways to save time while growing revenue. For nonprofits especially, a secret ingredient for successful fundraising is writing a grant proposal template before you apply for a single grant. But what exactly is a grant proposal template, and how...
Between federal grant freezes and new AI tools, writing GREAT grant proposals is more important than ever. Here at Funding for Good, our team has decades of experience writing successful grants. Combined, we’ve written hundreds (maybe thousands) of grant...
Nonprofit grants have been making headlines in 2025. Whether it’s federal funding freezes or flagging DEI content, so many changes so quickly can make you wonder: Is it still worth investing in a grant fundraising strategy? Here at Funding for Good, based on...
When most people think of government grants, they think of federal funding and grants.gov. But for small and emerging nonprofits, local and state funding opportunities can provide a more approachable—and sometimes more impactful—path to sustainable funding....
A board member of a nonprofit recently asked us a very common question: "How do I find grants for my nonprofit? Where do I even start?" If you’re new to nonprofit fundraising, finding grant money can feel overwhelming. We’ve been sharing a lot of grant tips and...
You must first look closely as what you are doing, what you have time to do, and then what you are asking a grant writer to do for you.
Is your nonprofit ready for the year-end fundraising push? When I was a nonprofit development director, I used to dread Labor Day. Instead of enjoying the late summer weather, I’d be thinking about all the year-end fundraising work that needed to happen by...
As the end of summer approaches, nonprofits nationwide start planning for year-end fundraising. From October to December, we send out email appeals, direct mail appeals, and handwritten notes. We set meetings and make calls—and we ask our board members to do...
Lately, we have been sharing a lot of information about finding and securing more grant dollars for your nonprofit. We've covered hands-on reviews of grant research tools, communicating with new foundation prospects, evaluating and managing matching grants, and...