Have you ever heard of a nonprofit that didn’t apply for grant funding?
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4 Signs a Nonprofit Should Start Looking at Grants
Would it surprise you to know that some nonprofits have never – and will never – turn to grant funding as part of their development plan?
Timing and Resources are EVERYTHING!
After SMART goals and strategy sessions have been established, it’s time to determine what resources are needed so that the project can move forward.
Pre-Selected & Unsolicited Proposals: Still Contact?
Have you ever been researching a foundation that you thought was a perfect fit only to see these dreaded phrases?
SNEAKY Program Strategies
Do you want to know what information every nonprofit should consider when establishing strategies to successfully achieve program goals and objectives?
Grant Guidelines: Can You Follow Instructions?
‘Grant guidelines’. What are they and why are they important?
Grant Goals, Outcomes and Evaluations
So what is the difference between GOALS and OBJECTIVES?
What Should Happen after a Grant is Awarded?
If your organization gets selected to receive grant funding, you should be thankful you were chosen and express that appropriately to the donor.
Grants and Your Fundraising Plan
My first question for folks when they tell me they need grant money is, “Do you have a fundraising plan?”
Churches and Grants
I talk with people all the time who ask me how to raise dollars for a church project, or for a mission or religious organization.
Questions to ask Before Working on Grant Applications
There are a lot of questions that people ask me about their grant applications.
Cold Calling Potential Foundations
I received this question: I keep hearing about ‘calling’…. do you really recommend cold calling potential foundations or are there other/maybe better ways to establish initial contact?
When a Nonprofit Doesn’t Have a History of Success
How can our organization apply for grants or approach donors if we cannot demonstrate our “history of success?”
How to Engage with Invitation Only Funding Foundations
Recently a client reached out to ask us how their organization could access private foundations that operate on a “by invitation only” funding model.
Quick Tips: Partnership Letters and Agreements
We hope that today’s quick tips on partnership letters and agreements will offer some clarity.
Tips for Creating Self-Sustaining Programs
Every nonprofit I know that has an incredible program, also has a dream….the dream that one day that program will be capable of supporting itself.
Grant Tips: How to Avoid Low Quality Proposals
The end of spring is just around the corner and many of us in the nonprofit development world are starting to feel the pressure.