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What Happens When Nonprofit Business Plans Stray from an Organization’s Mission?

by Funding For Good | Oct 7, 2022 | Strategic Planning

If you happened to read the New York Times’ exposé about Providence, a major national nonprofit hospital network, you were likely as shocked and disappointed as we were. The gist: despite a mission to serve the “poor and vulnerable,” in 2018 the Providence hospital...

Time Management Tips from Bill Gates Remind Us Why Strategic Planning Matters

by Funding For Good | Oct 4, 2022 | Nonprofit Leadership Development, Strategic Planning

Let’s face it, most of us are looking for a better work-life balance. We want to accomplish big goals, but we want to do so more efficiently. So we turn to time management. There are all kinds of time management tips out there. But when we read that Bill Gates would...

How to Communicate with Foundations: Clarifying Questions

by Funding For Good | May 13, 2020 | Development/Fundraising, Grant Research, Grant Writing

Are you researching foundation prospects for a program, project, or nonprofit organization? Have you discovered questions that you can’t find an answer to? Is there simply not enough detail on the foundation website or the 990-PF? These are the questions you ask...

Cutting Costs at a Nonprofit

by Funding For Good | Apr 23, 2020 | Budgeting, Strategic Planning

A penny saved is a penny earned. Organizations are always making miracles happen on a shoe-string budget. So it is hard to imagine cutting costs at a Nonprofit even more. The best leaders understand that two things must happen to sustain a nonprofit: SAVING money and...

How to Determine Grant Writing Fees

by Funding For Good | Apr 16, 2020 | Grant Writing

“How much should we pay a grant writer?” Questions around grant writing fees pop up a lot in the nonprofit world, and honestly, answers vary. One of the first questions we ask is, “What responsibilities will this grant writer have? Thinking through this will...