budget Archives - Funding for Good

How to Determine Grant Writing Fees

by Funding For Good | May 25, 2023 | Consulting

“How do grant writers get paid?” “How much should I charge for grant writing?” Questions around grant writing fees pop up a lot in the nonprofit world. Nonprofit organizations want to understand how much grant writers charge. Freelance grant writers and grant...

Cutting Costs at a Nonprofit

by Funding For Good | Apr 23, 2020 | Budgeting, Development/Fundraising

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...

Grant Writing Facts Every Board Member Should Know

by Funding For Good | Mar 3, 2020 | Development/Fundraising, Grant Writing

Is your organization… Facing a financial crisis and thinking about Grant Writing? Launching a new program? Hiring a new Development Director or staff member? Building a new facility? Often, these situations require the board of directors to respond to the following...

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 Constipated Nonprofit: When Nothing Moves

by Mandy Pearce & Marie Palacios & Guest Author | Jul 25, 2018 | Strategic Planning

By Mandy Pearce, Michael Webb and Marie Palacios There are four foundational elements to any successful nonprofit… And it is important to keep all of these areas moving or your risk a constipated nonprofit! An engaged, educated, working board of...