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How to Find Dollars for a Matching or Challenge Grant

by Funding For Good | Feb 21, 2018 | Development/Fundraising, Grant Research, Grant Writing

Throughout the years I have had the opportunity to work on numerous grants that listed matching funds as a requirement in the guidelines. For those of you new to grant writing, guidelines vary from donor-to-donor and agency-to-agency. I have seen required matches...

Three Ways to Identify New Foundation Prospects

by Funding For Good | Feb 7, 2018 | Development/Fundraising, Grant Research, Grant Writing

Grant research can be a daunting task, and as such, a task many of us put off as long as possible. With a few simple steps, grant research can produce amazing results pretty quickly as you identify new foundation prospects. Let’s look at a bit of low-hanging fruit to...

What are Challenge Grants?

by Funding For Good | Jan 31, 2018 | Grant Research, Grant Writing

‘Challenge Grants,’ also known as a ‘Matching Grant’, is when a foundation commits to award a set amount of money to an organization based on the amount of new funds raised in response to the challenge. For example, The Smith Foundation offers you a $25,000 grant,...

7 Things To Know for Successful Grant Research

by Funding For Good | Nov 30, 2017 | Development/Fundraising, Grant Research

Grant writing is not as simple as sitting down and putting words on paper. Oh but if it was! Right? Successful grant writing begins with successful grant research. Finding the prospects whose priorities are well-matched to your current needs. How do you do that, and...

The First Thing To Do Prior To Researching Grants

by Funding For Good | Aug 2, 2017 | Development/Fundraising, Grant Research

The first thing to do prior to researching grants is to create a needs list. Most folks that come to me for help to find foundations they can apply to don’t even have a list of what they need funding to support. Researching grants involves matching what you need...