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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...

Power Up Your Evaluation Strategies with Strategic Planning

by Funding For Good | Nov 1, 2022 | Strategic Planning

Donors are increasingly asking nonprofits to share their metrics and evaluation strategies. And with good reason. Whether we’re donors, volunteers, board members or staff, we all want to know our contributions are making a difference. Yet most nonprofits are already...

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...

Five Ways a Nonprofit Leader Can Better Engage the Board

by Funding For Good | Jul 5, 2022 | Board Development

“Our biggest problem is that our board isn’t active!” Nonprofit leaders report that a handful of board members consistently do all the work. In fact, “Only 33 percent of nonprofits report that their board members are actively involved in...

How the Vision and Mission Drive Strategic Planning

by Funding For Good | Jan 25, 2022 | Strategic Planning

MISSION DRIFT. Those two words describe what happens when leaders lose focus and allow the organization to move away from its intended purpose. Mission drift, also called “mission creep,” is like an ocean’s undercurrent that shifts, pushes, and...