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What are Evaluation Methods?

by Funding For Good | Dec 3, 2020 | Board Development, Budgeting, Development/Fundraising, Grant Writing

Evaluation methods are the criteria for evaluating the success of a program or project. Evaluation methods are a critical tool for nonprofit organizations and businesses alike. When designed well, an evaluation provides staff, board members, and donors with a clear...

Where to Find Grants

by Funding For Good | Oct 13, 2020 | Grant Research, Grant Writing

Knowing where to find grants takes practice. Grant research is one of the main components of grant writing and sticks out to me as difficult for many people, like learning a balance pose in yoga, especially for a novice grant writer. Much like balance poses, grant...

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...

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...

Facilitating CONSENSUS BUILDING Conversations

by Funding For Good | Apr 8, 2020 | Board Development, Development/Fundraising, Strategic Planning

“Consensus Building Conversations” The concept seems so simple, doesn’t it? Get a group together. Present the issue. Have some consensus building conversations…and POOF…Agree! So why is the process never that simple? In order to...