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How to Prepare Your Grantmaking for Economic Uncertainty (and Why Now is Different)

Blackbaud

Many nonprofits are feeling the strain from a pause in federal grant funding and are working to shift their programs to align with the changes in government priorities. Running budget scenarios early allows you to make informed choices and reduce surprises. Fewer donors or smaller gifts may require adjustments to your processes.

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Grant Decision Making. How do you choose which grants to chase?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

In 2008, I accepted a position as a Major Gifts Officer at the largest independent nonprofit air and space museum in the world. Remember 2008/2009, the Great Recession? A fellow staff member presented me with a Federal grant proposal she had been working on for a couple of months. Simple, there was no defined process.

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Trump Administration Pauses New Grant Agreements with Bombshell OMB Memo: Heavens to Murgatroyd!

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

This should not be a surpriseas President Obama famously stated in 2008: elections have consequences. This process typically involves review and modification of funding programs and solicitations for grant funding to reflect incoming administration priorities. ” when distressed. I doubt this will happen. [see

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