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Nonprofit Crisis Response Tip-a-Day-DO-Dah!

Clairification

During the 2008-09 worldwide recession, many charities cut back on fundraising and marketing. Charities with little relevance to tackling coronavirus still received support from donors that valued them as long as they asked for help (otherwise they were perceived as not in need of funds). Some of them still haven’t recovered.

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What History Teaches Us | How to fundraise NOW

Pamela Grow

I launched my consulting career smack-dab in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis. After all, I came from the world of grant funding. Id just come from working at a family grant-making foundation, and I witnessed something Ill never forget. It was heartbreaking. But it was also eye-opening. And here we are, dear reader.

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‘We’re feeding more people with less’: What food security nonprofits need now

Candid

Participants spoke about the urgent need for funding that supports the full infrastructure of their workfrom staffing and transportation to cold storage, volunteer management, and data systems. Some groups have invited elected officials to volunteer at distribution sites so they can see firsthand the impact of funding programs.

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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. Grantees facing increased demand may require additional funding, but its vital to assess whether your foundation can provide more without compromising long-term goals.

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Community foundations’ grantmaking exceeded fundraising in FY 2023 

Candid

This is the first time since CF Insights began releasing survey data (with fiscal year 2008) that total grantmaking exceeded total fundraising. Donor-advised funds remain a significant driver of fundraising and grantmaking Much of those resources continued to be mobilized through donor-advised funds (DAFs) in fiscal year 2023.

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Do Reviewers’ High Scores Predict the Best Grant Projects?

ProposalPRO

NIH has investigated the correlation between grant applications that peer reviewers scored in the 20th percentile or higher ( e.g., likely to be funded) and project productivity, which the agency measures in terms of publications generated by the funded research. Finally, please subscribe to my Fund the Change blog, below.

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Avoid the 3 Biggest Mistakes of Fundraising in a Recession

The Fundraising Coach

In my time as a nonprofit fundraiser, we've seen recessions related to the dot-com bust, the 9/11 attacks, and the housing market implosion around 2008 and 2009. Back in 2008, I wrote a couple articles on recession proof fundraising and fundraising in a recession. And they raise the funds to change the world. Nonsensical.