Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

There is no degree in grant writing. Typically, grant professionals learn on the job through trial and error, plus there are vast numbers of classes, webinars, and articles to read on writing grants. I'm Allison Jones, the CEO and Founder of Spark the Fire Grant Writing Classes. in Adult Education. but do not.

Grant Writing

Candid

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Now, the other question is Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant proposals? Naturally, we were curious to know how grantmakers felt about the use of generative AI in funding applications. We are agnostic to the tools that applicants use to create grant applications, one survey comment said. by Guy Mika, Candid.

AI

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

The Goal of an Annual Giving Campaign: Secure the Foundation The primary goal of an annual giving campaign is to raise unrestricted funds to support your nonprofit’s ongoing operational costs and core programs throughout the year. What this looks like depends on your organization’s type and the programs it funds.

Donation

Candid

MAY 1, 2025

Very small nonprofits are far less likely to receive foundation funding Among the nonprofits in our sample that had tax-exempt status between 2019 and 2023, 22% of very small nonprofits received at least one foundation grant, compared with 72% of other nonprofits. of funding between 2019 and 2023. nonprofit sector.

Demographics

Candid

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Yet, despite the generosity of donors, the allocation of funds to nonprofits has often lacked consistency, predictability, and equity—factors critical to ensuring long-term impact and sustainability in the sector. Can we predict future giving patterns, and could these predictions lead to more equitable and timely distributions of funds?

Funding

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Foundation Source , a cloud-based platform than manages family, corporate and professionally staffed foundations, acquired Vennfi, the financial technology company powering Charityvest, a donor-advised fund (DAF) sponsor. Charityvest will continue to operate as a separate, independent entity, managed by its own board of directors.

Management

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Ive been writing grant proposals since dinosaurs walked the earth and have seen various attempts to reform the federal grant-making process. Congress passed the Grants Transparency Act of 2023 (H.R. The Grants Transparency Act complements the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act passed in 2019.

Federal Grants

Blue Avocado

MARCH 3, 2025

A one-time grant of $100 million from a foundation (or group of foundations) would help many tens of thousands for decades to come and help stabilize the wild gyrations we are seeing in the commercial insurance market. The chart below illustrates the average cost per to settle claims at from 2020 to 2024 relative to those received in 2019.

Insurance

Bonterra

JULY 16, 2025

CSR fun fact: Since 2019, HP has used over 1 billion pounds of recycled materials in their products and packaging. The section of their website devoted to “purpose” states that, through nonprofit partnerships, they’ve leveraged social impact grants and their own Cisco Networking Academy to impact over one billion people.

Ethics

Candid

MAY 12, 2021

To date, there are still millions of returns from 2019 that have not yet been processed. At Candid, grants data from 990s flows into tools such as Foundation Directory , public dashboards that provide insights into philanthropy in different regions across the U.S., This year, another factor is in play: backlogs created by COVID-19.

Grant

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

JANUARY 14, 2021

Last year many arts and culture nonprofits struggling to cope with closures and restrictions in the wake of COVID-19 were able to take advantage of multiple relief grants and funding, chief among them funds made available through the CARE Act and forgivable loans that were part of the Paycheck Protection Program (known as ‘PPP’).

Funding

ProposalPRO

AUGUST 1, 2021

If you’re won a federal grant, you know you owe your good fortune to the independent grant reviewers who highly rated your proposal. Studies on the topic indicate that expert peer reviewers can select strongly written grant applications but cannot necessarily predict which projects will successfully achieve stated objectives.

Grant

ProposalPRO

JUNE 30, 2021

As with anything in the government grants space, it is complicated. There is evidence that government grants are not distributed equitably. 2019 , Ginther et al., 2011 ), that Black scientists are only half as likely as White scientists to win NIH R01 research grants, one of the agency’s most common research project grants.

Federal Grants

ProposalPRO

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Ever read through a federal Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and exclaim, “What are these people thinking?” In the grants space, federal law requires that the public be made aware of proposed (i.e., For example, Costa et al (2019) conducted an in-depth analysis of comments on a major proposed U.S. You wouldn’t be the first.

Federal Grants

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Just Community was in the running for a $10 million Lever for Change challenge in 2021, which it did not get, but other grants followed because of the exposure the nonprofit received from being a finalist.

Grant

NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The 2022 Donor-Advised Fund Report details growth in all key DAF metrics for the 12th consecutive year. The new report also reveals DAF grantmaking to charities around the world grew 60% compared to pre-pandemic 2019 and increased 400% over the past decade.

Funding

Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

funding from foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors, the U.S. federal government, corporations, and donations through donor-advised funds (DAFs) and online platforms. . We invite you to dive into key findings from the report and explore granular data on our funding map. . In it, we examined?available?2019?data

Award

RBW Strategy

MAY 14, 2024

Challenge RBW Strategy first partnered with 2019 to support a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant application. The organization was new to federal grant-seeking and required additional support to ensure a successful submission.

SAMHSA

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

Since she signed the Giving Pledge in 2019 and began her momentous campaign of organization-changing donations, MacKenzie Scott has given away more than $17.3 All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. What Are Restricted Funds? Many grants, especially federal and state grants, are restricted.

Funding

GrantNews

MARCH 8, 2024

Affordable housing grants are currently available on the GrantWatch database. The team at GrantWatch wants to help our extended community of subscribers and folks everywhere find the funding they need for affordable housing. We aren’t out of the woods yet since rent prices are still 30% higher now than they were in 2019.

Grant

Candid

MAY 9, 2023

Candid and ABFE partnered to create and publish Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. Big philanthropy’s support of HBCUs declined from 2002 to 2019 An examination of trends in philanthropic giving to HBCUs underscores a history of underfunding. In fact, large U.S.

Education

Candid

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Do you know how to tap into donor-advised fund (DAF) giving, an increasingly popular way to give, including among younger donors? The basics: What is a donor-advised fund? A DAF is a charitable fund set up by the donor to be managed by an investor at a community foundation or investment firm. How do they work? billion in 2022.

Funding

Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For example, about 75% of Candid’s grants data is sourced from Forms 990). We’re still waiting on tens of thousands of filings for 2019 iii and about 30% of 2020 filings; collection of 2021 filings has just begun. It is important to remember that organizations typically file tax returns the following year, so FY 2019 (i.e.,

Electronics

Candid

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We analyzed data provided by 743 organizations via SMU DataArts’ Cultural Data Profile from 2019 to 2023, revealing the complexities beneath the surface. Despite modest growth over the next three years, they have not kept pace with rising costs—dropping by 12% between 2019 and 2023 when adjusted for inflation. months in 2019.

Government

Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. This typically resulted in about 900-1,300 funders represented and 100-150k grants collected in a given year.

Grant

Candid

JUNE 29, 2021

Survey participants answered questions about their grantmaking in FY 2019 and FY 2020 along with their plans for giving in FY 2021. Nearly two-thirds of surveyed foundations increased their giving in FY 2020 compared to FY 2019. The pandemic halted all grant/recognition activities.” . FY 2020 giving . FY 2020 payout .

Award

GrantNews

AUGUST 7, 2024

In addition to providing the list below regarding Black business support, GrantWatch also offers a list of over 2,000 grants in its BIPOC grants list category. “) Below is a current list of grants and other funding to benefit Black Business growth and development. million African American businesses.”

Grant

Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

And 2023 set records in disaster relief funding. The Maui wildfire response The Maui wildfires in August, which affected Lahaina and Kula, stand out for the funds raised. A year later, Candid had tracked 465 grants worth $289 million and 55 pledges worth nearly $206 million in response to that disaster. funders contributed $266.2

IT

GrantNews

JUNE 4, 2024

And it is especially true for grant writing. Grant writing is essential for organizations to fund things like community projects, business ventures, and research. To that end, GrantWatch has advice on how to ethically write grant proposals and the benefits of maintaining your integrity. What does this mean for you?

Policies

Candid

JUNE 29, 2023

Overall foundation giving from 2021 to 2022 increased by 3% Among the 557 survey respondents who provided funding data for fiscal year end (FYE) 2021 and 2022, cumulative giving increased from $25.3 From 2015 to 2019, the annual change in grant dollars ranged from a high of 7% in 2017 to less than 0.1%

Award

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The 990 returns that 501(c)(3) organizations file with the IRS become public record, meaning that donors, volunteers, and grant-providing organizations have easy access to them. Fund Accounting Software that Drives Impact Find out how Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT® fits your organization. This number only continues to grow.

Electronics

Grant'd

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Today is the day that many grant writers across Australia will be rolling up their sleeves and sharpening their pencils (or booting up their laptops!) in preparation for the release of Perpetual Impact Funding’s 2020 round. It’s the basic transaction of grant making to fulfil the immediate funding needs of an organisation.

Funding

Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) has been part of Candid’s Funding Information Network since 1980, providing local nonprofits and the public with access to Candid’s resources, including Foundation Directory, for free. Second are representatives of nonprofits who are turning to grants to help their organization grow capacity.

Strategic Plan

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

Allow you to time your appeals for the best results and spread your grant writing throughout the year, instead of cranking out a year’s worth of grants in the fall when you’re also planning your year-end campaign. That approach to grant writing doesn’t work, by the way. Engage your Board. You want to strive!

Fundraising

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Grant Money for Women Entrepreneurs Understanding the Importance of Grants for Women-Owned Businesses Grants provide essential financial support for women-owned businesses, allowing them to grow and enhance their operations without the burden of repayment. For tips on navigating the process, visit how to apply for grant money.

Grant

Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Funding an organization’s mission rather than a specific project or purpose, this unrestricted financial support provides vital flexibility for nonprofits to approach their work as they best see fit. In the wake of COVID-19 and movements for racial equity, foundations also committed to making grants as unrestricted and flexible as possible.

Award

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Not only can you re-use this explanation for future grants, but you should assume that funders will be reading your 990s. Your fund accounting system is a centralized location to house important grant documentation, invoices, and other program expenses. Take advantage of Schedule O if you need more space.

Electronics