Blackbaud

OCTOBER 28, 2024

A huge thank you to Audrey Kidwell, Grants Manager for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, for providing many of the resources and tips included in this article. Extend Deadlines For programs currently in the application cycle, extend deadlines for potential grantees in impacted areas. Hurricanes. Prolonged droughts.

Policy

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 21, 2025

Grants Management is smoother when its a team effort. Managing the grants process from the application stage through the final reporting works best when there is collaboration from many staff members! How can you use them to recognize the staff on your grants team? What are your favorite stewardship moves?

Grant Management

Blackbaud

MAY 5, 2025

Even when your grant review process involves internal staff or people who have reviewed applications before, it can still be a bumpy process. Creating a streamlined and efficient grant review process can make sure you make data-driven and timely decisions so you can award your grants, and your grantees can drive impact.

Grants

RBW Strategy

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

You are carefully researching different funding sources and feel strongly that federal grant funding will help provide the financial boost that you need to get things moving. For those who have spent countless hours preparing federal grant applications, you know that this isnt easy. Seems like a win, right?

Award

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2025

It matters not how organized your application was at the time of submission if you dont hold a proper kick off meeting right from the start. Between the time of submission and award, things change, including factors that could affect your grants success. Grant Agreement: Review legal and compliance requirements provided by the funder.

GPC

Blackbaud

APRIL 23, 2025

After a lot of research, conversations with community members, and writingand re-writingquestions, your application for funding is live. Now comes the most rewardingand hardestpart of your grant cycle. Reviewing the applications and selecting the organizations to fund. And you are getting submissions. Great submissions.

Grants

Blackbaud

MARCH 31, 2025

This confirmation can help verify that the email address is correct and there have been no changes in contact information since the application was submitted. Set a benchmark so any payments under that amount, such as $5,000, only need to be approved by the grants manager.

Grants

Blackbaud

JANUARY 6, 2025

If your application completion rate is low, you might jump to creating another webinar and flyer to walk people through the process, when it might be that your application is too long and requires bespoke data. The post How to Lead with Courage: A Conversation with Satonya Fair first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud.

AI

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

Some organizations have a well-established grants culture, while others are still learning what it takes to prepare grant applications. As the grant professional, you are their leader and educatorhelping your colleagues understand why their involvement matters. What is the current post-award process?

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 29, 2025

Now, imagine submitting a grant application in January and receiving the award notice in June. Much like athletes, grant professionals must prepare well in advance to perform at their best. Often, the finance department handles the process, leaving grant managers unaware until after the fact.

IT

Fluxx

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In this blog, we’ll explore the key details of the ASPCA National Shelter Grants Initiative, including eligibility requirements, the application process, and how this funding can help your organization continue its vital work.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2025

Often seen as just another thing we must do for the money – required grant reports are not typically a treasured task among grant professionals. But what if I told you, it is my FAVORITE part of grants management? Okay, okay it sounds wacky, I know.

Grants

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The Blackbaud SKY API, or Application Programming Interface, is basically a set of rules that outlines how one piece of software can access data or functionality provided by a separate piece of software. Today, Blackbaud Grantmaking’s SKY API capabilities are centered around financial data, like grant amounts and remaining balance.

Software

Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Grant writing is a critical component of nonprofit fundraising, but it often comes with its own set of challenges. Understanding and addressing these common pain points can significantly enhance your nonprofit’s success in securing grants. Understanding Grant Guidelines 2.1 Time Constraints 1.1 Meeting Deadlines 6.1

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

JANUARY 10, 2025

The traditional one-year grant cycle has created a funding hamster wheel that often keeps grantees heads-down on applications to avoid a gap in revenue. Check out our next product tour to see how Blackbaud Grantmaking can help you manage your relationships and amplify your impact.

Award

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 11, 2025

Before AI, cloud-based platforms, and fancy grant management software, grant writing was a hands-on, paper-filled, finger-cramping journey. Program design is the heart of any successful grant application. That napkin? That’s the birthplace of some of the best nonprofit program designs.

Logic Model

Fluxx

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The blog outlines the core aspects of the program: communities it serves, eligibility criteria, and the application process.

Application

Blackbaud

JUNE 17, 2025

Map Out Existing Processes and Data Grants professionals sometimes say that they don’t know where to begin. A foundation may be transitioning to an updated grants management system or wanting to strengthen impact assessment. The key is that grants professionals rarely start with a blank page.

Grants

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Funders have their own expectations of how funds will be utilized, and misusing grant funds—even unintentionally—can damage an organization’s reputation and affect future funding. You can find other blog posts in this series here. Competency #4: Knowledge of how to craft, construct, and submit an effective grant application Skill 4.7:

GPC

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

​In this 1-hour webinar (with 15 minutes Q&A), Teresa Huff will share with you 9 reasons your grants are getting rejected, and how to fix them. Find and win more grants for your nonprofit! Start saving 3 hours a week and increase your grant applications by 78%. And they're there to help you. Will: Awesome.

Instrumentl

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Find and win more grants for your nonprofit! Start saving 3 hours a week and increase your grant applications by 78%. Subscribe 10k+ grant writers have already subscribed Create Your Instrumentl Account Never tried Instrumentl? Find and win more grants for your nonprofit! Plus, learn about the OneCause Cares grant.

Instrumentl

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Even when that’s our intention, our practices of extractive, time-consuming, unnecessary grant applications, reports, meetings, and inflexible grant awards achieve the opposite. Let’s examine our practices through the experiences of our grant partners and hold ourselves responsible for doing better by them.”

Burnout

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Find and win more grants for your nonprofit! Start saving 3 hours a week and increase your grant applications by 78%. ​Teresa Huff is a nonprofit grant strategist and a grant writer mentor/coach. If you miss a grant application deadline, reporting deadlines, it's all a big deal.

Instrumentl

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 30, 2025

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Retail

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 14, 2023

You want applications from organizations that align to your mission, but the frequency of the requests can easily bog down your processes if you aren’t careful. To avoid overwhelming your team, standardize how you receive and process grant applications at your organization. How long is it? Are there regular deadlines?

Grant Management

Blackbaud

JANUARY 15, 2024

Grant writers are often the unsung heroes of the application process. They parse the grant documentation to understand if their organization is a good fit, they gather information from throughout the organization, and they mold it into an engaging story about the important work the organization is doing.

Application

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a grants manager, you know how important it is to have a clear and efficient grantee application process. Getting your leadership on board with streamlining your grantee application may require some planning. This will help you identify areas that need improvement and the benefits of streamlining your application.

Application

Blackbaud

JANUARY 17, 2024

But inertia is not an option when your grant programs outgrow your current solution, or your vendor sunsets the software you use, like Salesforce is doing with their grant management software, FoundationConnect. Include who is involved in those application reviews and how decisions are made.

Grant Management

Blackbaud

JANUARY 24, 2024

The dashboards on your grant management system give you a similar snapshot of your grantmaking programs. Do any applications need attention? What Are Dashboards in Your Grant Management System? The dashboards act as the welcome screen in your grant management system. Is there enough air in your tires?

Grant Management

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explain what modern APIs are, how they work, and how they can help you improve your grantmaking. An API, or application programming interface, is a set of rules that define how two pieces of software can communicate with each other. What is a Modern API? How Do APIs Help Grantmaking Organizations?

Grant Management

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

QA/QI is also a criterion funders often use in reviewing and selecting grant application requests to fund. But, does QA/QI also have a place in a nonprofit organization’s successful grants management strategy? Two different kinds of experiences supported this author’s development as a grant professional.

Grant Management

Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

You will want to think ahead about being able to easily capture grant information, set up tasks and deadlines, and then run accurate reports at any time. Fund accounting systems with grant management can help you from beginning to end if you are a grant-funded organization—or want to be.

Indirect Cost

Strategic Grants

MAY 12, 2024

Proposal development Writing compelling grant applications and funder proposals is another essential for securing funding from Trusts and Foundations. Grant management Once funding is secured, effective grant management is essential.

Funding

Blackbaud

JUNE 24, 2024

A grant management system is no place for your garbage. Without good data management examples and expectations, your team may not be aware they are making these mistakes. Know the regulations that apply to your industry and identify the data that might be applicable to those regulations. Garbage in. Garbage out.

Government

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Too often, grant management is seen as a scary, messy aspect of grant funding, and we have a vague understanding of the requirements or components. In the nonprofit field, it’s common for staff to be put in a role where they manage grants but might not have the knowledge or resources to understand what that entails.

Grant Management

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By now, I hope you are realizing grant management doesn’t have to be a scary web of confusing topics and rules. With this grant management series, I aim to outline some of the commonly seen issues and provide resources to learn more. NGMA divides the grant lifecycle into three phases: pre-award, award, and post-award.

Indirect Cost

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

If you have ever flinched at the mention of policies and procedures, conflict of interest, or grant reporting, we may be able to help take the fear out of grant management. Too often, grant management is seen as scary and messy, with staff hesitant to learn because they may uncover more than they know how to handle.

Grant Management