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

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

Like individual fundraising, securing grants requires strong collaboration with finance, program staff, and leadership. Some organizations have a well-established grants culture, while others are still learning what it takes to prepare grant applications. Do program staff understand their role in grant success?

Grant

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. Give them the resources so their Boards can analyze the organizations finances thoughtfully and ask respectful, educated questions.

Award

Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2025

If you’re unsure about the best strategy, create a gift acceptance policy and consult with a nonprofit finance advisor to ensure alignment with your organization’s financial strategy and risk tolerance. Secure Corporate and Foundation Grants Grants are a familiar revenue source but are often underutilized due to bandwidth constraints.

Funding

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JULY 23, 2025

Rather, I have started to count how much time is collectively spent by our team, and the clients we support, navigating two-factor or multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems in order to gain access to grant application portals. For small, volunteer-led, or community-based organizations, navigating MFA can be a considerable burden.

Grant

Candid

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every industry, from finance to health care to retail. So far, we’ve seen chatbots, matchmaking algorithms, document summarizers, application assistants, and other tools that offer improvements in workflow and efficiency—helpful, but not transformative.

AI

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Nonprofit Grant Proposal Budget Calculations: A Road Map Whats the best way to make your nonprofits budget stand out on a grant application? Finance Once your nonprofit or private foundation is tax-exempt, you never have to deal with the IRS again, right? Your nonprofit got a grant now what?

Budget

Fluxx

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For those types of organizations and community groups with meaningful differences in Auckland, finance can be the key component that makes the ideas become a reality. Whether you're working with family- and whnau-focused programs or broader community projects, this grant brings those ideas into life.

Finance

Fluxx

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For those types of organizations and community groups with meaningful differences in Auckland, finance can be the key component that makes the ideas become a reality. Whether you're working with family- and whnau-focused programs or broader community projects, this grant brings those ideas into life.

Finance

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 30, 2024

Indeed, the grant writing team may not realize that, in particular, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has much to contribute to the success of the grant application and the administrative processes that follow. will be handled in the application. The CFO might even be able to save the grant writer’s work.

Applicant

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 13, 2024

Finding the Perfect Software for Your Nonprofit Ah, grant management! In the vibrant nonprofit world, where grant processes seem to twist and turn like a labyrinth, having the right grant management software isn’t just helpful—it’s a game changer. Why Bother with Grant Management Software?

Grant Management

AmpliFund

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

An ERP system serves as the backbone of an organization — integrating various business processes such as finance, human capital management , and procurement. So how does an ERP benefit grants management ? There certainly is data stored in the ERP that is needed for your grant program. My recommendation.

Amplifund

Grant Consulting Services

AUGUST 31, 2023

Because nonprofits rely on grant funding, systems must be in place to properly manage and maintain that funding as part of the grant lifecycle. So, how do we manage grants? What is Grant Management? Internal grant policy(ies) are integral parts of implementing grants. You’re right!

Grant Management

GiveSmart

MAY 8, 2024

Nonprofits face countless challenges managing financial operations and harnessing full fundraising potential. While working towards accomplishing your organization’s mission, development and finance teams have different timelines and metrics. On average, nonprofit employees spend a third of their day managing data.

Finance

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

An API, or application programming interface, is a set of rules that define how two pieces of software can communicate with each other. Many platforms you already use for your grantmaking processes have modern APIs built in, such as your grant management solution that surfaces due diligence data from third-party sources within your GMS.

Grant Management

Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2024

In addition to risk, federal government agencies are asking applicants/recipients to demonstrate their ability to manage federal grants through a robust internal controls policy and procedures manual (sometimes during the pre-award stage) that outlines how organizations will be good stewards of government funding.

Grant Readiness

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

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

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

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Sarah is looking forward to adding these new functions soon: Integrating Quickbooks with even more applications, including a proposed new Salesforce database and a proposed new online credit card payment system to make data entry more automated. intuit Finances accounting quickbooks Grant Management Databases fundraising'

Nonprofit

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 24, 2022

Many workshop attendees admit that two days ago their boss told them to start looking for and writing grants because they needed money for their organization. Typically, the individuals writing and managing grants for your organization are not people with titles like grant administrator, grant manager, or director of grants.

Grant

Strategic Grants

AUGUST 20, 2023

Every grant seeker wants to think they are capturing all the funding opportunities relevant to their organisation. It’s the holy grail – every project scheduled for delivery has a corresponding grant program that can fund it, either fully or partially. or “are we aware of GRANT XYZ?” This was a challenging (tedious!)

Grant

Candid

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

She was looking for someone to lead the IT team, and I was looking to contribute to society on a deeper, more meaningful level than my role leading the software testing of merchandising and logistics applications. They both have grant programs aligned with an overarching mission and overseen by program officers and grants administrators.

Logic Model

Grant'd

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

of grant funding designed to further power their entrepreneurial visions. The ripple effect of this grant means we can empower the lives of even more women!” success rate amongst applicants to this program, the message has been made clear, Australian female founders need more funding and they need it now.” now sharing in $11.6m

Mentor

Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

While that might feel daunting, it was well worth the effort to ensure that we felt confident in the information we share in our funding applications, compliance with our funders, and broader impact reporting to the community. This process included monthly meetings with limited staff for the better part of a year.

Finance

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Here are some common criteria to consider: Criteria Description Residency Must be a resident of the state or area offering the grant. Project Type The project should align with the specific goals of the grant program. Financial Need Some grants require proof of financial need or that the funding will serve underserved communities.

Government

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Drafting the Evaluation Budget Your first step in drafting an evaluation budget is to consult with finance staff and program staff. Finance staff familiar with contracts and procurement may be able to pass along cost-cutting information. Competency #4: Knowledge of how to craft, construct, and submit an effective grant application.

Budget

Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2013

It's able to integrate with other applications like Constant Contact and Salesforce. It does not integrate with other applications. Your staff needs access to reports and timesheets; the networked desktop version is getting slow, and you’re not sure how to manage security with more users and remote access.

Retail

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

No Repayment Required : Unlike loans, grants do not need to be paid back, making them a favorable option for financing business initiatives. Opportunity for Growth : Grants can help women-owned enterprises invest in innovative business solutions, expand their services, or enhance their marketing efforts.

Grant

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 18, 2024

Guest post by: Jeff Bauknecht | Grants Manager | The Museum of Flight Who decides which grants to pursue or to let pass by? Who determines which projects will receive grant-funded support? One of my first tasks as the new “Grant Writer” had nothing to do with writing. Simple, there was no defined process.

Grant

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Since the mid-1990s, GuideStar has been posting publicly viewable information about every IRS-registered nonprofit organization so that prospective donors and grantmakers can see reputable information about each nonprofit's mission, legitimacy, and finances. Having a full GuideStar profile will save you time in your grant applications.

Grant Management Software

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Plus, there’s many challenges you have to overcome, such as limited staff capacity, rising costs, and inadequate finances. Plus, software solutions can help reduce your staff’s stress and streamline their workload by automating processes and providing a centralized place for managing different campaigns and communications.

Software

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The QuickBooks Made Easy donation and discount program at TechSoup provides nonprofit-specific CD-based training for Intuit's QuickBooks applications. This training includes information on creating reports, tracking grants, tracking pledges, and more. More About QuickBooks Made Easy.

Training

Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2012

The presenters also mentioned several mapping and charting applications, including tools available through TechSoup like Esri , Microsoft Excel , Adobe Illustrator , and Adobe Photoshop. geospatial resources – a collection of visual maps illustrating U.S. Still Have Questions?

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