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The most read Candid insights articles in 2024: Fundraising, AI, and diversity 

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As 2024 draws to a close, we wanted to share some of the most read articles we published this year. Not surprisingly, the Candid insights article with the most pageviews brings together two hot topics, one cyclical and one perennial: elections and nonprofit fundraising. Is your nonprofit organization grant-ready?

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Tips for seeking foundation grants in a time of crisis

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If restricted funding is the only option per the foundations guidelines, work with your contact or program officer to shape your proposal and budget so potential funding is budget relieving meaning it will support work your organization is already doing or has committed to. You shouldnt be creating a new program just to secure a grant.

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What 2025 Grant Trends Are Teaching Nonprofits

Grant Writing Made Easy

With public funding in flux, private foundations shifting priorities, and technology changing how proposals are crafted and reviewed, nonprofits need way more than strong writing to stay competitive. 5 Key Nonprofit Grant Trends Reshaping 2025 1. Your proposal includes a joint theory of change and a unified data dashboard.

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Building a Grant Writing Toolkit for Your Organization 🛠️📂

Grant Writing Made Easy

If youve ever felt like youre constantly digging for the same information , this article is for you. What Is a Grant Writing Toolkit? A Grant Writing Toolkit is a centralized place (digital or physical) where you store commonly used grant content so you can easily pull it into new proposals.

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Go from Rejected to Accepted: 9 Reasons Your Grants Get Rejected (and How to Fix Them) w/ Teresa Huff | Instrumentl

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And number one step back and evaluate your grant proposals. And number three, how can you think more creatively about your grant applications? Essentially Teresa has a grant readiness audit that is gonna be really useful when assessing stacking yourself up to these respective mistakes that we've talked about today.

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Step Up Your Systems for Success: How to Simplify, Streamline and Support Your Team w/ Teresa Huff | Instrumentl

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And you're going to get ads like this is just a screenshot of a quick search I did where there is even a business article about how to write a grant for a food pantry that was just very generic and not informational. This didn't bring up any good fit grants for the client that I had in mind.

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Your Comprehensive Nonprofit Guide to Getting Started with NEA Grants

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

In a minute I’ll go over how to know whether or not you’re ready and for those of you who conclude that you aren’t quite there yet, I recommend reading this article anyway and using the information as a way to prepare and inform yourself. Or at least bookmark this article for later!) What kinds of NEA grants are out there?

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