Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Although inflation has cooled, balancing budgets hasnt necessarily become easier. Dive Deep into Your Budget Cost-cutting isnt just a once-a-year task during the annual budget season. Dive Deep into Your Budget Cost-cutting isnt just a once-a-year task during the annual budget season.

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Strategic Grants

MAY 18, 2025

In fact, it should be part of your strategic planning to keep track of your organisation’s volunteer input. Calls for more government support Volunteering has been overlooked in the latest Federal Budget with no new measures for the volunteering ecosystem.

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Soapbox Exchange

MARCH 18, 2025

Your nonprofit board of directors typical responsibilities include overseeing organizational governance, providing financial oversight, assisting with strategic planning and growth , and supporting fundraising work. All of this requires regular, consistent engagement on the part of each board member.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 23, 2024

It simply is not inspirational for a charity to declare that they must have more resources in the next few weeks to meet their budget. Now is the time to learn more about year-end strategic planning by checking out Your Ultimate End-of-Year Fundraising Toolkit. first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Even if it feels overwhelming at first, break it down into essential steps: Setting goals Identifying potential donors Defining your message Starting with a well-conceived plan helps you clarify goals, outline specific actions, and define your budget to achieve your goals. Ready to learn more?

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 9, 2025

Able to Realize Budget Surpluses: Operating reserves are often accumulated through financial planning that includes assembling operating budgets with an annual surplus, along with a track record of actual surpluses being realized most years.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A world-class finance team will do all that and be a key part of your strategic planning, helping you identify opportunities and risks based on past performance and future scenario planning. A good finance team will help you stay where you are. A world-class finance department will help you evolve.

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Grant Training Center

AUGUST 21, 2023

Project Management Abilities: Grant writing often entails creating project plans, budgets, and timelines. This research skill is applicable to various jobs that involve data gathering, analysis, and strategic planning. Financial Literacy: Grant writers often work on budget development and financial projections.

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Blackbaud

JULY 24, 2024

Analyzing budgets. Your accountant will use your recorded financial data to review your nonprofit’s annual operating budget and suggest revisions before it goes to your board for final approval. They’ll also perform budget vs. actual comparisons throughout the year to help keep your organization’s spending and fundraising on track.

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Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

And they frequently study your project budget and look back at the narrative (the main written part of the grant proposal) and the executive summary (the short summary of the proposal and budget that comes first) to see that they are all aligned. Also, use budget narrative—brief explanations—to explain confusing items.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

If hearing about nonprofit budgets makes you cringe a little ( or a lot ), keep reading. In 2024, the grant landscape for nonprofits has evolved significantly, emphasizing the need for meticulous financial planning and transparent budgeting to meet funder expectations. We’ve got you.

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Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

Your strategic plan should point to the need for the main component of your project. An Inclusive and Realistic Budget. The budget. A budget that lacks planning is a red flag for supporters and volunteers alike. appeared first on Qgiv Blog. A Clearly Defined Project. A Strong Case for Support.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Culinary Experience Partner with a reputable caterer to create a menu that fits the budget and hits the mark for your guests pallet. By strategically timing a well-crafted mission moment you can transform your gala from an event to a transformative experience that ignites action.

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Blackbaud

JULY 8, 2024

Endowments are the result of a successful long-term strategic plan. You can also set spending controls that prevent a fund from going over budget. Clear Reporting by Fund to Show Stewardship To stakeholders unfamiliar with endowments, there can be a misunderstanding about its role in the organization’s overall budget.

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Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

Free nonprofit resources offer your organization knowledge, strategic planning, and valuable data to help you accomplish your goals more efficiently. Blogs If you learn better through reading than listening, nonprofit blogs are a great source of information for your organization. Qgiv Fundraising Blog.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 22, 2025

Nonprofits tend to operate on tighter budgets than their for-profit counterparts, meaning that recruitment scopes might vary between the two. The post Recruitment for Nonprofits 101: A Guide to Getting Started first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud. Connection to the cause. Resource availability.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 25, 2024

4 What is your budget for the technology project? By determining your budget early on, you can set realistic expectations and find a suitable cost model for your nonprofit. Your budget also helps you to evaluate the importance and timeline of your projects if you have multiple technology innovation projects in mind.

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Blackbaud

MAY 28, 2024

Responsibilities such as running the audit, preparing the fiscal year budget, paying bills, telling finance committees what the numbers mean, and identifying what’s at risk are all important. Proactive, strategic planning and informed cash management maximize momentum and tell forward-thinking financial stories.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Those are the two main questions that an annual fundraising plan must answer to help you become more successful. This blog post explores how to create an annual fundraising plan and even provides a helpful annual fundraising plan template to help putting together your fundraising plan easier. Here you go!

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 13, 2023

Use your organization’s strategic plan and the SMART goals within it as your guide to mission-aligned messaging. Are your budgets up to date? Development: Do you have acknowledgement practices in place, a plan for stewarding your institutional partners, and know how grants factor into your department and organization’s goals?

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 27, 2024

This includes accurate budgeting, meticulous financial reporting , and regular audits. Strategic Planning A clear strategic plan aligns the organization’s mission with its operational capabilities and fundraising efforts. It ensures that all activities are goal-oriented and resources are allocated efficiently.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Is it any wonder that proper technology planning is something we have a hard time getting to? The problem is that it takes some tech planning to come up with a budget for the New Year. Here’s some resources for doing quick tech planning so you’ll have some money to work with in 2014. Proper Tech Planning.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

Here are some key steps you can take and considerations that will bring your organization that much closer to securing the funds your organization needs: Strategic Planning: Organizational development involves strategic planning, which identifies the goals, priorities, and needs of the organization and its programs/service offerings.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

They: Guide strategic planning Keep the Board engaged and on-task Make sure programs and services are delivered Raise money Supervise staff and volunteers Do 100 other things, sometimes including cleaning the toilet Your Leadership Style Every leader has a way or a style of leadership that they use.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 3, 2024

We truly know the organization’s story, from budgets to program outcomes, better than almost anyone.” We are bound to the strategy, outcomes, budgets, and deliverables decided at these meetings. As a grant professional, I bring some specialized expertise to the strategic planning table.” of all the work I do.”

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

If you’re reading a blog post with the words “capital campaign” and “board” in the headline, you might be spiraling through questions that are keeping you up at night (hopefully, it’s not 2 a.m.): Given the nature of a capital campaign, your board will be asked to approve operating budgets and your overall capital campaign budget.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 20, 2024

This flexibility ensures that the event can proceed effectively regardless of budget constraints: Modular Planning Break down the event into modular components that can be added or removed based on resource availability. This ensures core elements are retained even if budget adjustments are necessary.

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Grant Training Center

AUGUST 10, 2020

To develop this culture, institutions should include and encourage this undertaking in its strategic plan, and throughout all areas of the university. The post University Support for Faculty Funding Success appeared first on Grant Training Center Blog.

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DoJiggy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But with determination and strategic planning, your passion project can take off without a financial launching pad. In this blog, we’ll explain how you can harness the power of fundraising on a small budget, particularly with DoJiggy’s fundraising platform, to start your nonprofit journey.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The key is to begin, said Linton Myers, Director of Innovation and Incubation at Blackbaud, and keep trying, even if the first attempt is not a slam-dunk. “Risk-averse leaders look at failures as a time loss, resource loss, or budget loss,” Myers said. Instead of thinking what happens if I fail, think about what happens if I don’t try?

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Grant Consulting Services

MAY 30, 2024

Key Elements of Optimized Project Design In our past blog posts, we discussed the feasibility study as well as the framework as the foundation. Budgeting —To conduct a project or program effectively, you must understand the cost of running it. This is a strategic planning process that you do not want to overlook.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Before it officially wraps, let’s take a look at the top articles of the year on the Get Fully Funded blog. By growing your fundraising program in support of a strategic plan that calls for paid employees, your organization can make a bigger impact on the community and change more lives.

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Just Write Grants

AUGUST 27, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore both the positives and negatives of using AI for nonprofit grant writing. This efficiency allows your team to focus more on strategic planning and relationship-building with funders. Cost-Effectiveness For many nonprofits, budget constraints are a significant concern.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

While many larger organizations have already done this, smaller nonprofits and libraries, which have had leaner budgets for technology upgrades during the economic recession, will be investing time and money in 2013 into catching up on optimized sites for mobile web browsing. IoT is definitely not a new thing. for some time now.

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Qgiv

JULY 24, 2024

They often take on special projects and assist with strategic planning to provide a second layer of leadership and expertise. Treasurer Your treasurer oversees your nonprofit’s financial health and manages budgets, reviews financial statements, and ensures compliance with financial regulations and policies.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Strategic planning. NPOInfo’s guide to nonprofit data collection explains that this information “allows nonprofits to assess cash flow, maintain financial stability, and strategize budgets for future fundraising efforts.” It’s most helpful for strategic planning and risk management. Statement of cash flows.

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Grant Training Center

MARCH 9, 2020

Specifically, the steps to build your organization into a financial success are: Know your organization by creating: Strategic plan. The post How to Build a Successful Nonprofit appeared first on Grant Training Center Blog. Market analysis. Needs assessment. Current assessment of potential donors. Business leaders.

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