Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2025

Below is a suggested template for a kick-off meeting. Project Overview: Follow introductions with a high-level project overview of the goals and objectives. This meeting should include all key personnel that will be impacted by the grant. depending on the nature of the grant.

GPC

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Share clear, achievable goals and progress updates to keep supporters engaged and informed. Find best practices, campaign planning worksheets, and time-tested email and social media templates for GivingTuedsay and beyond in Your Ultimate End-of-Year Planning Toolkit! Help _ make our goal! Transparency builds trust.

Donation

Blackbaud

MARCH 31, 2025

These resources might include reporting templates and examples, access to community support, or information on professional development opportunities. For instance, you could share budgeting templates, provide a referral to a financial advisor, or recommend attending a workshop on managing large-scale funding.

Grant

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As you button up your GivingTuesday campaign, keep these factors in mind with the goal of securing the first gifts of spontaneous donors who are already aware of your organization and primed to give. Now you know a little more about who spontaneous donors are and how they prefer to be engaged with.

Retainer

Blackbaud

MAY 2, 2025

Grantees facing increased demand may require additional funding, but its vital to assess whether your foundation can provide more without compromising long-term goals. Proactively share resources such as templates for strategic budgeting or checklists for cost containment best practices. Finally, know your own organizations limits.

Government

Blackbaud

JUNE 5, 2025

In this blog post, you’ll learn the essential steps for creating an effective nonprofit budget. While the idea of a budget is simpleand some budgets can beit takes a good amount of preparation to create a tool that accurately forecasts your goals for the year. Have our goals shifted this year?

Budget

Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2025

Theyre an opportunity to showcase your schools achievements and build relationships that translate into broader community support for your educational goals. Encourage peer-to-peer fundraising Peer-to-peer fundraising is another strategy thats perfect for your schools fundraising goals. Fundraising Event Planning Template.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

MAY 5, 2025

Your training should also show them how to apply the requirements based on the goals of the program. Provide information on your mission, the goal of the program, and what makes a good fit for the grant program (and what doesnt) in your reviewer training.

Grant

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2025

When your team is small, it’s vital that you focus on building strong workflows using templates, outsourcing, and automation to keep your team from being overwhelmed and overworked. Get Fully Funded knows how to break down your big goals into small steps, making it easier to scale your fundraising successfully.

Template

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Here are some lessons from the Playbook conference: Focus on a few high-impact services that can scale and align with your long-term goals. Use templates for routine emails (e.g., In fact, in addition to hiring, scaling a business requires both intentionality and simplification. exclusions. Clear boundaries reduce miscommunication.

Conference

Blackbaud

AUGUST 4, 2025

Define your campaign goals early—and include at least one success metric that isn’t fundraising dollars, such as the number of repeat participants. Build a coaching plan that equips participants with what they need to succeed—from email templates and fundraising tips to social media toolkits and impact stories.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 29, 2025

Kristin Eggen, Gift Officer Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge exceeds end-of-year goals with matching gift. This thoughtful, data-driven approach helped the refuge exceed its end-of-year appeal goals and strengthen overall support for its mission. “In Making sure donors have a seamless experience is important to us.”

Media

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2025

When your team is small, it’s vital that you focus on building strong workflows using templates, outsourcing, and automation to keep your team from being overwhelmed and overworked. Get Fully Funded knows how to break down your big goals into small steps, making it easier to scale your fundraising successfully.

Template

Blackbaud

APRIL 21, 2025

Define Your Goals A well-defined goal is a critical foundation for your RFP, guiding your nonprofits questions and qualification criteria. You must clearly articulate this goal to attract the right vendors and avoid unreliable responses, especially for mission-critical tasks.

Proposal

Fundly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Whether youre raising money to fund a nonprofit initiative, support students at your school, or cover a personal expense, an online fundraiser can be an effective way to reach your goal. Keep it All (KiA) fundraising platforms, however, allow you to withdraw however much you raise, regardless of whether you hit your goal.

Funding

Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 5, 2025

In this blog: When do nonprofits need urgent grant help? For example, our team has supported nonprofits with completing a new funder search , writing a single federal grant, or preparing a new grant template for your team to use to complete grant applications. What does a grant consultant bring to the table?

Grant Writing

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. Annual Giving Resources from Blackbaud Looking for more annual giving inspiration?

Donation

Blackbaud

JULY 15, 2025

Step-by-Step GivingTuesday Strategy for Your Nonprofit Step 1: Brainstorm Your Goals Before jumping into GivingTuesday email examples for this year, take a look back at last year’s campaign. You’ll want to set a clear goal that builds upon last year’s momentum and helps your organization grow. Remember to make it a SMART goal.

Goals

Blackbaud

JANUARY 10, 2025

Provide templates to help them create an IPS and Spending Policy that encompasses the broad categories of funds they expect to have. Encourage them to update it on an annual basis based on the current market and the goals of the organization.

Award

Big Fundraising Ideas

MAY 13, 2025

School Nurse Day Fundraiser Ideas in2025 Blog Summary: School Nurse Day, observed in May of each year, provides a perfect opportunity to show appreciation for school nurses by raising funds to improve their work environment and resources. If necessary, break down the goal into smaller, manageable milestones. Assign specific roles (e.g.,

Fundraising

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Blog Summary: Post-school fundraiser reviews are essential for ensuring long-term success and continuous improvement. Fundraisers are vital to supporting school programs, but their impact can extend far beyond immediate monetary goals if post-event reviews are conducted effectively. Why Conduct a Post-Fundraiser Review?

Fundraising

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A thoughtful thank you may inspire supporters to give once more, helping you reach your annual revenue goal before the clock strikes midnight on New Years. Start by selecting flexible holiday eCard software with intuitive design tools, templates, and branding capabilities.

Template

Blackbaud

MARCH 12, 2025

Whether you are embarking on a capital campaign, increasing your annual fund goal, navigating leadership changes, or simply trying to stay up to date and modern, youre developing strategy. First, recognize that strategy is more than just making a plan or setting a goal. Set goals that they believe they can achieve.

Strategic Plan

DoJiggy

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Establishing a clear mission and vision will guide your actions and help supporters understand and connect with your goals, creating a strong foundation for your rescue. Read our blog on animal rescue fundraising ideas to learn more great ways to fund your project. Check out our guide on organizing a dog walk fundraiser for details.

Policy

Blackbaud

MAY 12, 2025

You know your budget is the map to reach your organizations goals, but the labyrinth-like challengeslike endless review cycles and unclear decision-making authoritycan derail financial plans and slow down mission-driven activities. The goal is to work smarter, not harder!

Budget

Wild Apricot

JULY 29, 2025

Whether your goal is attracting new donors, recruiting volunteers or educating your community, your website should work hard for you. Plus, a blog can establish your nonprofit as a thought leader in your industry. The blog is active, with posts on trending topics published weekly. Either way, you’ve come to the right place.

Nonprofit

Bonterra

JULY 31, 2025

Post Image: Reuse annotated screenshot of Givebutter Features Auction management including mobile bidding, item categorization, automated bidding, and buy-it-now pricing Donation forms that can be customized with specific fields and an organization’s branding Donor communication such as updates, receipts, automated messages, and templates.

CRM

Blackbaud

APRIL 7, 2025

A well-crafted budget is essential for aligning financial resources with the strategic goals of your private school, and with the right processes and tools, it doesnt have to be stressful. It sets in motion the goals youve outlined in your strategic plan. Your school may have multiple budgets, each with a different purpose.

Budget

Blackbaud

MAY 19, 2025

The goal is to handle conflicts in a way that preserves the integrity of your organizations decision-making while still allowing all parties to participate in appropriate roles. It must reflect the unique operations, challenges, and goals of your organization.

Policy

Wild Apricot

JUNE 24, 2025

Nonprofits utilize it differently depending on their goals, audience and tools. Plus, many tools allow you to pull in recent blog posts, event listings or updates from your website automatically. Before choosing a platform, it’s important to understand which features truly matter for your goals.

CRM

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 29, 2025

Blog Summary: The article provides a comprehensive guide for schools looking to raise funds in 2025. At Big Fundraising Ideas, we specialize in helping schools achieve their fundraising goals with high-profit, easy-to-execute programs. How toSucceed : Set Clear Goals : Specify how funds will be used (e.g.,

Fundraising

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Our goal is to tackle a problem grant professionals often have to solve, while also sharing different ways Instrumentl’s platform can help grant writers win more grants. Published: June 29, 2022 Grant Writing Classes Table of Contents SHOW MORE SHOW LESS Return to top Want to know how to stay on the "good" list?

Instrumentl

Bonterra

JULY 3, 2025

Event management dashboard: Set goals, track progress, and manage tickets sold. Premade content and templates: Leverage existing content and messaging to save time, or create your own for a more personalized feel. Features Event insights: Create reports and analyses to understand event attendance and goal achievement.

Software

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Our goal is to tackle a problem grant professionals often have to solve, while also sharing different ways Instrumentl’s platform can help grant writers win more grants. Does it align with the funder's goals? Make sure you're really writing as tightly as possible, but I have a blog post here where I have it side by side.

Instrumentl

Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Top 10 Reasons to use Big Fundraising Ideas over other Fundraising Options Blog Summary: The article highlights the importance of community engagement, the fun of organizing events, and the professional support provided. Choosing the right fundraiser can make all the difference in reaching your financial goals.

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2025

My goal is to create a community that helps nonprofits not just survive but truly grow and make an even bigger impact in our lifetime." GROWTH: Unlimited organization-wide monthly webinars and live Q&A workshop, access to tools, templates, and training for scaling nonprofit growth. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("pid",

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2025

And How Can What GPA Offers Us as Members Help Us Meet Our Goals The pause in federal funding and other Executive Orders have brought up uncertainties that may make many of us anxious and unsure. Depending on what benefits are offered roof,ou, you can use this time to reflect on your career goals and expand your education and skills.

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