Greater Giving

JULY 9, 2025

Common fundraising event committee roles include: Auction Procurement Lead Marketing & Communications Coordinator Logistics & Venue Manager Volunteer Coordinator Sponsorship & Donor Relations Chair TIP: Provide a one-pager or short description of each role’s duties and tasks to align expectations and accountability.

Procurement

Strategic Grants

MARCH 25, 2025

Like many, the Strategic Grants team is unpacking the details of the 25-26 Federal Budget. While the budget seems to favour individual households, there are sector specific initiatives worth mentioning. Our round-up is below, plus links to additional budget resources. Strengthening the social safety net The budget includes $11.5

Budget

Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Solution To manage time constraints effectively: Develop a Grant Calendar : Create a detailed calendar with deadlines, submission requirements, and timelines for each grant application. Consider hiring a dedicated grant writer or using a grant management system to streamline the process. Budgeting and Financials 5.1

Grant Writing

GrantNews

JUNE 12, 2025

However, you don’t need a million-dollar budget to make a difference. Transparent Reports: Funding for Your Nonprofit Build trust with your team and supporters by providing a clear, realistic budget. Utilize budgeting tools to monitor spending patterns. In truth, every decision you make affects the impact of your group.

Funding

The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 17, 2025

From tight budgets to limited staffing, these hurdles can make even the simplest event feel overwhelming. Budget Constraints Tight finances can make it difficult to secure venues, hire vendors, and provide high-quality experiences for attendees. However, many organizations face common challenges that complicate the planning process.

Budget

Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

Working with your program and development teams, your finance staff identifies funding gaps, supplies important budget numbers, sets up projects in your accounting software, establishes spending approvals, and creates reporting schedules. You don’t want to be juggling spreadsheets trying to manage your grant award.

Government

Wild Apricot

JULY 16, 2025

Cost-Effective Advertising Options Facebook Ads allow you to target specific audiences by location, interests and more, even with a modest budget. If you have the budget for it, consider a social media scheduling tool. Want more resources to streamline your nonprofit’s online presence and donor management? Consistency is key.

Media

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2025

But what if I told you, it is my FAVORITE part of grants management? You likely already have the due dates in your calendar – use this time to connect with relevant stakeholders on the grant’s status. Similarly, financial reports serve as clear documentation of spending as well as changes to the original budget.

Grants

GrantNews

JANUARY 2, 2025

Because of this, expect global issues like conservation of biodiversity, waste management and recycling initiatives to be competing for attention in everyone’s social feeds. However, plan to see an increase of DAF in nonprofit management trends for 2025. Resurgence of Donor-Advised Funds Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are not new.

AI

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

Across the nonprofit sector, countless small nonprofits and grassroots organizations do life-changing work with limited staff, tight budgets, and never enough daily hours. Instead, seek out funders who explicitly welcome first-time applicants, smaller budgets , or grassroots initiatives. You’re not alone. Start local.

Grant Writing

Bonterra

JULY 3, 2025

But managing everything required for a standout event is challenging. That’s where fundraising event management software for nonprofits can help. Keep reading to learn more about the best charity event software and event registration platforms for nonprofits, and how you can make your nonprofit event management better than ever.

Software

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Each structure offers unique advantages based on an organization’s needs and budget constraints. A nonprofit can make better budget decisions for grant writing services by knowing these payment models. This setup helps everyone – organizations can budget exactly, while writers get rewarded for working efficiently.

Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

Update Your Grant Calendar An organized, realistic calendar is the backbone of a successful nonprofit grant strategy, especially as you approach the high-stakes Q3 and Q4 deadlines. Include milestones for internal review, feedback, budget revisions, and final polishing. Tip: Link training back to your active grant calendar.

Grants

Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Some organizations additionally have a social media manager, volunteer coordinator, or data analyst. Large nonprofits with large fundraising teams may have the budget to hire a full-time grant writer; however, the process to hire a grant writer often takes more than 6 months from start to finish. Read our article here to learn more.

Consultant

Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Some organizations additionally have a social media manager, volunteer coordinator, or data analyst. Large nonprofits with large fundraising teams may have the budget to hire a full-time grant writer; however, the process to hire a grant writer often takes more than 6 months from start to finish. Read our article here to learn more.

Consultant

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Continuous improvement enhances the quality of fundraisers and builds confidence in the schools ability to manage these initiatives effectively. Quantify results: Use metrics like satisfaction scores, participation rates, and budget comparisons to identify patterns. Identify trends: Look for recurring issues or standout successes.

Fundraising

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

This is especially true for those on small teams or managing grants alongside a dozen other responsibilities. And if your grant calendar lives in one place, your tasks in another, your drafts in a hidden folder, and your funder research on sticky notes… of course, your strategy is falling apart. It’s a lack of infrastructure.

AI

CauseVox

MAY 27, 2025

Customer/Client Relationship Management software was developed in the for-profit world. Companies use a CRM to track their customers behavior, manage communication, and make offers that the customer is likely to be interested in. Manage time and tasks with CauseVoxs CRM 5. What is a Nonprofit CRM? This helps you raise more.

CRM

Planned Giving

MAY 12, 2025

This guide offers the most practical, scalable approach to launching a planned giving programeven if you’re a small nonprofit with limited staff and budget. Q: Do we need an attorney on staff to manage planned gifts? And it’s never too early to start. Focus on generating gifts, then invest in back-end operations.

Policy

Blackbaud

JULY 28, 2025

Implementing fund accounting software with subfund capabilities can help your team avoid common nonprofit audit mistakes by streamlining grants management, documentation management, and other key processes. Your operational audit might focus on one specific area, like data management or technology.

Finance

Planned Giving

APRIL 17, 2025

Whos going to train, manage, and feed them? Donors dont remember your calendar. Maybe they can Snapchat your budget deficit. Because asking strangers for pennies will surely stabilize the budget. Then enjoy the mediocrity of trying to please everyone. And congrats for joining the safest group in the world. Delusion No.

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CauseVox

MAY 27, 2025

Customer/Client Relationship Management software was developed in the for-profit world. Companies use a CRM to track their customers behavior, manage communication, and make offers that the customer is likely to be interested in. Manage time and tasks with CauseVoxs CRM 5. What is a Nonprofit CRM? This helps you raise more.

CRM

Wild Apricot

JUNE 24, 2025

Nonprofits operate with tight budgets and small teams, and staying connected with donors, volunteers, and members is a major priority. However, managing that communication manually takes time that most organizations don’t have. Key features: WildApricot is designed for nonprofits that manage members and events. The solution?

CRM

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

If you wanna bring grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place, we can help you do that and you can set up your own personalized grant recommendations using the link on the screen. And sometimes the things you have outlined or that you have described are not outlined clearly in your budget. instrumentl.com/teresa.

Instrumentl

GiveSmart

APRIL 1, 2025

No matter a nonprofits yearly fundraising budget, organizations recently shared that events make up nearly half of their annual revenue. Many of these ideas could be committee-run or added to your existing fundraising calendar. 2 Choose the size and location for your event that you can reasonably manage.

Fundraising

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

If you want to bring grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place, we can help you do that. Whether grant writing or just nonprofit work in general or task management, anything, what is one system that you love? Calendar alerts. I live by my calendar alerts. Instrumentl.com/teresa. I know I sure do.

Instrumentl

DoJiggy

APRIL 22, 2025

Photo Calendar Fundraiser Ask local photographers to submit images that reflect the towns spirit and beauty. Sell the resulting calendar at local businesses and community events. Charge an entry fee and have community members vote with dollarseach dollar equals one vote. Prizes can be sponsored by local companies.

Fundraising

Planned Giving

JULY 28, 2025

August may be “Make a Will Month,” but let’s be honest—your legacy deserves more than a single square on the calendar. Only a properly executed will can direct how your estate is managed and distributed. That’s why we’re turning it into Make a Will Year. Because planning your future shouldn’t be seasonal.

Template

CauseVox

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A fundraising calendar can help you streamline this process so you can raise more with less effort. Managing your fundraising efforts can be difficult, especially if you are working on a team. This is where a fundraising calendar comes in handy. Heres a breakdown of how to develop and maintain your annual fundraising calendar.

Calendar

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

When you’re just getting started, it’s critical that one of your first steps is to create your nonprofit’s first budget to help you manage both your organization and your finances as it grows. Without a budget, you can find yourself in deep water, fast, with more money going out than coming in.

Budget

GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Managing your annual budget—and multiple budgets within it—is one of the most crucial components of running a nonprofit organization. Learn more about what a nonprofit fiscal year is and how you can arrange your budget to best meet your organization’s financial needs below. What is a Nonprofit Fiscal Year?

Budget

AmpliFund

APRIL 30, 2024

In wrapping up our latest webinar series , I shared insights into how a grant management system, specifically, AmpliFund, plays a vital role in supporting compliance. Here are 3 ways grant management software supports compliance: 1. Imagine this: You’re trying to find an important form for one of your awards.

Grant Management Software

GrantNews

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Grant management is the hard work and dedication required to ensure an organization follows a donor’s guidelines. However, responsibly managing grants after the award is just as critical. Did you know that if a grant is not managed correctly after being awarded, your organization can be forced to repay the funds?

Grant Management

Qgiv

MAY 3, 2023

Fundraising calendars help set your nonprofit up for success for the entire year. A fundraising calendar enables you to keep your goals, campaigns, strategies, and due dates all in one place that your whole team has access to. Another objective you need to define for your fundraising calendar is your awareness goal.

Calendar

Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

It takes an entrepreneurial heart to start a nonprofit, fundraising and marketing skills to grow it, and leadership skills to manage it. Detailed activity calendar. Detailed budget. This seems obvious, but it amazes me how many nonprofits have no operational budget. And you need to use the right tools. Impact numbers.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2012

As an organizer, you can set the “active” dates for accepting donations to a fiscal year or calendar year, as opposed to the date of an event. The Acteva Donation Program makes two of Acteva’s event management tools available, based on your organization’s budget size. per registrant. per registrant.

Management

AmpliFund

JUNE 12, 2023

We know that managing grants can be confusing, and we’re here to help. When you don’t have an effective strategy in place to manage and store your grant data and documents, it is easy to make mistakes. Create Processes Never underestimate the importance of creating standard processes when you’re managing grants.

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