Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

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. After the grant writer is hired, the new hire still must be on-boarded and trained. Read our article here to learn more.

Consultant

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

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. Address budget variances and determine how you will spend any remaining funds according to grant terms.

Government

Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

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. After the grant writer is hired, the new hire still must be on-boarded and trained. Read our article here to learn more.

Consultant

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

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. ⏰ The 10 Essential Facebook Steps for Your Nonprofit (and How Much of Your Time It Will Take) 1. Consistency is key.

Media

Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 5, 2025

Even though they are familiar with your organization, it will take time to train them to be an effective grant writer. Grant writinglike all forms of writingis a specialized skill, which takes time, experience, and training to hone. We can also step in to act as an outsourced full-time grant writer for your organization.

Grant Writing

GrantNews

JANUARY 2, 2025

For example, you can apply for grants to fund equality training for your team. In truth, tracking metrics like donor retention, return per acquisition, and volunteer engagement helps teams increases productivity, optimize their marketing budget and more. However, for some it has opened our eyes as to where we should put our efforts.

AI

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Quantify results: Use metrics like satisfaction scores, participation rates, and budget comparisons to identify patterns. Volunteer management: Evaluate issues like lack of coordination or insufficient volunteer training. Did expenses exceed the budget, or was participant engagement lower than expected?

Fundraising

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

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. But let’s be clear: while a calendar is helpful, it isn’t a grant strategy. Most nonprofit teams utilize these kinds of tools to get started.

AI

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 23, 2025

We even provide ongoing training and coaching so everyone on your team can easily utilize it. Your grant calendar is connected to your funder history. Your narrative and budget templates evolve with every proposal. It’s coming for the late nights spent searching your inbox for last year’s budget narrative.

Grant Writing

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. Recommended Resource : A donor-friendly video or pocket guide can be incredibly effective for internal training and donor education. And it’s never too early to start.

Policy

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2025

Disconnected calendars, outdated folders, missing attachments, and “Where’s that link again?” Fluid Strategy : You don’t treat your funding calendar like a rigid checklist. This includes narratives, budgets, deadlines, and funder history. messages in Slack don’t just waste time. This isn’t theoretical. It’s possible now.

Readiness

DoJiggy

APRIL 8, 2025

Charge a daily or weekly registration fee and offer hands-on training sessions to build interest in the sport while raising funds. This benefits both your fundraiser and lacrosse families looking for budget-friendly gear. Virtual Coaching Webinars Offer virtual lacrosse training sessions led by Pro team members or guest coaches.

Fundraising

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.

SAM

Blackbaud

JULY 28, 2025

You can improve this process by clearly defining which costs need to be allocated, understanding the percentage allowed for each grant, training your staff, using automation, and establishing procedures. Many nonprofits rely on multiple data sources and spreadsheets to track it all, leading to confusion and errors.

Finance

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Find Your Next Grant 17K Live Grants on Instrumentl 150+ Grants Added Weekly Try Instrumentl free for 14 days 9 Reasons Your Grants Get Rejected (and How to Fix Them) - Grant Training Transcription ‍ Will: Hello, everyone. And sometimes the things you have outlined or that you have described are not outlined clearly in your budget.

Instrumentl

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. For example, someone who donates regularly might get a thank-you message and an invite to join a donor circle, while a first-time volunteer might get details about training or upcoming shifts.

CRM

Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Further ideas: If you have a bigger budget, invite a guest performersuch as a local musicianto perform alongside the children, drawing community members who dont have kids at theschool. Marketing tip: Provide updates on social media, showing the runners training progress or the students practicelaps.

Fundraising

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

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Find Your Next Grant 17K Live Grants on Instrumentl 150+ Grants Added Weekly Try Instrumentl free for 14 days Step Up Your Systems for Success: How to Simplify, Streamline and Support Your Team - Grant Training Transcription Will: Hello, everyone. Another benefit is that it allows you to hire and train support. Calendar alerts.

Instrumentl

Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At Candid, we recognize that nonprofit leaders and fundraising professionals, particularly those working at small or under-resourced organizations, need access to the nonprofit training and resources that equip them to do good. Creating a Sound Proposal Budget. Courses are not only offered in a “live,” real-time format.

Training

CauseVox

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A fundraising calendar can help you streamline this process so you can raise more with less effort. This is where a fundraising calendar comes in handy. Every organization that relies on fundraising to operate should consider incorporating a fundraising calendar into their yearly plan.

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

Candid

MAY 2, 2022

The goal—supporting nonprofit transparency, especially through more comprehensive data around board and staff demographics, organizational structure, and DEI practices—underscores a lot of what the Center encourages through their own programs and training. . They shared quite a bit from Candid’s articles, social posts, and training.

IT

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 19, 2022

However, program expenses can vary widely—an education-focused nonprofit may include the cost of books and supplies for after-school tutoring in their program expenses, while an animal shelter might incur dog grooming, training, and veterinary expenses. Net assets.

Liability

CauseVox

JANUARY 3, 2025

Download Our Free Fundraising Plan & Calendar Template: Why Do You Need a Fundraising Strategy? If that data isnt available or you are a start-up, look at your estimated budget or check out the stats of similar organizations. Download your free nonprofit fundraising and calendar plan here. Will new staff be brought on?

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

A Cautionary Tale A few years ago, I worked with a client that had received almost all the funding for their million-dollar budget from a single grant through the State of Tennessee. The state went through budget cuts, which happens all the time, and reduced its grant funding – rendering this organization ineligible under new guidelines.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

This free webinar will offer practical guidance on the best tools, training resources, and marketing tactics your library can use engage the social sector in your community. Get Your Technology Donations Before Calendar Year–End. Get Your Technology Donations Before Calendar Year–End. Make the most of your budget.

Calendar

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 10, 2024

Within each year’s subfolder, create folders labeled application , budget, attachment , correspondence , and reporting. Use an Outlook or Google calendar for due dates and deadlines. AGS is also launching a new training series in May, Capacity Building for Small Organizations.

GPC

Candid

JULY 5, 2023

Now that virtual meetings dominate calendars, the last thing most employees want to do is spend unstructured time staring at Zoom boxes. Budgets tightened, conferences were cancelled, and networking events moved to less engaging virtual formats. A book club is another budget- and remote-friendly option.

Conference

Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

The social media specialist who helps you set up your social channels and content calendar then trains your staff on posting engaging content is an inkind donor, and a high-value one at that! Although the Board wished to remain a small organization with a small budget, they saw no way around their need for a bigger house.

Donation

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

MARCH 4, 2021

If your organization is grant-ready and you and your colleagues/leadership are supportive of the time and effort needed to write a federal grant, then the next step is to carve out some time in your calendar to work on this. Gather program/project information, budgets, memorandums of understanding, support materials, etc.

SAM

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

A child advocacy organization might aim to double the number of volunteers trained to protect children in the court system. If your Board adopted a budget for the fiscal year, your fundraising goal is the same as the total expenditures, plus at least 5 percent for cash reserves. Another way to structure a plan is in a calendar format.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

You can use People-OnTheGo training to help your organization's employees learn to: Manage interruptions better. The donation is offered to organizations with annual operating budgets of $5 million or less. If you are attending, you'll need to clear your calendar for all three of the dates in the series you sign up for.

Conference

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

You can use People-OnTheGo training to help your organization's employees learn to: Manage interruptions better. The donation is offered to organizations with annual operating budgets of $5 million or less. If you are attending, you'll need to clear your calendar for all three of the dates in the series you sign up for.

Conference

Blackbaud

MARCH 21, 2024

Projects like these can drain resources, take more time than necessary, and quickly become your least favorite meeting on your calendar. For your fund accounting implementation , your goals might include a target launch date, staff training, and the ability to pull relevant reports faster. Are there budget requirements?

Software