GrantNews

JANUARY 2, 2025

Data-Driven Management Just like in the business sector, among nonprofit trends expected for 2025 is the increase of utilizing data. In truth, tracking metrics like donor retention, return per acquisition, and volunteer engagement helps teams increases productivity, optimize their marketing budget and more. Donors want to feel needed.

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

Grant Writing

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Quantify results: Use metrics like satisfaction scores, participation rates, and budget comparisons to identify patterns. Cost efficiency: Analyze the return on investment (ROI) by dividing net profit by total expenses, which helps determine how effectively funds were utilized. contributed most significantly to the totalrevenue.

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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

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2025

Disconnected calendars, outdated folders, missing attachments, and “Where’s that link again?” Even better, can you imagine not just repurposing content, but having a custom system that utilizes past wins, organizational information, and your preferred research to draft your proposals? messages in Slack don’t just waste time.

Readiness

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. And it’s never too early to start. Quick Start Guide If you need to launch quickly, focus on these five core elements. What small update can I make to our messaging?

Policies

Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

Utilizing SocialMedia Platforms like Facebook, Instagram , LinkedIn, and Twitter provide easy ways to showcase your fundraising progress and publicly thank sponsors. Sponsors may have concerns, budget limitations, or other commitments. Plan NextSteps Review your schools fundraising calendar for the upcoming semester or year.

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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. Nonprofits utilize it differently depending on their goals, audience and tools. HubSpot Best for : Larger nonprofits with a budget and need for advanced automation and CRM integration.

CRM

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.

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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.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Utilize your resources and your team’s skillset. A key element of a business plan is, you guessed it, the budget. Plan a budget for marketing, payroll and overhead. Many grant applications require a budget to be submitted. Some businesses hire lawyers to write their business plans.

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GiveSmart

APRIL 17, 2024

The Blueprint By taking the time to plan ahead and get creative, your nonprofit can work toward building a year-round fundraising calendar. If you’re starting from scratch, download GiveSmart’s Annual Fundraising Calendar. These resources could spark some inspiration for your year-round fundraising calendar.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Utilizing this data helps you determine the optimal times to launch specific campaigns, aligning with donor behavior and preferences. When outlining each fundraiser, use a fundraising calendar to maintain a balance—ensuring enough activities to meet budgetary needs without overstretching your resources.

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

Overhead ratio essentially refers to the amount of a nonprofit’s budget that’s dedicated to overhead costs (i.e. In fact, NPOInfo’s charitable giving statistics state that a whopping 61% of donors claim to choose which nonprofits to support based on how “well” the organization utilizes its funding. What is the overhead myth?

Fundraising

GrantNews

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

From writing a grant proposal to completing the budget, grant management encompasses all aspects of receiving and tracking grant funds. Furthermore, utilize this opportunity to promote your organization on social media by announcing your grant award. In fact, use the GrantWatch calendar tool when you search for grants.

Grant Management

Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

To optimize your advertising budget, create a marketing strategy to establish the best time for your organization to use ads. Include your ad campaigns in your content calendar to maximize their return on investment. These custom audiences give your organization a fantastic opportunity to utilize Facebook’s lookalike audience option.

Demographics

Grant Writer Team

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Any amount higher should prompt an audit to see how a nonprofit’s budget can be refined. However, nonprofits do utilize volunteers and the value of volunteers is growing every year. Nonprofits utilize large sponsors. Recruiting Volunteers Is The Only Way To Staff A Nonprofit Nonprofits have staff and salaries too.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 10, 2024

Small organizations sometimes don’t have the staff capacity it takes to utilize all the features they offer. 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. Start with the basics.

GPC

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

A number of data management tools and software packages are available for nonprofits to choose from, but those solutions either lack the flexibility that is required to address the specific needs of a nonprofit or are cost-prohibitive for budget-constrained organizations to do a customized project. Charitable event calendar.

CRM

Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2017

It can help you review your grantseeking objectives, become more strategic in your grantseeking, and utilize leading-edge information to strengthen your own approach. Does my budget, location, or mission affect my organization's ability to be awarded grants? Mark your calendar now for May 16 and 17 (next week!). Learn more.

Grantstation

Just Write Grants

JUNE 26, 2024

Budget Brackets: Grants come in various sizes. Utilize budget filters to find grants that match your program's funding needs, maximizing your chances of success. Budget Transparency and Sustainability: Break down your budget clearly, outlining how funds will be used for each program component.

Funding

The Fundraising Coach

JUNE 9, 2023

Donors circle their favorite golf fundraisers on the calendar every year as a can’t miss event. This will help you better define a budget for your tournament in terms of revenue and expenses. They look forward to time spent on the golf course, doing something they enjoy in support of a good cause. Next, determine the event’s format.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

We were able to utilize volunteers for fundraising projects. Because at this point, any fat is long gone from most nonprofit budgets, including funds for personal development, technology, and general infrastructure. Mark your calendar now for September 20 to 21. We stopped services.

Grantstation

Grant Consulting Services

MARCH 28, 2024

This platform was created with you in mind to allow you to utilize this strategy as a “Do-It-Yourself” solution to strengthen your organization’s grant funding capabilities. Without a solid program, organization budget, and strong financial statements or audited financials, grantmakers will not take the organization seriously.

Grant

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Does the text-to-give software fit into your budget? According to the OneCause guide to text-to-give , this is an ideal donation channel because it utilizes devices donors are already familiar with and works well at auctions and other events. When deciding on text-to-give software, consider: Price.

Fundraising

Qgiv

JULY 8, 2021

The Brother Wolf team scheduled some time with the Qgiv Customer Experience team, and together they looked at ways to utilize the redesigned Qgiv donation forms to fit their needs, and to do so with limited time and resources at their disposal. “We We needed a custom form.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Given the nature of a capital campaign, your board will be asked to approve operating budgets and your overall capital campaign budget. If you’ve budgeted for a kickoff event (or plan to), board members can often be great connectors to venues, key sponsors, or noteworthy attendees to drum up even more momentum.

Strategic Plan

Community Boost

MARCH 1, 2024

Mark your calendars for March 5-7, 2024, because this action-packed three day event is just around the corner. You’ll explore topics like navigating the AI landscape by discovering how cutting-edge AI tools like Google Bard and Chat GPT can transform your nonprofit’s reach and influence, even on a tight budget.

Nonprofit

DoJiggy

JANUARY 23, 2024

Winning photos can be used on charity calendars and custom merchandise. Calendar Contest: Host a photo contest fundraiser and feature the winning photos in a yearly calendar. Set a Budget and Clear Goals: Outline what you aim to achieve with your photography.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2016

Looking for something to fill your calendar with Thursday night? Option 3: Utilize YouVersion Live. Whereas five years ago, a church needed a four- or five-figure budget to create its own church app, now it can be done for much, much less. The church bulletin is a staple, tried and true, trusted and relied on by all.

Calendar

Qgiv

AUGUST 22, 2024

It not only helps generate buzz and excitement but also provides a compelling reason for individuals to mark their calendars. It needs to be easy to find for recipients to quickly mark their calendars. Highlight the cause, your goals, and how the funds raised will be utilized. Image A picture’s worth a thousand words!

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Not only that, but with the move to more and more online giving (there was a 32% increase in online revenue in 2020), events like #GivingTuesday have become an even more important part of your fundraising calendar. At CauseVox, we’re all about helping everyone to meet their goals – donors and the causes they support.

Goals

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Understanding Proposal Budgets a. Budget Preparation and Review b. Key Budgeting Concepts VI. Funders have different budgets, funding priorities, and missions. Understanding Proposal Budgets When you search for potential funders, it is beneficial to have a sense of how much your project will cost.

Funding

OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

Establish your fundraising event budget. 8. [/mk_icon_box] [vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row id=”budget”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”24317″ img_size=”full”][mk_fancy_title color=”#8dc53f” size=”30″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”] 3.

Fundraising

DoJiggy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Calendars Custom calendars are a great sales item as they offer year-round visibility for your cause, especially if they are themed around your organization and feature impactful imagery. Used or Recycled Goods Organizing sales for pre-owned items not only promotes sustainability but can also cater to budget-conscious supporters.

Fundraising

Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Many organizations have to strategize around limited budgets while trying to reach the largest audience possible to get their mission out there. Developing a content calendar Consistency in marketing delivery is crucial for enhancing recognition of your nonprofit and boosting engagement with your target audience.

Nonprofit

Peak Proposals

MAY 3, 2020

Regardless of the size of your organization or budget, you must look critically at the potential return on investment of any fundraising activity. Foundations generally release opportunities at set times throughout the year, and an organization’s fundraising activities often center around a calendar of events, many of which will be annual.

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