DoJiggy

JULY 1, 2025

Pricing: The peer-to-peer package starts at $229/month No long-term contract required Choosing the Right Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Platform When selecting a peer-to-peer fundraising platform, you’ll likely want to consider the following factors. It is especially useful for in-person events with donation kiosks and multi-channel campaigns.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JUNE 3, 2025

Helps You Set Realistic, Data-Driven Goals When your systems are integrated , you have access to real-time data that reflects your schools current financial and enrollment landscape. Integrated enrollment management systems feed contract details directly into your billing system, eliminating manual data entry.

Finance

GiveSmart

JUNE 30, 2025

They take the weight off of your nonprofit’s resources, enabling you to spread your budget more effectively. Whether it’s supplies, computers, or a car that helps you get closer to achieving your goals, in-kind donations often have immediate applications that money can’t provide.

Donation

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Matching Your Research with the Right Foundation Research grants from foundations work best when researchers match their goals with a funder ‘s mission. Foundations usually list their goals clearly in application calls or on their websites. You need clear goals with measurable outcomes that people can achieve and track.

Grants

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. Step 3: Create a Business Plan and Budget You’ll need to develop a business plan to start an animal rescue. Our 100+ fundraising ideas might inspire you.

Policy

Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

Below are key steps to establish a strong foundation: Define Your Fundraising Goal Clarity is everything. If you add marketing perks-like social media mentions, signage, or product sampling-show how these benefits align with the sponsors marketing goals. Sponsors may have concerns, budget limitations, or other commitments.

Fundraising

Grant Writer Team

JULY 24, 2025

Many organizations don’t have the time, budget, or internal resources to manage the grant writing process effectively. Disadvantage: A more desirable grant opportunity may spur a ‘bidding war’ which could end up increasing the cost to the point of putting a strain on your project budget.

Grants

Grant Writer Team

MAY 8, 2025

Grant writers are experts at crafting compelling proposals that align with funder goals. All the intimate details of your contract are confidential between you your grant writer. Youll need to budget for this expense upfront. Choose the one who best fits your project and goals. Why Hire a Professional Grant Writer?

Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

These might include: 501(c)(3) nonprofit status Specific geographic areas or populations served Minimum or maximum annual operating budgets Years in operation Required match or cost-sharing Audit history or financial documentation Even one missing element can disqualify your proposal, regardless of how compelling your narrative is.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Vaeth, President Trumps Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sought to greatly expand the pause and review process to all federal assistance awards as defined in the Uniform Guidance (see 2 CFR 200.1) Now, Matthew J. through OMB Memo M-25-13 issued on January 27, 2025. What about multi-year awards?

Grants

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. In one case, I was laid off from a job I had for three years at a not-for-profit organization because of budget cuts (third round of layoffs).

GPC

Blue Avocado

MARCH 3, 2025

Contraction in the Reinsurance Market This contraction of the reinsurance market is a direct result of the other causes listed in this article, but its impact on insurers is exacerbated by two things: There are only a few reinsurers that will even consider providing reinsurance capacity at the levels needed by small and mid-sized insurers like NIA.

Insurance

Blackbaud

MAY 6, 2024

Like a good recipe, your nonprofit budget requires high-quality ingredients, easy-to-follow steps, and a knowledgeable cook or two to put it together. Here are a few simple steps to help you create a solid budget that helps your organization allocate resources effectively and makes your budgeting process easier.

Budget

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

GrantNews

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Considering that most nonprofits seeking grant funding have limited budgets, it is vital to their fundraising goals to ensure that they are utilizing their resources as efficiently as possible to ensure their best possible chances of success. This information helps you compare your organization’s goals with those of the grantor.

LOI

Sharpshooter Communications

MARCH 30, 2023

No matter what your role -- board member, executive director, grant professional, program staff -- you play a part in making sure that your organization is budgeting for grants. It depends on the organization, but having 10-20% of the annual budget from grants is a sustainable goal.

Budget

Sharpshooter Communications

MARCH 15, 2023

We just finished writing the budget for next year and we set an income goal of $680,000 in grants. Funders often require the organization leader to review and sign a contract for the award. This includes monitoring the budget, tracking activities, measuring outcomes, and timely submission of funder requirements.

Budget

Blackbaud

AUGUST 12, 2024

In a perfect world, your budget will always be balanced. Depending on your organization’s focus and activities, you may have different types of funding, such as grants, contracts, donations, program fees, sponsorships, or merchandise sales. You will always get the grant and donors will never churn.

Management

GrantNews

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A grant writer’s knowledge and experience play a huge role in helping you accomplish your goal. Locating contract and funding opportunities. Writing LOIs and budget proposals. You should budget 20-40 hours for most grants, but the needs and requirements are different for every grant. How Much is Too Much?

Grants

Grants Plus

JANUARY 19, 2024

By: Laura Altieri According to the National Council of Nonprofits, more than 30% of nonprofit revenues come from government grants and contracts. Jana Morace, Director of Grants and Contracts Management, credits the Grants Plus team for achieving a 100% win rate for the grants we’ve pursued together.

Government

Qgiv

MAY 15, 2023

Not everyone can be a math genius, but when you’re using a fundraising event budget template, you don’t have to be. Hosting an event requires your organization to do a lot of research and planning, but using a budgeting template can ease some of the stress of your staff.

Template

RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

We’ll start by discussing the “why” of these changes, why the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) decided to make them now, and how they align with larger changes happening in the federal government. While the updates won’t go into effect until October 1st, it is important to know about these changes and how they impact your organization.

UEI

Greater Giving

JUNE 18, 2024

The logistics person needs to take a high level view: Generates the budget. Contracts with vendors. This team does a lot of coordinating, so they’ll need to be good at managing details as well: Determines and contracts the entertainment. Now go forth and conquer your fundraising goals! Appoints committee chairs.

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. Identify Grant Goals A complete grant lifecycle includes researching the funding opportunity, applying, and responsibly managing the grant funds. What is Grant Management?

Grant Management

Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

The CEOs of BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Charity Navigator, and GuideStar USA published a second open letter last year with the express goal to "crush" the overhead myth, the idea that overhead ratios should serve as the sole basis for evaluating nonprofit performance. If so, you've fallen victim to the overhead myth.

Indirect Cost

CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Now, as we get started fundraising in 2021, it’s never been more important to have a fundraising plan that designed to help you make up for lost funds and meet your goals in today’s context. They’re organized, actionable and tell a complete story of how you’re going to achieve your goals. Understand Your Need & Goals.

Calendar

GrantNews

MAY 8, 2024

Stay focused on your goal, but be prepared for what you’ll need to move forward. If your fundraising goal is under $50,000, you would likely be eligible to file Form 1023-EZ (short form) at an approximate cost of $275 (as of 2018). This will include money for payroll, benefits, payroll taxes and contract employees.

Insurance

GrantNews

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Here are some proven strategies: Cut Back on Spending Review Contracts: Revisit vendor agreements to negotiate better terms or find more budget-friendly options. Others might be more general, requiring you to think creatively about how your project aligns with their goals. 8 Grants Currently Available to HOAs 1.

Funding

Blackbaud

MARCH 7, 2024

Often, this leads to large audit adjustments, budget vs actual reporting difficulties, and other funding challenges. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) introduces guidelines on how nonprofits should handle grants and contracts, and these updates help nonprofits report their finances accurately and in a standard manner.

Finance

Grant Training Center

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) are the best mechanisms toward this effort and are often referred to as the nation’s largest sources of early stage/high risk funding for start-ups, small businesses, and sub-contracting agencies (usually higher education).

Contract

Grant Writer Team

AUGUST 23, 2023

Just tell them what it is you do, plus some of your goals, and they will provide you with a stand-out mission and vision statement. A grant writer can help you locate federal, state & local grants as well as find foundation grants and contracts. The larger the grant awarded, the more detailed and expansive the budget should be.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

Early career experiences supporting corporate responses to competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) opportunities for business contracts provided insights into how to read, understand, and respond to RFPs. project narrative format/content/organization, budget and budget narrative and required attachments).

Grant Management

Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2015

Nonprofits are mission-focused, usually run on a tight budget, and therefore sometimes hesitant about purchasing expensive software. Over the past decade, innovations in virtual storage and web hosting have made cloud-based software approachable and user-friendly for organizations of any size or budget. Accounting and payroll.

Software

GrantNews

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

But ideas can only go so far; there must be some defined strategies for how you plan to achieve your goal. There’s a good chance there is a wide variety of grants that can help you meet your grant proposal objectives and reach your goal. Goals are broad and general. Every good cause begins with a spark.

Proposal

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 22, 2024

There are attachment upload buttons for unasked-for resumes, not-yet-created project budgets, and audits that must live somewhere. It is generally accepted that any funding that is time-limited, designated for a specific purpose, and requires a program or project budget for expending the funds is a grant.

Grants

Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

When you’re just starting out, your goal is to make a difference in the world. You’ll need detailed lists of expenses and revenue when it comes time for budgeting for the next year. Make it a goal to either meet one new person or learn more about one of your contacts every day. There are things like: An office to set up.

Nonprofit

Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2014

In the case of TechBridge Nonprofit Exchange, organizations are contracting with TechBridge to help raise funds and also hire them to complete the IT project. The Nonprofit Exchange also charges an administrative platform fee of $500 or 5 percent of the total campaign goal (whichever is larger). Donors make pledges.

Nonprofit