Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

These funds may be used for training staff, improving technology, or developing strategic plans. Gather Supporting Documents : Collect financial statements, organizational charts, and board member lists as required by the specific grant guidelines. Budget A clear, itemized budget outlining how funds will be used efficiently.

Funding

DonorSnap

JULY 9, 2025

Nonprofit organizations that rely on a clear fundraising plan are more likely to stay focused, reach their goals, and make a bigger impact in their communities. Keep reading to discover best practices for a fundraising plan and how DonorSnap can help. What Is a Fundraising Plan? Many refer to these as strategic plans.

Fundraising

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 7, 2025

For nonprofits, this means less time spent proving worth through excessive documentation and more focused on delivering impact. This could be a one-page mutual expectations document outlining how you’ll communicate, report impact, and share feedback over time. Document a clear use policy. Create a “trust agreement.”

Grant

Planned Giving

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Invest in Comprehensive Planned Giving Infrastructure Establishing a strategic planned giving program provides reliable long-term funding streams while appealing to sophisticated major donors. This infrastructure includes dedicated staff training, marketing materials, and legal expertise for complex gift arrangements.

Funding

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

Scattered deadlines, disjointed documents, and disconnected systems make it nearly impossible to stay on top of funding opportunities strategically. What’s missing from this approach are things like task tracking, draft storage, document management, and narrative re-use tools. It’s a lack of infrastructure.

AI

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.

Grant

Blue Avocado

APRIL 8, 2025

Have well-used, and thoughtfully created guiding documents, such as bylaws, policies, strategic plans, values, mission and vision statements, etc. If it’s not in the strategic plan, that will help reign in rogue ideas and projects you don’t have capacity for at the moment.

Management

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A world-class finance team will do all that and be a key part of your strategic planning, helping you identify opportunities and risks based on past performance and future scenario planning. Make sure transactions are appropriately documented and you are above reproach.

Finance

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 11, 2025

If your organization operates in any of these spaces, now is the time to assess your funding diversity and contingency plans. Budget Developments and the Debt Ceiling In late June, the Senate narrowly passed its version of a sweeping spending and tax package known among Republicans as the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

Federal Grants

Blackbaud

MAY 21, 2025

Budget scenario planning may not be for everyone. If your programs always bring in their budgeted revenue, if your major donors always come through when they say they will, and if you receive every grant you apply for, you dont need budget scenarios. And if it does sound like your organization, please share your secrets!

Budget

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As I like to say, if you can’t get hold of a document in 10 seconds, it is useless to you. Finally, the last two weeks of the year are the ideal time to do your strategic planning. As I like to say, if you can’t get hold of a document in 10 seconds, it is useless to you.

Strategic Plan

Candid

DECEMBER 20, 2023

You should also have a plan for how to effectively manage your funding, which is where your financial strategy comes into play. In this guide, we’ll walk through four essential steps to build an operating budget for your new nonprofit. Budgeting your revenue based on its source allows you to make the most accurate projections.

Budget

Blackbaud

JULY 24, 2024

Analyzing budgets. Your accountant will use your recorded financial data to review your nonprofit’s annual operating budget and suggest revisions before it goes to your board for final approval. They’ll also perform budget vs. actual comparisons throughout the year to help keep your organization’s spending and fundraising on track.

Finance

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Ideally, the Board and Executive Director will work together as partners to lead the nonprofit, especially on the strategic plan, fundraising, and overall evaluation of the organization. Ensure Effective Organizational Planning The Board is responsible for both short-term and long-term strategic planning.

Strategic Plan

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As the costs add up, you might be asking: How much of a nonprofit’s annual budget should be spent on administrative tasks and fundraising? Look at it this way: If you’re not spending at least 15% of your budget on fundraising, you may be standing in the way of your own success. You may find yourself spending money on the tech tools.

Fundraising

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

If hearing about nonprofit budgets makes you cringe a little ( or a lot ), keep reading. In 2024, the grant landscape for nonprofits has evolved significantly, emphasizing the need for meticulous financial planning and transparent budgeting to meet funder expectations. We’ve got you.

Budget

Blackbaud

JULY 8, 2024

Endowments are the result of a successful long-term strategic plan. Strong endowment management and documented processes help you track—and adhere to—donor intent and prohibit the organization from spending down the original corpus unintentionally. This streamlined document management also helps with business continuity.

Management

CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

And so, here’s what we recommend as you focus on planning your fundraising initiatives in 2021. Creating a Fundraising Plan. Creating a fundraising plan may seem daunting. Even the word “planning document” might make you stressed. With this knowledge, you can begin creating a plan for the future.

Calendar

Qgiv

DECEMBER 9, 2021

What is an annual fundraising plan (also known as a nonprofit strategic plan)? The annual fundraising plan is a document detailing the fundraising plans for the entirety of the upcoming year. There is no standard for how this document looks, but a good rule of thumb is to make it as detailed as possible.

Fundraising

CauseVox

JANUARY 3, 2025

Instead, get your team together (or go solo if its only you) and get to work on creating your nonprofit fundraising plan. What is a Nonprofit Fundraising Plan? A nonprofit fundraising plan is a document that strategically organizes all of your fundraising activities over a certain period of time (usually one year).

Fundraising

Greater Giving

AUGUST 27, 2024

This includes accurate budgeting, meticulous financial reporting , and regular audits. Strategic Planning A clear strategic plan aligns the organization’s mission with its operational capabilities and fundraising efforts. It ensures that all activities are goal-oriented and resources are allocated efficiently.

Strategic Plan

DoJiggy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But with determination and strategic planning, your passion project can take off without a financial launching pad. In this blog, we’ll explain how you can harness the power of fundraising on a small budget, particularly with DoJiggy’s fundraising platform, to start your nonprofit journey.

Strategic Plan

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 23, 2023

This means you will have to share information about your organization – from important documents like your current organizational budget and 510(c)3 determination letter to details about your programs and needs of those you serve. No matter how incredible your grant consultant is, they cannot work in a vacuum.

Consulting

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 3, 2024

We truly know the organization’s story, from budgets to program outcomes, better than almost anyone.” We are bound to the strategy, outcomes, budgets, and deliverables decided at these meetings. As a grant professional, I bring some specialized expertise to the strategic planning table.” of all the work I do.”

GPC

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Essentially, this term refers to the process of pulling your documented financial data and communicating it to stakeholders. Strategic planning. You can compare this data to your budget from the previous year and use that information to make more accurate projections for the coming year. Statement of financial position.

Nonprofit

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

Grant Consulting Services

MAY 30, 2024

Budgeting —To conduct a project or program effectively, you must understand the cost of running it. A well-defined budget provides clarity and transparency about a project or organization’s financial needs and objectives. This is a strategic planning process that you do not want to overlook.

Grant

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Strategic Planning Professional writers can devise strategies that showcase the non-profit’s strengths and demonstrate clear funding needs. Successful grant applications rely on well-documented data and evidence to support funding requests. Writers utilize various techniques to present this information engagingly.

Grant Writing

Qgiv

JULY 24, 2024

They often take on special projects and assist with strategic planning to provide a second layer of leadership and expertise. Secretary Your secretary is responsible for maintaining accurate records of board meetings, including minutes, agendas, and any related documents.

Nonprofit

Greater Giving

JUNE 15, 2023

Key duties may include: Strategic Planning : Developing event goals, objectives, and strategies to ensure alignment with the nonprofit’s mission and fundraising objectives. It also includes budget management and seamless event execution. These items help the incoming chair hit the ground running.

Budget

Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

While many larger organizations have already done this, smaller nonprofits and libraries, which have had leaner budgets for technology upgrades during the economic recession, will be investing time and money in 2013 into catching up on optimized sites for mobile web browsing. I hope she's right. called Martus.

Nonprofit

OneCause

JULY 7, 2022

When broken down by budget-size, the trends show impressive growth across the board: Medium-sized nonprofits with budgets of $1M – $10M were the largest growth leaders, notching a 25% year-over-year increase in their online giving revenue. Nonprofit campaigns saw record breaking success in 2021, with $2.7

Policy

Allied Grant Writers

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Corporate Grants Many businesses support nonprofits through: Direct Giving Programs : Grants awarded directly from a company’s budget. Preparation : Gather necessary organizational documents and data. Be Specific and Detailed : Outline exactly how you’ll use the grant money and provide a comprehensive budget.

Funding

The Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

If you’re brand new to grant seeking, you’ll need to understand the different sections and documents that make up a typical proposal. Ideally, your nonprofit already knows the new projects that need funding as part of its broader strategic plan and calendar. Step 2: Review Your Nonprofit’s Project.

Grant

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Budget A clear and detailed financial plan, highlighting how grant funds will be spent. Evaluation Plan A method to assess the project’s success and impact after implementation. Submit the Proposal : Ensure all documents are finalized and submitted by the deadline.

Grant

Grant Geek

DECEMBER 29, 2021

You will need financial documentation, including an operating budget, all sources of income and donations, and financial statements from a certified public accountant. You can get a waiver on audited financial statements from most funders if your operating budget is under a certain amount. Operating Budget.

Grant

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 28, 2024

According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, appropriations are “decisions made by Congress about how to allocate a portion of federal spending. The appropriations process generally addresses the discretionary portion of the federal budget.” In general, these two categories are part of the appropriations process.

GPC