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

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

HSF House

JUNE 4, 2025

Over the past month, Hayley and I have been working to receive approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) to ensure that all procedures in our study follow proper ethical standards. Based on our findings and within our budget, we were able to purchase five OURA rings that best represent the size ranges needed. Hey Everyone!

Metrics

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 3, 2025

A single session can introduce multiple strategies for navigating new funding landscapes, provide a new way to craft a detailed budget, or offer a discussion on books that can unlock your inner creative writing skills!

GPCI

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 7, 2025

Clarify what AI can draft (like boilerplate sections or budget rationales) and what must stay human-led (like personal stories or your theory of change). Budget data, program outcomes, and stories live across your org, not just in development. Create internal AI guidelines. Verify everything. Always fact-check AI-generated content.

Grants

Grant Writer Team

MARCH 27, 2025

The board approves budgets, reviews financial reports, and ensures proper controls are in place to keep finances in check. Governance & Ethics Boards set policies that keep operations ethical, legal, and mission-aligned. Governance & Ethics Boards set policies that keep operations ethical, legal, and mission-aligned.

Government

Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

Sponsors may have concerns, budget limitations, or other commitments. Here are some common objections and how to addressthem: We Already Have a Charitable Commitment ThisYear If a sponsor has already allocated their charity budget elsewhere, offer a smaller-scale involvement.

Fundraising

Candid

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Yet many nonprofits hesitate to adopt AI, often due to perceived challenges around cost, expertise, and ethical considerations. From our experience of more than 350 completed projects over a decade, we know nonprofits can embrace AI effectively, even on a budget. HDIP uses a human-in-the-loop model for quality control.

AI

Blackbaud

JUNE 16, 2025

For example, donors who supported a capital campaign might receive a report outlining progress toward construction milestones, complete with photos and budget updates. Effective stewardship reporting not only builds trust with donors but also ensures compliance with legal and ethical obligations.

Finance

Blue Avocado

APRIL 1, 2025

If you have ever worked for a nonprofit or in public office, or lived in a town with a budget, you may be familiar with the cycle of participant surveys, focus groups, or public forums that drive public processes and inform policy. These are examples of community engagement. Research Understanding context is vitally important.

Ethics

Candid

JULY 30, 2025

When the funding freeze hit, we needed to reassess budgets, manage our relationships and responsibilities with panicked stakeholders, reassure staff, and develop contingency plans—all at the same time. Co-leadership helps us make faster, better decisions Conventional wisdom suggests having multiple decision makers creates bottlenecks.

Ethics

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Who knows, but Ive always assumed this means political expediency for the party in power or perhaps spreading the gold among different ethic groups. The GREAT Act requires that federal grant recipients establish and use data standards for information reported to funding agencies. What does other factors mean?

Federal Grants

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Set the Example The ethical environment of your organization cascades down from leadership. Give your team the tools to create accurate budget scenarios and actionable reports that show you potential risks and exciting opportunities. If you dont have the time to find and manage a strong finance team, outsource.

Finance

Wild Apricot

JULY 24, 2025

We’ll share a few smart, manageable steps (no big budget or marketing team required). Accessibility Screen reader support, alt text, high-contrast design and simple navigation aren’t just ethical priorities – they now directly impact your site’s SEO. Mobile experience matters for your members and supporters!

AI

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Each board member may bring a specific skill or may be a generalist, but in the aggregate, the board provides a full set of business skills to ensure that the executive director is employing best practices — whether it’s finance, budgeting, strategic planning, change management, or succession planning.

Ethics

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 10, 2023

There are plenty of ways to ethically reward hard-working fundraisers — the Association of Fundraising Professionals, for example, endorses bonuses delivered as flat… By Emily Haynes As nonprofits struggle to hire and retain fundraisers, some are turning to performance-based bonuses to entice and retain talent.

Retainer

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Grant Ethics: Creating Ethical Grant Budgets and Sustainability Plans Session 6 of the Ethics Series For many organizations, a federal grant will be a significant expansion to an existing program or the initial funding for a program that does not yet exist. Register for the complete Grant Ethics Series: Register Now

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Grant Ethics: The Ethics of Program Implementation and Reporting After a Grant is Funded Session 7 of the Ethics Series While ethics must be considered in all stages of the grant lifecycle, the part that most people worry about is program implementation and reporting. points in Category 1.B

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Grant Ethics: The Ethics of Program Implementation and Reporting After a Grant is Funded Session 7 of the Ethics Series While ethics must be considered in all stages of the grant lifecycle, the part that most people worry about is program implementation and reporting. points in Category 1.B

Ethics

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As professionals, we face situations that can potentially compromise our ethics and values, sometimes without even knowing it. Reasons why this is not a best practice are complex, but the GPA Code of Ethics , numbers 17-20, outlines more: 17. Or been told they will not compensate until the grant is awarded? Author Bio: Lisa Mead, M.S.,

Ethics

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The budget portion of grants are written based on today’s pricing for funding that may not come to fruition for six months (or longer). Ethics in the grant world can be subjective. We need to consistently return to GPA’s guidance and resources to assist us with ethical judgement calls. Show me the money!

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Ethics: The Ethics of Program Design: Plans and Partners Session 5 of the Ethics Series Creating a high-quality grant proposal can be challenging when organizations may also be designing the program at the same time. But ethics are important throughout the full grant lifecycle from research to reporting.

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

JULY 14, 2024

Ethics are moral principles that govern an individual’s or group’s behavior or activities. Within the grant profession, the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) has defined a clear code of ethics for members to abide by and establish boundaries within practice that uphold the integrity of the industry.

Ethics

Grant Training Center

JULY 31, 2023

Compliance and ethical considerations: Address any compliance requirements related to data management, such as data use agreements or Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals. Budget: If data management activities require additional funding, ensure that you include a well-justified budget for these expenses.

Management

Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

For instance, I wrote a paper for my Ethics in Nonprofits class that explored whether nonprofit theatres should pay actors more or use their resources to prioritize their communities. You can review nonprofits’ tax returns on GuideStar to find out more about their budgets, expenses, and how much top salaried employees are paid.

Letter Of Inquiry

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

They don’t understand their fiscal or legal responsibility nor their ethical responsibility. The Board will be responsible for monitoring how closely financial activity matches the actual budget, looking into how much programs and services cost, and whether that cost is appropriate.

Strategic Plan

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 12, 2023

If you’re leading a nonprofit, AI can be your virtual assistant, handling everything from setting up meetings to managing budgets. AI and Ethics: Ensuring Fairness and Intersectionality in Nonprofit Work Now, here’s an important bit. We can’t let AI amplify the social inequalities we’re fighting against.

AI

GrantNews

JUNE 4, 2024

However, it also involves some serious ethical considerations. To that end, GrantWatch has advice on how to ethically write grant proposals and the benefits of maintaining your integrity. Accountability Ethical grant writing also requires accountability and accurate reporting.

Policy

Candid

DECEMBER 14, 2021

What do funders look for in grant proposal budgets? Five ways to promote ethics in your organization. Nonprofit jobs still down by nearly 960,000 as of January, time to full recovery increases to 2 years. By Chelsea Newhouse, February 16, 2021 . By Tracy Kaufman, May 18, 2021 . By Larry Checco, August 24, 2020 .

Ethics

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 22, 2023

10 Considerations for Creating a Budgeting Process by Carrie Watkins, Blackbaud In addition to reviewing and updating your nonprofit operating budget each year, your financial team should also regularly evaluate your process for creating that document. Be sure you’re looking for these 9 things.

Budget

Blackbaud

JULY 8, 2024

If your donor provides a significant contribution to your endowment with the goal of launching a scholarship program, for example, you have legal and ethical responsibilities to steward those funds to provide scholarships as directed. You can also set spending controls that prevent a fund from going over budget.

Management

Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

Skeptical because Candid is a nonprofit that describes its work ethic and culture as similar to that of the tech sector, which could mean either mission-driven with an innovative mindset, or appropriating the rhetoric of social movements while engaging in extractive practices.

Demographics

Just Write Grants

OCTOBER 16, 2023

While this may seem like a completely reasonable way to get some professional help with low risk to your budget, it has high-risk implications for the financial status of a nonprofit and the grant writer. But let's face it, not every organization has the budget for a full-time expert or a pricey consultant. The short answer is "no."

Award

CauseVox

MAY 11, 2023

Pricing : Amazon Rekognition offers a free tier with limited usage and a pay-as-you-go pricing model that may be more accessible for nonprofits with a limited budget. Challenges and Ethical Considerations Associated with AI Implementation in Nonprofits AI has a ton of potential to revolutionize the way nonprofits operate.

AI

Blue Avocado

MARCH 12, 2024

Because I know that many nonprofits operate on tight budgets, I’ll give you the free sources first. However, keep in mind federal grants are best for a larger organization; one with a multi-million budgets. read user reviews, talk to other nonprofits) to see which approaches work best for your programming, budget, and timeline.

Grants

Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Instead, many organizations rely on grant dollars to fund a significant portion of their budget. To earn the internationally recognized CFRE certification, a fundraising professional must: have at least five years of experience, demonstrate an understanding of ethical best practices in fundraising, and recertify every three years.

Consultant

Grant Consulting Services

JULY 31, 2023

As we continue to see growth in the nonprofit realm, automation and artificial intelligence will increase in popularity as we determine how and when to ethically use it to help organizations increase their productivity while focusing on serving their communities and mission. Ethical or Unethical? Resources Artificial Intelligence.

AI