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How to Leverage your Grants Management System to Elevate Grantee Well-Being

Blackbaud

As funders, youve probably worked with nonprofit organizations with staff nearing burnout, sending reports when they are supposed to be on vacation and completing applications when most people would be asleep. For many of those efforts, the basis is an intuitive grants management system. Here are three ways you can get started.

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Burned Out but Brilliant: 8 Smart, Sanity-Saving Strategies for Frustrated Grant Writers

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Burnout sneaks in when you treat recovery like a reward instead of a requirement. After every major grant, set up a 30-minute debrief. Dont Let Post-Award Work Crush Your Soul Winning the grant is only half the battle. Schedule time after big deadlines to unplug. you must allow your brain and body to reset.

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Reimagining equity with AI: What philanthropy can do

Candid

Similarly, in the nonprofit sector, well-funded organizations are already leveraging AI to increase efficiency and reduce burnout, while smaller nonprofitsoften serving the most marginalized communitiesare being left behind. Reduced staff burnout : Conduct regular wellness surveys to measure mental health and workload satisfaction.

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Thriving Together: How Funders Can Drive Sustainable Impact Through Grantee Well-Being

Blackbaud

I had many moments when I was on the edge of burnout doing my part to move the mission forward. Across the sector, burnout and its consequences are widespread. According to the Well-being Project , changemakers experience high levels of burnout, stress, depression, chronic illness, and weak personal relationships.

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Grant Writing for Small Nonprofits: How to Do More With Less

Grant Writing Made Easy

Focus Your Efforts as a Small Nonprofit: Apply Where You’ll Have the Most Impact When your organization is stretched thin, it’s easy to fall into the trap of chasing every grant that crosses your inbox. But applying for every opportunity is a fast track to burnout, not funding. After all, every dollar counts, right?

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The AI Grants Hub: Your Smarter, Simpler Grant Workspace

Grant Writing Made Easy

That’s why we designed the AI Grants Hub: to empower nonprofits of all sizes, but especially small teams, to move away from reactive grant writing and into a proactive, strategic grant program.

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2024 Blue Avocado Year in Review

Blue Avocado

Your nonprofit got a grant now what? Getting a grant isnt just a handshake and a check they can come with lots of conditions. Learn four ways your CFO can help with your nonprofits grant management. How can nonprofit leaders prevent burnout when theyre expected to perform minor miracles on a regular basis?