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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

Lets face itbeing an experienced grant writer can feel like youre juggling flaming swords while walking a tightrope… in a windstorm… during tax season. Here are eight practical, sanity-saving strategies that seasoned grant pros are using to stay sharp, stay sane, and keep delivering resultswithout burning out. What worked?

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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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2024 Blue Avocado Year in Review

Blue Avocado

Nonprofit Grant Proposal Budget Calculations: A Road Map Whats the best way to make your nonprofits budget stand out on a grant application? Fundraising & Grants Is it a pleasure to support your nonprofit or a hassle? Discover three ways your CFO can help your nonprofit through the grant application process.

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The Power of Relationships for the Lonely Grant Writer

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Yes, I have worked as a solo grant professional within a larger organization and as a lone grant consultant, working from home with no official colleagues to speak of. They are the ones who will step in and help edit your grant because even if they don’t know the world of grants, they are a grammar queen.

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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. According to a Candid survey , 23% of grantmakers say they dont accept AI-generated grant proposals.

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How to Get Leadership Buy-in for Streamlining Your Grantee Application

Blackbaud

As a grants manager, you know how important it is to have a clear and efficient grantee application process. This means that they may have more options and choices when it comes to applying for grants. And you can provide data throughout the grant cycle so you can be clear on what’s working and what isn’t.

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