Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

Build a Reusable Grant Template Library for Grant Writing Writing every grant proposal from scratch? Building a centralized grant template library is one of the most effective ways to save time and increase consistency. Budget Justifications & Templates: Most grants require breaking down your numbers.

Grant Writing

GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The end of the calendar year is around the corner—the single biggest fundraising opportunity of the year! Download our expert-written Year-End Fundraising Appeal Templates for FREE and get started on empowering your supporters. Donating should be quick and easy! Looking to make your year-end fundraising turnkey?

Donation

Bonterra

JULY 3, 2025

But managing everything required for a standout event is challenging. That’s where fundraising event management software for nonprofits can help. Keep reading to learn more about the best charity event software and event registration platforms for nonprofits, and how you can make your nonprofit event management better than ever.

Software

The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 17, 2025

Utilize Budgeting Tools: Consider using budgeting templates or software designed for nonprofits. Solution: Effective Delegation and Volunteer Management Managing a small team and volunteers effectively can transform a stressful planning process into a well-organized effort. This boosts morale and encourages long-term commitment.

Budget

Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2025

Instead, consider strategic cash management or investment of your reserves to generate additional revenue. Establish a grants calendar and maintain a repository of templates and reusable content to streamline your application and grant management process. Start by identifying grantors that align with your mission.

Funding

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

This is especially true for those on small teams or managing grants alongside a dozen other responsibilities. And if your grant calendar lives in one place, your tasks in another, your drafts in a hidden folder, and your funder research on sticky notes… of course, your strategy is falling apart. It’s a lack of infrastructure.

AI

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 2, 2025

When the budget doesn’t align with the story you’re telling—or worse, contradicts it—it sends a clear message to reviewers: this organization may not be ready to manage grant funding effectively. Using outdated budgets can raise questions about your organization’s attention to detail and readiness to manage new funding.

Budget

Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Some organizations additionally have a social media manager, volunteer coordinator, or data analyst. In a large fundraising team, leadership and strategy may be assigned to the Director of Development or a Major Gifts Officer, while donor relationships and stewardship may be assigned to a planned giving officer.

Consultant

Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Some organizations additionally have a social media manager, volunteer coordinator, or data analyst. In a large fundraising team, leadership and strategy may be assigned to the Director of Development or a Major Gifts Officer, while donor relationships and stewardship may be assigned to a planned giving officer.

Consultant

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Continuous improvement enhances the quality of fundraisers and builds confidence in the schools ability to manage these initiatives effectively. A thorough review of the planning, execution, and cost management processes can uncover valuable lessons for future improvements. Identify any bottlenecks that delayed theprocess.

Fundraising

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Common project fees include: Writing proposals for new programs: $2,500-$6,000 Creating template grant proposals that work for different funders: $3,000-$6,000 Managing complex federal grants: $7,000-$10,000 Project fees usually come with payment milestones. Government-hired federal grant managers earn $32-$54 hourly.

Grants

Blackbaud

JULY 15, 2025

It’s the only way you’ll know if the added responsibility is manageable. It includes a calendar template so you can properly delegate tasks, create deadlines, and keep GivingTuesday momentum going throughout the year. Final Advice for Your GivingTuesday Email Campaign Careful planning is extremely important. Work backwards.

Goals

Planned Giving

MAY 12, 2025

Daily Habit Implementation Ideas : Block 15 minutes on your calendar every morning Keep a running list of potential legacy donors to contact Set a goal of one personal outreach per day Create a simple “planned giving dashboard” to track progress This mental shift will organically increase your results over time.

Policy

Gail Perry Group

JULY 9, 2025

It’s about managing your energy and your calendar so you can actually close gifts. It’s about managing your energy and your calendar so you can actually close gifts. Influencers Can Unlock Transformational Giving Another highlight? The power of engaging volunteer influencers in your major gift strategy.

Fundraising

Wild Apricot

JUNE 24, 2025

However, managing that communication manually takes time that most organizations don’t have. You’re planning events, managing volunteers, answering emails, posting updates and trying to keep donors engaged — all at once. The solution? Marketing automation. Manual marketing can eat up hours.

CRM

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

If you wanna bring grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place, we can help you do that and you can set up your own personalized grant recommendations using the link on the screen. Instrumentl is the institutional fundraising platform. instrumentl.com/teresa. Find and win more grants for your nonprofit!

Instrumentl

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

If you want to bring grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place, we can help you do that. Whether grant writing or just nonprofit work in general or task management, anything, what is one system that you love? Calendar alerts. I live by my calendar alerts. Instrumentl.com/teresa. I know I sure do.

Instrumentl

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Learning how to manage volunteers effectively will help bridge the gap between recruitment and retention, ensuring more supporters stick around long-term. Volunteer management is the process of working with volunteers throughout their engagement with your organization, from recruitment to ongoing engagement and retention.

Management

Planned Giving

JULY 28, 2025

August may be “Make a Will Month,” but let’s be honest—your legacy deserves more than a single square on the calendar. Only a properly executed will can direct how your estate is managed and distributed. Many people successfully use online templates or will-making services to draft their own wills.

Template

CauseVox

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A fundraising calendar can help you streamline this process so you can raise more with less effort. Managing your fundraising efforts can be difficult, especially if you are working on a team. This is where a fundraising calendar comes in handy. Heres a breakdown of how to develop and maintain your annual fundraising calendar.

Calendar

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

What you might not know is that the right fundraising plan template can make the job much easier. The bottom line: you need a fundraising plan built on the right fundraising plan template — one that outlines goals, actions, and the specific results you want. What Fundraising Plan Template is Right For YOU? Are you ready??

Template

Instrumentl

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In this post, we explore what a grant calendar is, how to create a template for yourself in managing your grants, and how to use Instrumentl as your ultimate grant calendar.

Calendar

Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

To many, Wild Apricot is a great all-in-one solution for website hosting as well as managing members, events, invoices, newsletters, donations, and contacts. membership registration, event calendars, profiles,etc) into your existing website using Widgets! But what you might not know is that you can integrate these features (i.e.

Calendar

Qgiv

MAY 3, 2023

Fundraising calendars help set your nonprofit up for success for the entire year. A fundraising calendar enables you to keep your goals, campaigns, strategies, and due dates all in one place that your whole team has access to. Another objective you need to define for your fundraising calendar is your awareness goal.

Calendar

RBW Strategy

MAY 14, 2024

A strong collaboration has emerged, leading to expanded support across the grants lifecycle on other private and public grant opportunities, and post-award management of the SAMHSA grant Services provided Since the partnership began in 2019, RBW Strategy has expanded the original SAMHSA writing support into the development of annual grant calendars, (..)

SAMHSA

Instrumentl

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In this post, we explore what a grant calendar is, how to create a template for yourself in managing your grants, and how to use Instrumentl as your ultimate grant calendar.

Calendar

Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

NetSquared is here to help you along the way with everything from slide templates to planning checklists. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Check out one of our events!

Calendar

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Things like conversations with coworkers that last longer than they need to, writing the same email over and over instead of using a template, and meetings that don’t start or end on time can steal time from your day that you can never get back. Time-block your week with an online calendar. Break down big projects into smaller bites.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2012

event marketing management and social media marketing experience. Save time and money: Utilize event management solutions that simplify and automate the entire operation. Natasha Geraghty-Medved is Acteva ’s marketing specialist. She has six years of. Your event is free; that doesn’t mean it can organize itself.

Management

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 1, 2024

Managing multiple grant applications simultaneously can be a daunting task, whether you’re working for a single client or juggling the needs of multiple clients. These include meticulous planning, efficient time management, and clear communication. Read more about managing your grant application schedule with clients.

Applicant

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Getting a case management databases in use by several people and across different offices and even across different organizations is a particularly thorny problem. Here’s what I asked Darren: Why you decided to build a case management database in SharePoint? It integrates United Way of the Bay Area's SparkPoint Centers.

Management

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

In other words, you have no format, no template, and no idea where to start. Include fundraising fees, the subscription costs for your donor management system and other online tools, insurance, postage for appeals … everything! Create a calendar of Asks. I’ve been there. You can’t wing your way to success. Be specific here.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

It takes an entrepreneurial heart to start a nonprofit, fundraising and marketing skills to grow it, and leadership skills to manage it. Detailed activity calendar. Download our free “1 Page Quick-And-Simple Fundraising Plan Template” to get started. And you need to use the right tools. So, what tools do you need?

Fundraising

CauseVox

JANUARY 3, 2025

Download Our Free Fundraising Plan & Calendar Template: Why Do You Need a Fundraising Strategy? Below is a SWOT analysis template, specifically for fundraising,with sample questions in each domain: Strengths Weaknesses – What fundraising strategies have been the most successful or lucrative?

Fundraising

Qgiv

AUGUST 22, 2024

It not only helps generate buzz and excitement but also provides a compelling reason for individuals to mark their calendars. It needs to be easy to find for recipients to quickly mark their calendars. Being transparent about pricing will help manage expectations and encourage participation.

Template

Blackbaud

MARCH 21, 2024

Projects like these can drain resources, take more time than necessary, and quickly become your least favorite meeting on your calendar. You can get a downloadable project charter template on our resource center. This includes the project manager and sponsor identified in the overview. out of scope).

Software

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 13, 2024

Finding the Perfect Software for Your Nonprofit Ah, grant management! In the vibrant nonprofit world, where grant processes seem to twist and turn like a labyrinth, having the right grant management software isn’t just helpful—it’s a game changer. Why Bother with Grant Management Software? But fear not!

Grant Management