Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Understanding this purpose can guide the grant writing process, ensuring that proposals align with the funder’s goals. Impact of Grants on Students Grants also play a significant role in education by providing students with financial assistance to pursue their academic goals. Evaluation Plan Methods to measure project success.

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

APRIL 7, 2025

A well-crafted budget is essential for aligning financial resources with the strategic goals of your private school, and with the right processes and tools, it doesnt have to be stressful. It sets in motion the goals youve outlined in your strategic plan. Your school may have multiple budgets, each with a different purpose.

Budget

DoJiggy

JULY 29, 2025

The funds raised enable Key Clubs to address their goals and make a difference. Successful Key Club fundraising also allows club members to attend statewide conferences, where they can learn valuable skills and network with other Key Club members. These initiatives foster a sense of unity and purpose.

Fundraising

Blue Avocado

APRIL 8, 2025

Some “tools” to help guide the board with its responsibilities are current bylaws; committee charters and work plans; at least quarterly scorecards reflecting progress towards the annual and strategic plan goals; a dedicated platform for maintaining documents (SharePoint, Teams, etc.) Engage with other board members.

Management

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Third, I'm again excited to join the Corporate Partnerships Conference (CPC25) . And this is the only truly international conference on corporate partnerships. This conference is wicked affordable. For every shake sold, McDonalds will donate 25 cents to RMHC. The goal is to raise $5 million! Youll be impressed!

Funding

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2025

And How Can What GPA Offers Us as Members Help Us Meet Our Goals The pause in federal funding and other Executive Orders have brought up uncertainties that may make many of us anxious and unsure. Depending on what benefits are offered roof,ou, you can use this time to reflect on your career goals and expand your education and skills.

GPC

Bonterra

JUNE 27, 2025

Nonprofit vs. not-for-profit organizations Where nonprofits serve a broad purpose for the public good with funding from donations and grants , not-for-profit organizations serve a smaller community or member base and are primarily funded by membership dues and fees. Limit its documented goals to one or more charitable purposes.

Nonprofit

Selfish Giving

JANUARY 8, 2025

If youre looking for a dynamic, engaging speaker (who doesn't pronounce his R's) for your annual conference or partnership summit, Id love to join youwhether live or via Zoom. Additionally, they run a round-up customer donation program at store registers, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the organization.

Retail

Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Donation request letters, whether sent via email or direct mail, are one of the most effective ways to reach donors and solicit gifts. However, its not enough to simply send the same appeal to your entire supporter base and ask them to donate. Well cover: What is a donation request letter? How do you write a fundraising letter?

Template

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Stories are much more powerful and motivating than merely using statistics or discussing administrative goals. Those things may be important, but only as a means to the real goal of helping make the world a better place. They need to know that goals are being met and lives are being improved. Was there a measurable impact?

Donation

The Fundraiser Coach

MAY 29, 2024

They had one executive coming for a tour and wanted to maximize their efforts for what might be a significant multi-year donation. A more effective and strategic way to close a tour is to meet in a quiet conference room, or a space with few distractions. The food bank headquarters was 60 miles away. Don't throw that moment away!

Conference

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Greg Ligon, our guest blogger for the Social Media for Nonprofits conference, is an online communications professional with experience in building a brand via online channels, social media communications, and website content development. The day-long conference was also tweeted by many attendees, capturing quotes, tips, and useful resources.

Conference

Double the Donation

AUGUST 31, 2022

Nonprofit conferences aim to achieve the same goals by bringing together professionals from all types of organizations to learn from each other and identify ways to better work toward common and individual goals. Attending […].

Conference

Selfish Giving

JULY 12, 2010

To achieve this goal, Conifer turned to TisBest to produce a custom charity card. TisBest works by allowing pre-donated funds to be loaded onto charity gift cards, in the same way that traditional gift cards function, which is then “spent” by the recipient on the charity they select. Conifer sent the right message at the conference.

Conference

Greater Giving

JULY 6, 2022

There are three critical areas where nonprofit leaders and employees need to stay on top of the latest trends and tools in fundraising technology: Apex: Greater Giving User Conference. Note this user conference is open to current Greater Giving Clients. Donor engagement is a year-round effort that focuses on more than just donations.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

AUGUST 28, 2024

It’s Blackbaud’s annual three-day conference for nonprofit professionals highlighting what’s next in fundraising software and strategy. In this session focused on gifts insights and prospect research, explore why frontline fundraisers and prospect researchers might be united in their goals, but often find their methods at odds.

Fundraising

Greater Giving

AUGUST 24, 2022

We want to thank everyone who joined us online for the APEX: Greater Giving User Conference 2022! Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to share some of your stories and insights with our audience at this years fundraising conference. A Focused Group at the Fundraising Conference. Innovative Ways to Drive Donations.

Conference

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

But without a clear idea of where you’re going, all that activity may not actually move you forward toward your goals. But there are going to be many questions to answer in getting to that goal. But food pantries often have many goals beyond just providing food. Eradicating hunger in your community is not a goal.

Strategic Plan

CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

With the slowing down of things such as mail, this might be a good opportunity to push more of your supporters online to donate and a crowdfunding appeal can help do that. After NTEN had to cancel their annual conference, they set up a crowdfunding page where people could still donate to help cover lost revenue from the conference.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

In fact, she was so busy that when it came time to put together her year-end donation letter she was stumped. Then she asked donors to help her reach her year-end financial goal. But halfway through, they realize they don’t know enough about the story to write an effective donation letter. Give them a goal.

Ethics

Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

As you define your goal(s), also think about how to measure it. Increase donations: success is measured by an increase in donations on the platform’s embedded fundraising tools, such as those on Meta or TikTok. The big reason is if your current road map isn’t helping you reach your destination goal. Run your experiment.

Media

GrantNews

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In essence an RFP is a solicitation released by a funding agency who has money to donate to a good cause. An RFP makes it clear whether the goals of a potential grant maker either do or do not align with the mission of a nonprofit. To begin, the Project Goals section lists the critical community needs the funder wants to address.

LOI

Selfish Giving

MARCH 28, 2018

To teach you exactly how to raise more money with corporate partnership, Chris and I are offering a comprehensive full-day, online conference on April 19th that you can enjoy from the comfort of your office. Folks, this virtual conference isn't free. Learn More About the April Conference & Register for it NOW!**

Conference

The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 2, 2024

One thing that’s universal is that the level is determined by the amount given or targeted to be donated. Those strides were discussed during the session “To Mid-level and Beyond: Real, Audience-First Donor Journeys,” during the Bridge To Integrated Marketing and Fundraising Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

Demographics

DoJiggy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This is when organizations unite to work towards a common goal and make their collective impact significantly greater than if each organization worked alone. Reduce costs by pooling resources and sharing the expenses of projects (this can be through financial contributions and in-kind donations).

Nonprofit

Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

Because nonprofits depend on donations, they’re often stretched thin for resources. Free nonprofit resources offer your organization knowledge, strategic planning, and valuable data to help you accomplish your goals more efficiently. Double the Donation. Optimized fundraising. Nonprofit Tech for Good. Microsoft Teams.

Nonprofit

Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

You worked hard to meet last year’s fundraising goals, and now you’re able to look ahead at a new year filled with new possibilities. For many nonprofits, donation data consistently spikes in October, November, and December and declines in January and February.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2013

Attend one local networking event or conference each quarter. Attend at least one national conference a year. I encourage you to register, fundraise, donate, and volunteer so that you can have firsthand experience being on the other side. Save the Date and Join Me at a Conference in 2013. Register today!

Fundraising

Strategic Grants

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The ultimate performance goal is to have such strong relationships that your funders call you when they have funds left to distribute! “The ultimate performance goal is to have such strong relationships that your funders call you when they have funds left to distribute.” billion and distributed $511 million.

Grants

Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2011

Yesterday in Oakland, California I had the privilege of speaking at a conference. My advice would be to be, have a clear understanding of your achievable goals in the short/mid/long-term, and do it right the first time such that you will derive efficiencies from a good database throughout the organization. Community Service.

Conference

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 26, 2012

Last weekend I had the privilege of speaking at the Ohio Habitat for Humanity conference. Next, accept that if your organization is doing something worthwhile, it’s worthy of receiving donations. Lots of donations. BIG donations. I presented several sessions, and there were definitely some themes among the info I shared.

Fundraising

Selfish Giving

JUNE 5, 2019

I'm back from the Engage for Good Conference in Chicago! The conference was great, as usual. I moderated two session at the conference and attended several more. It's never too early to start planning your trip to the 2020 Engage for Good Conference. And next year's conference will have a new home: Austin, Texas! ??

Conference

Selfish Giving

APRIL 26, 2010

While cause marketing certainly involves giving, philanthropy is not the primary goal. “For every (RED) beverage purchased at Starbucks, five cents will be donated to buy lifesaving medicines for those living with HIV in Africa.&# Marketing is. I’m not totally sure what CSR is, but it’s not cause marketing.

Conference

CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

of all online donations , so it’s one of the best online fundraising ideas out there. In fact, 1 in 4 solicitation emails from peer-to-peer fundraisers result in donations, compared with 1 in 1,250 emails from a nonprofit. “1 On the day of the blitz, send out a series of emails requesting donations. Donation Matching Drive.

Fundraising

OneCause

AUGUST 2, 2023

They’re the ones who sign up to raise funds on behalf of your organization – driving donations from their own networks of friends and family. Learn more peer-to-peer fundraising tips and insights: Join the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Roundtable on September 12th at the 2023 OneCause Raise conference. Learn more. Say thank you.

Retainer

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Here’s your #GivingTuesday & Year-End Fundraising Resource Package: Access Our Free Library Of #GivingTuesday & Year-End Fundraising Tools, Blog Posts, Webinars, and Conferences On-Demand: 1. Creating a comprehensive calendar will keep you organized this year-end so that you can focus on bringing in donations!

Fundraising

Qgiv

JANUARY 20, 2022

Steven has contributed content to the National Council of Nonprofits, AFP, NTEN and Nonprofit Hub, and is a frequent conference speaker. If your Giving Tuesday campaign was raising money for a specific fund or project, this also gives you the opportunity to update the donor on any progress made or goals reached.

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