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News to Use! What Fundraisers Can Expect from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Expiration

Gail Perry Group

Written by Gina Vaughn, Managing Consultant at Gail Perry Group. In 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which significantly altered the U.S. Gina Vaughn is Managing Consultant at Gail Perry Group. Religious Organizations : Emerged relatively unscathed, showing minimal impact. Keep showing that impact.

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Empowering young women in philanthropy to create lasting change

Candid

Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Colmena Consulting, in partnership with Philanthropy Together, collective giving through giving circlesinformal convenings of people with aligned values, identifying and collectively deciding where to direct pooled fundstotaled more than $3.1 But what makes giving by women unique?

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Most Common Grant Proposal Errors (and How to Fix Them)

Grant Writing Made Easy

When need statements miss the mark, proposals often linger in the “maybe” pile or get passed over entirely. Provide clear justifications: Briefly explain each line item (e.g., “$3,000 for evaluation consultant at 30 hours @$100/hr”). This is where you build trust and show that you’ve thought through every dollar.

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How Are You Thanking Your Donors?

NonProfit PRO

A voicemail or text works if you can’t reach them live, but don’t let the moment pass. Recognition loses its meaning when the follow-through is sloppy. Here’s a simple framework I recommend: Within 24 hours: The major gifts or mid-level officer thanks the donor personally — ideally by phone. rail-container).hide();

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Newsletter: How to Build a Partnership Web Page That Converts ; Nonprofit: ‘The Eagles Drive Our Fundraising’ Should You Send a Fundraising Letter From Two People?

Selfish Giving

NBCF’s page passes that test. fulfilling Andy’s recommendation to use logos, client names, and recognizable affiliations to build trust: “Trust is transferred through association.” When their chicks hatched, the nonprofit raised $100K through a naming fundraiser. Hire me for ​case studies, consulting, and speaking!

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Philanthropy’s Reckoning Is Here. Is Your Grant Strategy Ready?

Grant Writing Made Easy

What a future-ready grant strategy looks like, and how Grant Writing Made Easier supports it through equity, efficiency, and relationship-driven practices. Why Most Grant Writing Practices Have Stalled Many nonprofits and even consultants are still writing grants like it’s 2005. Let’s dive in. It may cost you funding.

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Go from Rejected to Accepted: 9 Reasons Your Grants Get Rejected (and How to Fix Them) w/ Teresa Huff | Instrumentl

Instrumentl

I've had that many people go through my program or my podcast is now in a ton of countries, which is so cool, but it took a little bit of figuring and looking at it differently of how could I reframe some of these facts about myself that were right there the whole time. So you try it and you don't win, but you keep going through.