Blackbaud

JULY 23, 2025

Keeping your community informed through frequent updates can make it easier to ask for additional support. Look at all financial support you get through your local education agency (LEA), school choice funds, any government grants, and all Title funding. Were you counting on ESEA funds to pay for learning specialist training?

Policy

RBW Strategy

AUGUST 7, 2024

Whether you are a recipient, pass-through entity, or subrecipient, you have been given the unique responsibility of becoming a steward of federal grant funds. Through these policies and procedures, you’ll want to answer the following questions: Has management designed policies and procedures to handle a wide variety of circumstances?

Federal Grants

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Speak with your accountant to explore what “contract positions” entail. It might be possible to keep staff members on a contract basis until your organization can sustain employees long-term. Service Contracts – Don’t forget to reassess annual service contracts. This strategy is fantastic EXCEPT during a pandemic!

Budget

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 22, 2024

I’m wondering if you have a resource you can pass along? Embedding language within contracts that underscores the importance of adhering to mutually agreed-upon deadlines serves as a proactive measure, emphasizing to clients the critical role their timely cooperation plays in the success of the grant proposal. Thanks so much!

Grant Writing

RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

I co-led a session through MyFedTrainer in which we discussed these topics more in-depth. The new guidance states that cognizant federal agencies will uphold these indirect rates and pass-through entities (PTEs) must do the same. Let’s examine each one. The rate will increase from 10% to 15% which is a 50% increase.

UEI

GiveSmart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

And what fees are companies using to nickel and dime an organization, making their “free” contract actually too good to be true? With GiveSmart, whether an organization raises $1 or $1 million, their software contract and credit card fees are fixed, and we don’t add on more and more fees like some others do.

Software

CauseVox

AUGUST 4, 2021

Their passion for your mission will show through in their outreach, which makes them a powerful social proof for potential donors. Pass the information you learn along to your fundraisers. No clunky software, endless contracts, or needless complexity. Make them feel like part of a community.

Fundraising

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The GPA Code of Ethics is a tool to help you resolve professional dilemmas with integrity and encourages you to focus on honesty and competency building through continuous professional development. How will you remain honest with yourself when an opportunity feels too good to pass up?

Ethics

Blackbaud

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nonprofit financial management is the process of managing the money that flows through your not-for-profit organization. Depending on your organization’s focus and activities, you may have different types of funding, such as grants, contracts, donations, program fees, sponsorships, or merchandise sales.

Management

Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

Each volunteer can carry up to 600 pounds of food, and logistics are coordinated through an online application called the Robot , making this model replicable and easy to handle with only one full-time employee. So I'm looking at how to increase access so there are less hungry people who need food overall."

Pass-Through

Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2015

As we pass through the 50th Anniversary of War on Poverty, 50 years during which $22 trillion has been spent, we now look at the next 50 years. These tools, in turn, make the delivery of poverty-related services work better, and we're building a company that helps to enable this revolution.

Pass-Through

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Your organization might be able to save money on its phone service by switching from a plain old telephone service ( POTS ) to a hosted VoIP service through one of TechSoup's partners. Check out the table below to compare VoIP offers available through TechSoup and decide which might be best for your organization. TechBridge.

Pass-Through

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

However, many state and local government grants are pass-through funding from federal agencies and held to the same rules and regulations. Foundation and corporate grants may not be as stringent as federal or pass-through funding, but the principles of grant management still apply. Subscribe to our blog to follow along!

Grant Management

Assel Grant Services

MAY 6, 2024

Here are the circumstances that may trigger an audit requirement: Federal, state, and local government contracts may require an audit as part of the nonprofit’s contract for funding. Nonprofits spending $750,000 or more of federal (or federal pass-through) funds in a year must complete a Single Audit.

GPC

Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Partnership Contract Lessons from the American Revolution ✊ Is This the End of Amateurism in Cause Marketing ? Aren't companies a pass-through for donations and not eligible for any tax benefits? The Mismatched Expectations Holding Back Partnerships ? What Makes a Good Partnership Program?

Donation

Qgiv

APRIL 15, 2024

One way your donors can help you extend your impact is through legacy giving. Legacy giving is a committed donation a donor plans to leave to a nonprofit organization as part of their estate after they’ve passed away. Here’s a look at seven of the most common types of legacy gifts: Bequests through wills and estate plans.

Pass-Through

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2013

If your organization is a nonprofit based in California, you may be eligible for additional discounts on VoIP services through the California Teleconnect Fund. Check out the table below to compare VoIP offers available through TechSoup and decide which might be best for your organization. Monthly rate per seat through TechSoup.

Pass-Through

AmpliFund

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As you craft your application, think through what data requests you might receive and what data you’ll need from the application to populate contract documents later when you move approved applications immediately to post-award monitoring. Double check small details that are easy to pass over, like the year.

Grant Management

Grant'd

MAY 31, 2020

This inconsistency often confuses funding bodies – and with hundreds of applications demanding their time, this confusion means that they’re more likely to pass your application over rather than ask for clarification. Solution: Never make up funding asks on the fly. Solution: Make sure that your budgets match with what you’re proposing.

Application

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

You also can’t contribute to trusts or individuals through a donor-advised fund. Gifts of stock and real property go into donor-advised funds, are liquidated, and then passed on to nonprofit organizations as cash donations. A private, non-operating 501(c)(3) cannot receive donations from a donor-advised fund. Why is the payout higher?

Funding

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Compliance and best practices in grant management is usually associated with federal grant awards, but it equally applies to state and local government funding, pass-through funding (which likely originated at the federal level), and foundation and corporate grants (though maybe not as stringent).

Indirect Cost

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Encourage your donors to update their card information often, and don’t hesitate to reach out when you see a payment not go through. Even though having your posts grouped under #GivingTuesday is helpful for people looking to give to organizations like yours, it’s still a good idea to think through how you can make your posts distinctive.

Media

GiveSmart

MARCH 6, 2024

As for the staff, our Givesmart managers went above and beyond to support us through the process. Amanda was by our side the entire way and walked me through best practices to ensure we hosted a great event – we couldn’t have done it without the incredible Givesmart staff. We are a pass-through non-profit.

Fundraising

Center for Major Gifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

If you’re ready to go beyond annual giving and unlock a more sustainable future through legacy gifts, read on. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the entire process of starting a planned giving program. Bequests A bequest is simply a term for a gift made through a will.

Pass-Through

Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s helpful to be present at the venue and to go through a visualization exercise with key staff or volunteers. From parking and check-in, all the way through the main event and checkout, it’s important to take time to think through what your safe event should look like! Let’s pretend you’ve got your venue selected. Here we go!

Contracts

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When a software provider has an extensive network of partners, you can be confident they have done the work to build critical integrations that allow data to pass through the systems, like single sign-on, class rostering, profile updates, etc. How are you managing contracts and automatic payments? How easy is that for families?

IT

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

How to do it Assess your grant or contract language to identify which programs could be impacted by the changes in federal funding. For each grant, estimate how much of the total grant or contract might be affected, and work with your program staff to document the impact on programs and services.

Funding

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed in 2021 and 2022, respectively, provide funding for both new and existing (prior to Biden) grant programs over several years. Most IRA funds were appropriated in FY 2022 and are to remain available through FY 2030.

Manufacturing