Candid

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Is your nonprofit organization grant-ready? Candids contracts and compliance manager explains how an AI policy can help maximize the benefits of using these toolsby proactively mitigating risks inherent in AI, establishing clear operational standards and procedures, and preparing for the future. by Lori Guidry, Candid.

AI

GrantNews

APRIL 28, 2025

Whether youre just starting out or ready to scale, there’s support out there waiting for you. The purpose is to help small businesses increase capacity, acquire development assistance, and compete for government contracts that contribute to growth.

Grant

Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

With this preparation, you’ll be ready to support your team in applying for new opportunities and be ready to manage the funds once they become available. Ready to streamline your grant management process? Want to set your organization up for success with government grant compliance? Check out our grant compliance checklist.

Government

Grant Writer Team

JULY 31, 2025

The rise of contract-based jobs has opened doors for both remote and hybrid roles, especially for writers who want to make an impact on society. Whether you’re ready to dive in full-time or test the waters with a few projects, the key is to start small and grow with purpose. As you build your path, you don’t have to do it alone.

Grant Writing

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Organizations benefit from this approach especially when they have short-term, clearly defined support needs without bigger contract commitments. Your organization needs to be ready before you bring in any writer. Hourly rates give organizations a safe way to test a new grant writer’s abilities before taking on larger projects.

Grant

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 23, 2024

When You Know Youre Ready to Switch Free and low-cost options helped you get started. And that someone is usually the auditor or your CPA, and therefore it usually costs you more money to do it. Once you move past needing to track only the ASU 2016-14 net asset classes, then a true fund accounting system is almost a necessity.

Finance

Candid

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

For example, a strategy focused on high-dollar individual gifts may require making introductions among their personal or professional circles, while one focused on government funding means securing strong contract, compliance, and reporting capabilities. Ready to learn more?

Government

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Role of Grant and Contract Officers in Foundation Funding Grant and contract officers connect researchers with foundations. If you’re ready to turn your research into a fundable reality, don’t go at it alone. These professionals handle government grants and build relationships with foundations.

Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

Will we need to hire, train, or contract new support to fulfill the grant? What to consider before saying yes: Do we have the personnel and time to implement the proposed activities? Can we meet the reporting and compliance requirements? Does our team have experience managing grants of this size or scope?

Grant

Grant Writer Team

MAY 8, 2025

All the intimate details of your contract are confidential between you your grant writer. How to Get Started When you’re ready to take the next step, visit GrantWriterTeam.com. Qualified grant writers, ready to help, will reach out to you. These figures should be regarded as ballpark estimates only.

Grant

Grant Writer Team

JULY 24, 2025

Additionally, some negotiate each contract separately, while others charge by the word. Be clear on the type of pricing contract you have in place before you start. Final Note When you are ready to hire a professional grant writer, visit GrantWriterTeam and post a classified ad.

Grant

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

Charitable gift annuities (CGAs): CGAs are contracts between a donor and a nonprofit. Start by assessing your internal readiness, identifying prospects using your CRM, and crafting personalized outreach strategies that align with your donors’ values. After the donor passes away, the nonprofit retains the remaining value.

CRM

GiveSmart

APRIL 2, 2025

Our fundraising team is already including more consultation time with every GiveSmart contract to best support our partners. Momentive wants to help your nonprofit analyze donor behavior so you can better build lasting donor relationships and make your organization future-ready and adaptive.

Federal Grants

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Obligated funds are generally protected by executed contracts between funding agencies and grantees. Who knows but get the popcorn and movie candy* ready as it should be quite a show. *My These usually cant be clawed back except in cases of sub-par grantee performance and/or corruption. Will any of this happen?

Manufacturing

Blackbaud

JULY 8, 2025

Consider hiring a full-time CFO under the following circumstances: You have extensive in-house experience If your organization has a knowledgeable controller or member of your finance team ready to step into a more strategic role, transitioning to a full-time CFO may make sense.

Finance

The NonProfit Times

JUNE 5, 2024

The judges also determined the rules of the granting process in Fearless Foundation’s “Fearless Strivers Grant Contest,” constituted a contract and were therefore subject to anti racial-discrimination statutes found in 42 U.S. The post Appeals Court Rules Funding Process A Contract, Not A Grant appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

Contract

RBW Strategy

JUNE 3, 2024

Outcome Maryland Nonprofits contracted with RBW Strategy starting in 2020, and our organization has provided extensive support, including strategic readiness, prospect research, and grant writing.

Federal Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 9, 2024

At DH Leonard Consulting, we contract with mock reviewers with deep grants experience. The post When Grant Documents Are Ready for a Critique – Copy Editing or Mock Review? Mock review ensures alignment with the funder’s guidelines and requirements. Foundation grants certainly benefit as well. The outcome.

Readiness

Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

On top of that, there’s a lengthy contract to review and sign. It takes a village to get ready for a large-scale effort like our recent audit. We spent over a year getting ready for our SOC 2 audit. It’s a lot of due diligence and compliance work to handle. At Candid, we can relate.

Policy

Blackbaud

MAY 3, 2024

A fund accounting system with a segmented chart of accounts enables you to build systemic controls into each specific grant to ensure any booked financial activity is compliant with available budgets and contract restrictions. You can easily pull a lost grant out of your budget and automatically see the funding gap that has just been created.

Funding

Blackbaud

MAY 6, 2024

Work with the heads of each department to analyze expense history, review contracts for any automatic expense increases, and evaluate the strategic plan for any additional expenses to include. Once reviewed and approved, the budget is ready to be implemented.

Budget

Grant Writer Team

JUNE 20, 2024

When you’re ready to hire a professional grant writer, visit GrantWriterTeam.com and post a classified ad. Do I Need a Contract? There is no rule that states you must have a written agreement or contract between you and your grant writer, but there are a few ground rules you should follow. What Does a Grant Writer Do?

Grant

Grant Writer Team

APRIL 11, 2024

It’s been so long since you’ve been to a party that you excitedly toss the invitation on the counter and rush to get ready. An RFP will also list more general information such as deadline dates, terms of contract, and the estimated size of the grant. Imagine that you receive an invitation to a friend’s birthday party.

Proposal

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Advertising Disclosures [Released 10/02/19] Registration & Reporting Requirements Contract Issues [Coming Soon!] The requirements vary by state, and may include registration and campaign reporting, mandatory contract provisions, and advertising disclosures. Footnotes for Questions #2 [2] Section III.B.5

Contract

Blackbaud

JUNE 3, 2024

Ready for some irony? The CEO of the language learning app Duolingo, Luis von Ahn, shared in a podcast interview that the company did not renew some contracts with hourly employees because the contractors were asked to do very rote language tasks that computers were just as good at. You have the choice.

AI

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2015

In 1989, 6 percent of workers had contingent positions, ranging from part-time to contract work, says Alex Chriss, vice president and general manager of Self-Employed Solutions at Intuit. Samaschool's students will be ready to join that trend and take advantage of the benefits of the online work market.

Contract

Blue Avocado

AUGUST 13, 2024

Molly Krichten from Carnegie of Homestead Rushing to hire Hiring employees before they are ready. Making the switch from an inexpensive local bookkeeper to a contract accountant was expensive, but worth every penny, and it we had done it sooner it would have saved us a lot of headaches.

Nonprofit

CauseVox

APRIL 20, 2021

Until upwards of 80% of people have either been vaccinated or contracted and recovered from COVID, any in-person events raise the risk of spreading the virus further. This way, in case something changes and you can’t host in-person, you still have virtual already set and ready. Start With Virtual-First.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

But once you have a repeatable process that builds trust with the funding agency, you can begin to scale those opportunities and look for other grants or funding sources like government contracts that are a good fit for your mission.

Software

Blackbaud

AUGUST 12, 2024

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. You can also attach supporting documents, such as invoices, receipts, and contracts, to your transactions, and access them easily when needed.

Management

Sharpshooter Communications

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Are you grant ready? There are some specific reasons and I break them into two main categories: Grant Readiness and Grant Strategy. Here’s what it means to be “Grant Ready.” I created the Grant Readiness Assessment (a free tool available here) to guide nonprofits that want to begin or expand their grant-seeking.

Grant

Assel Grant Services

MAY 6, 2024

Audited financials are a common component of grant readiness discussions and are often requested by funders. 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. Why Do I Need an Audit?

GPC

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2023

Independent contracting allows grant writers to break free from top-down hierarchies, negotiate their own rates, choose their clients, and work at their own pace. Becoming an Independent Contractor: A Stand Against Patriarchy and for Diversity Choosing independent contracting is also a powerful political decision.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 17, 2024

You read every article and are ready to take on any situation, no matter how sticky…right? Author Bio: Natalie Kent, Associate Director of Grants and Contracts, Northeast Community College Natalie is a grant professional with over 10 years of experience managing, implementing, and writing state, federal, and private foundation grants.

Ethics

CauseVox

MARCH 9, 2021

Now you’ve got your audience and you’re ready to create the campaign. Typical fundraising software is clunky, complex, and contract-bound, but CauseVox actually tidies up your digital fundraising. Another bonus is that your existing donors are folks you already know something about.

Donation

CauseVox

JULY 13, 2021

In recent years, pledges have fallen out of fashion: it harkens back to a grassroots style of community-based fundraising, a handshake contract in a digital world. Another demographic to target is mid-level donors that are ready for an upgrade. Start Taking Donation Pledges With CauseVox Auto-Pledge Forms.

Donation

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As a new grant professional, I rely upon the Code of Ethics to help me explain to leaders of non-profit organizations how to work with a contract grant professional. As a member of the GPA, I can tactfully articulate the scope of my professional services and confidently ask for a suitable contract for the work.

Contract