DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Note from Diane: You know how passionate our team is about thinking about your grant management work (your post-award work) to help strengthen your grant applications (your pre-award) work. Its why we partner with MyFedTrainer.com to deliver grant writing supports and training on both the pre-award and post-award side of things.

Finance

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

Annual giving is the collection of donations throughout the year to support an organization’s day-to-day operations and programs. Major donations and planned gifts often get the limelight, but without annual gifts, the day-to-day functions of your nonprofit could come to a halt. This is where annual giving comes in.

Donation

Blackbaud

MAY 2, 2025

Many nonprofits are feeling the strain from a pause in federal grant funding and are working to shift their programs to align with the changes in government priorities. Talk with your leadership now so you have a process in place for standing up a new or temporary grant program to address evolving needs.

Government

Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2025

In an evolving financial landscape, the smartest organizations are expanding beyond traditional donations. To encourage DAF holders to request grants for your organization, you need to make DAF giving easy and visible. Accept Stock Donations Accepting gifts of appreciated stock is a win-win for you and your donors.

Funding

CauseVox

APRIL 28, 2025

You know the feelingyouve sent the thank-you notes, optimized your donation page, and run a successful campaign or two. A successful peer-to-peer campaign hosted on CauseVox that received donations from over 500 individual donors! Include a quick reminder on your donation form (Check if your employer matches donations!),

Nonprofit

GiveSmart

MARCH 12, 2025

There are just things outside nonprofits ‘ control, from weather to current events and grant fluctuations to tax code changes. If youre able to understand your donors, you give yourself an increased chance of personalizing their experience to keep them engaged and donating longer.

Fundraising

Center for Major Gifts

MARCH 22, 2025

A five-minute call makes donors feel genuinely valued and appreciated in a world where many supporters feel overlooked or taken for granted. Timing Is Everything The sooner you reach out after receiving a donation, the more meaningful the thank-you call becomes.

CRM

Blackbaud

JUNE 16, 2025

For finance teams in donor-focused and grant-funded organizations, working hand-in-hand with fundraising partners is critical to crafting reports that truly engage and tell a story. Grant Reports Grant stewardship requires detailed reporting on how funds were allocated and whether they achieved the intended outcomes.

Finance

Blackbaud

JANUARY 10, 2025

The traditional one-year grant cycle has created a funding hamster wheel that often keeps grantees heads-down on applications to avoid a gap in revenue. But many nonprofits that earn organization-changing donations scramble to build the infrastructure to manage the funds effectively.

Award

Community Boost

APRIL 17, 2025

When nonprofits do engagement right, they build trust and garner support well beyond a single donation. When people feel seen and heard, they not only donate or volunteer, theyll also advocate and bring others along, which in turn creates a ripple effect that builds momentum. What is Community Engagement?

Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

MAY 11, 2025

Actively explore and cultivate new funding avenues , such as individual donors, grants from different foundations, corporate sponsorships, and earned income opportunities (if appropriate for your mission). This cushion can provide vital breathing room if donations or grants decrease unexpectedly.

Budget

Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2025

Clean up your mailing lists and CRM/database Has it been a while since you updated your mailing lists? go through your mailing lists and CRM/database to see if you need to make any additions, changes, and deletions. You might also want to move some lapsed donors who havent donated for several years into an inactive file.

CRM

Bonterra

JULY 3, 2025

Plus, it can help you increase engagement, interest, attendees, and donations. Bonterra EveryAction Best for: All-in-one nonprofit CRM Bonterra EveryAction is an all-in-one nonprofit CRM that combines AI and automation to streamline events end to end. Reviews Ease of use 4.2 Customer service 4.6 Pricing: Contact for pricing 4.

Software

Planned Giving

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Evolution of Philanthropic Expectations: A Wake-Up Call for Nonprofits For decades, many nonprofits have operated with a reactive approach to fundraisingchasing grants, hosting emergency campaigns, and depending on one-time donations. Strategic vision beats emergency fundraising in today's competitive grant landscape.

Funding

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Seeking out nonprofit discounts or asking for in-kind donations of new office equipment. if you pay for a separate donation processor when your CRM has one built in). Track grant progress, either within the software or through an integration with a dedicated grant management system.

Management

GiveSmart

DECEMBER 16, 2024

They are also a likely group to donate money to your organization. Consider Donors People are very likely to donate to an organization where they volunteer. Supporters run a marathon or attend a gala once a year and then are not fundraising or donating until the annual event rolls around again.

Management

Planned Giving

APRIL 17, 2025

Does it also write grants and close major gifts? 39 We just need a better CRM. CRMs dont fix bad habits. 41 Were waiting on a big grant. You are if you want donations. Right after they finish donating to people who asked first. And they dont need your donation. Delusion No. Delusion No. Delusion No.

SAM

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 19, 2025

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AI

Blackbaud

JULY 8, 2025

These repetitive tasks can be even more prevalent in nonprofit organizations, where updating vendor records, tracking down donor agreements, or documenting grant applications are everyday occurrences. How this applies to nonprofits: Here is an example of a workflow: a donation arrives by check in the mail. The average U.S.

AI

Blackbaud

JULY 2, 2025

Grant and Donor Reporting Integrating your fundraising software with your accounting system enables the system to automatically pull relevant data, making it easy for your team to track dollars from start to finish. To automate this process, first evaluate your current CRM software and ensure that it integrates with your accounting software.

Finance

Blackbaud

JULY 10, 2025

But there’s a catch—the donor says they will only donate the money if your organization raises at least $200,000 to assist with the funding. Examples of contribution revenue include one-off donations from individuals, sustained giving, or grants. Now, you have to assess the specific conditions or restrictions of the donation.

Finance

Bonterra

JULY 28, 2025

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Grant Management Software

NonProfit PRO

JULY 24, 2025

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Retail

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. What is a not-for-profit organization?

Nonprofit

The Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Just as engaging fundraising ideas drive donations, engaging volunteer experiences drive long-term support. When a volunteer finishes training for a specific role, note it in your CRM to improve volunteer scheduling later. Leverage volunteer grants. Volunteer grants can benefit any organization with a reliable volunteer program.

Software

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 6, 2025

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Software

Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 27, 2024

Give supporters a compelling reason to donate. Much like a massage practice needs to convince customers to patronize its business, your nonprofit needs to give supporters a compelling reason to donate. You can do this by sending out surveys or examining the data in your nonprofit constituent relationship management system (CRM).

Nonprofit

OneCause

MAY 12, 2021

For many successful organizations, the center of their fundraising technology is a nimble CRM, or customer relationship management system. What is a CRM system? Before we go any further, let’s be more specific about what we mean by a CRM system. Before we go any further, let’s be more specific about what we mean by a CRM system.

CRM

CauseVox

OCTOBER 12, 2021

CauseVox is a great option for crowdfunding campaigns, peer-to-peer fundraising, in-person and virtual fundraising events, and donation forms you can easily embed for your website: pretty much anything. Best CRM For Donor Management: Kindful. Yes, every nonprofit needs a CRM, and no nonprofit is satisfied with their CRM.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

MARCH 20, 2012

people to take a specific action, such as donate or volunteer. Microsoft Dynamics CRM. That is where Microsoft Dynamics CRM. It is built on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform and not only. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Nonprofit Solution provided a. So, how can you use CRM to tame your data? Grants management.

CRM

CauseVox

JULY 13, 2021

You’ve probably heard of a donation pledge if you’ve been in fundraising for any amount of time. A donation pledge is when a supporter promises to give a certain amount of money in a set time frame. Why Ask For Donation Pledges? So what is the benefit of a pledge over a donation? Increase Gift Sizes. It’s All Automatic.

Donation

Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2024

That can include actual fundraising solutions, such as donation forms and event registration, or tools that help you manage and contact your donors, such as CRM or marketing software. Top fundraising software providers Here’s a list of top fundraising, CRM, and marketing tools to support your nonprofit’s revenue-generation efforts.

Software

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

To really maximize social media, you need to understand how platforms work and adopt a strategy that brings the right supporters to your page and encourages them to take the next steps: going to your website, signing up for your email list, making a donation, and getting involved. Grant Searching . Grab it here.

CRM

Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2010

Salesforce.com is a popular cloud computing customer relationship management (CRM) database that’s used by tens of thousands of companies around the globe. Nonprofits are utilizing Salesforce CRM to manage donors, activists, community members, contacts and more. Is Salesforce CRM Right for Your Organization? Pacific time (2 p.m.

CRM

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

When focused on income streams, grants are ranked as the main income stream across all three regions. However, what’s also evident is that nonprofits who shared that their income decreased in the last full financial year are more reliant on grants. Most participants shared that their nonprofit has a CRM solution.

AI

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Or do you wish your current database allowed you to track donations, volunteers, emails, and events? CiviCRM is a free, libre, and open-source software constituent relationship management (CRM) solution. Attend this free webinar Manage Your Data, Donations, and More with CiviCRM on Tuesday, November 23, 11 a.m. Mountain, 1 p.m.

Management

Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

Your donor data may include phone numbers, emails, birthdays, donation history, and even meal preferences. You collect information at every turn, whether someone fills out your donation form, registers for an event, interacts with you on social media, or browses your website. Organize and segment your data in your CRM.

CRM