GrantNews

MARCH 27, 2025

From securing funding to streamlining operations, having the right resources can set you up for success. With over 200 grants in our Entrepreneurs and Startups category, youll find valuable funding opportunities to help turn your vision into reality. The funding also helps women expand existing businesses.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 13, 2025

Sure, you have a CRM full of small and mid-level donors, and a few programs that bring in a little recurring revenue. Why Organizations Should Experiment with Revenue Diversity Even when your revenue channels are strong, nonprofits should always be experimenting with their funding models. You see the writing on the wall.

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Finance Strategic Plan Consulting Consultant 105

Fundly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Whether youre raising money to fund a nonprofit initiative, support students at your school, or cover a personal expense, an online fundraiser can be an effective way to reach your goal. But first, you need to find the right fundraising website to support your campaign. Event management. Performance analytics.

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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. Grantees facing increased demand may require additional funding, but its vital to assess whether your foundation can provide more without compromising long-term goals.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 10, 2025

Sharing data in an integrated financial and CRM ecosystem aligns functional teams and reduces time-intensive manual extracting and inputting of data, allowing you to put more of your time, energy, and resources into furthering your mission. The “machines” can finally “talk” to each other. That builds trust.

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Finance Fundraising Software Budget 96

Blackbaud

JUNE 6, 2024

But you and I know it’s critical to maintain a robust and up-to-date CRM. Just as a successful capital campaign follows defined steps and milestones, so does the work of a database manager—nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes tasks to keep the campaign moving toward its goal. Fine-tune your fund setup.

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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. The growth of trust-based philanthropy principles with multi-year, unrestricted funds is starting to shift organizations from that scarcity mindset to one of abundance.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Digital campaigns eliminate expenses related to venues, printed materials, and travel, enabling nonprofits to allocate more funds directly to their cause. Set a collective goal and encourage friendly competition by featuring a leaderboard or highlighting top donor pages. Google Ads Forget billboards: tap into the power of Google Ads!

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Fundraising Nonprofit Media Donation 98

Not Your Father's Charity

MAY 25, 2022

And they ensure your nonprofit’s programs and activities reflect your mission, values, and goals. Why Raise Funds from Nonprofit Major Donors? Raising funds from nonprofit major donors is a vital part of your fundraising strategies. Raising funds from nonprofit major donors is a vital part of your fundraising strategies.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

It’s been estimated that 30% of annual giving occurs between GivingTuesday and December 31, and more than 25% of nonprofits raise nearly 50% of annual funds via year-end monetary donations, according to authors of the Recurring Giving Report. According to Celeste Flores, director of the U.S.

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CauseVox

MARCH 24, 2025

The funds raised equipped people living with MS with adaptive bikes and gear. Set Clear, SMART Goals Before launching your challenge fundraiser, take a moment to define your goalsbecause a challenge without a goal is just an activity! Consider your fundraising goal. Also think through your participant goal.

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Fundraising Template Goals Nonprofit 66

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. While nonprofits will hopefully see an increase in unrestricted funds—and a decrease in burdensome reporting requirements—as part of this and other movements, good nonprofit accounting principles still apply. What Are Restricted Funds? What are Unrestricted Funds?

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Funding Indirect Cost Pass-Through Donation 111

Blackbaud

AUGUST 7, 2024

You are done with juggling multiple spreadsheets just to track your restricted funds. You’ve made the decision to switch to a modern fund accounting system. To do a fund accounting implementation process right, there is a good amount of organization, data clean-up, and training involved. You’ve found the perfect partner.

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Funding Software Training Scope Of Work 100

GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Once the end-of-year giving campaign goes public, the remaining fundraising goal will be met by following best practices and promoting across all channels. Year-End Fundraising Campaign Goal Planning Set specific goals for year-end fundraising and donor engagement. Donating should be quick and easy!

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Donation Media Nonprofit Goals 105

GiveSmart

JANUARY 22, 2025

Many organizations collect the majority of their funding through these types of events. Check out The Essential Fundraising Event Checklist: Implementation for to-dos and action items to make your next event a goal-getting success! Plan and host your upcoming events with confidence! Best of luck, and happy hosting!

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

In this guide, we’ll dive into what you can do to discover, analyze, and appeal to donor motivations and maintain a healthy level of funding for your cause. Consideration: The donor deepens their engagement by navigating to the nonprofit’s website and reading resources about its mission, programs, and goals.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 4, 2023

It is a key piece of your organization’s strategy and should support your mission and goals. Your nonprofit’s CRM is the centerpiece of your technology stack and will dictate how your team operates. There is a wide variety of CRM solutions available, many of which are specialized to help different types of organizations.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This way, readers understand what youre fighting for and the goals you want to accomplish. Be as specific as possible, including details like dates, fundraising goals, and the impact donors will make if they give]. If you have the means, would you be willing to donate [specific amount] to help us reach that goal?

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Template Donation Goals Fundraising 98

Blackbaud

JANUARY 28, 2025

They must work with advancement teams to understand scholarship funding, find students who fit donors specific requirements, shepherd those students through the application process, manage scholarship review committees, disburse awards, and report back to the donors how their funds were utilized. How do you choose scholarship software?

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Award Management Software Utilities 87

CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2025

I once volunteered to help raise some extra funds for our nonprofit. Your main goal in all of your thank you notes should be to keep your donors engaged and interested in donating again.” Use your CRM to track this data and set reminders so you never miss a milestone. That’s where your CRM really shines.

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GiveSmart

MARCH 12, 2025

These data points are great for setting campaign goals and evaluating the success of your nonprofit at a high level. If you show the tangible and quantifiable results of their funding, they may be more likely to donate in the future. This is often quantitative data, such as the number of people helped, meals served, and schools built.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 11, 2025

Diversify Funding Streams: Relying heavily on one or two funding sources can be risky ANY day and especially during an economic downturn. Build a Cash Reserve: Aim to build an emergency fund that can cover at least 3-6 months of operating expenses. 10 Steps Your Nonprofit Can Take to Prepare for Economic Uncertainty 1.

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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.

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CRM Fundraising Strategic Plan Consulting 59

Blackbaud

APRIL 28, 2025

With shrinking budgets and growing demands for accountability, schools must find innovative ways to support their students while achieving institutional goals. Developing a cohesive system makes awarding faster, easier, and more focused on student needs with everyone working toward the same goals.

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Award Application Applicant Goals 59

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 20, 2025

government funding freeze threw a curveball for charitable organizations that rely on government grants. If your organization relies partially or heavily on grant funding to stay in business, reevaluate your grant writing and management approach to ensure more of your proposals are accepted. Identify your needs.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 23, 2025

After a lot of research, conversations with community members, and writingand re-writingquestions, your application for funding is live. Reviewing the applications and selecting the organizations to fund. With internal reviews, you are able to use the teams intimate understanding of organizational priorities and past funding efforts.

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Grant Grants Application Applicant 59

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

However, proper financial oversight is critical to make the most of those vital funds. Effective grant management goes beyond tracking funds in your CRM its also about budgeting effectively, prioritizing programs that need financial support, and delivering timely reports to grantmakers. Focus on funding gaps.

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Finance Grant Management Management Grant 52

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Use CTAs to encourage supporters to take actions that align with your goals, such as donating, volunteering, or joining your grassroots advocacy campaign. Ensure your nonprofits CRM or marketing platform is equipped to track performance metrics relevant to your goals. Strategically craft your CTA language.

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It’s easy to get started, the fees are low, and you get to keep whatever funds you raise (regardless of whether or not you meet your goal!). This “keep it all” (KiA) model allows fundraisers to focus on spreading awareness for their campaigns and recruiting more donors, instead of worrying about a deadline or a looming goal.

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Fundraising Donation Goals Funding 145

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Even as overall giving slumps, this increase is significant because it means that more organizations are receiving reliable funding on a monthly basis. Before you begin any project involving data analysis, start by clearly outlining your goal so you know which metrics to analyze. Determine your objectives.

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Metrics Goals Nonprofit Media 130

Center for Major Gifts

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Multi-year commitments are pledges where donors agree to fund an organization over a set period, typically in annual or monthly increments. Identifying Ideal Multi-Year Donor Prospects Start by analyzing donor data in your CRM, focusing on previous gift amounts, donation frequency, and known philanthropic interests.

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Blackbaud

JULY 19, 2024

The goal when building midlevel programs is to identify the best midlevel donors (both prospects and existing middle donors) to nurture for continued support while ensuring the investment yields positive returns. But remember, the goal of AI is to simplify your workflow, not complicate it further.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Many organizations are experts at driving traffic to their online donation forms, but plenty struggle to actually secure donations and reach their fundraising goals. Gather relevant information to add to your CRM. Store their responses in your nonprofits CRM database to provide a better experience for donors.

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Donation CRM Media Software 52

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 8, 2024

By extending the power of its Blackbaud CRM platform with Power BI, the team now sees more focused information about their major giving prospects. Tim McCleary, CRM Director for The Salvation Army Southern Territory, said the organization’s 71 major and planned giving officers have portfolios assigned by geographic region across 15 states.

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CRM Fundraising Goals Finance 105

CauseVox

MARCH 17, 2025

Picture this: a sunny day, a beautifully manicured golf course, and a group of enthusiastic golfers ready to tee offall while raising funds to support your nonprofit’s mission. Planning the Golf Tournament Fundraiser Set Clear Goals Before you hit the green, start by setting crystal-clear goals.

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Fundraising Readiness Donation Media 61

DoJiggy

APRIL 1, 2025

However, keeping these programs running requires funding for supplies, special events, and educational opportunities. Whether you need funds for livestock projects, community service initiatives, or club activities, a well-planned fundraiser can provide essential support while reinforcing the core 4H values.

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Fundraising Education Donation Funding 52

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Creating a sustainable, scalable fundraising campaign that will help you grow your future impact is just as important as reaching your fundraising goal. All fundraisers know that their main goal is to raise money, but not all of them think about sustainability or scalability. Use a CRM to help w ith donor research .

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