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5 New Grants Available to Small Businesses

GrantNews

If you’re a small business owner looking for funding, understanding how grant cycles work is crucial to increasing your chances of success. Unlike loans or investments, grants are limited-time opportunities that come and go based on specific funding cycles set by governments, foundations, and corporations. This means that the grants available today might disappear tomorrow, replaced by new programs with different goals and eligibility requirements.

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Unlocking the untapped benefits of donor-advised funds

Community Boost

Donor-advised funds ( DAFs ) are one of the most flexible and tax-efficient ways individuals can support the causes they care about most. A DAF is a charitable giving account donors use to make contributions, receive immediate tax deductions , and recommend grants to nonprofit organizations over time. In this blog, we’ll explain how DAFs work, why they matter for charitable organizations like yours , and how GoFundMe Giving Funds simplify access to this powerful giving channel to help propel yo

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Giving USA 2025: Key Insights and Impacts on Capital Campaigns

Capital Campaign Pro

The Giving USA 2025 report shows that total charitable giving in the United States reached $592.5 billion in 2024, a 6.3 percent increase in current dollars and 3.3 percent after adjusting for inflation. This is the first time in three years that giving outpaced inflation. Giving USA is the most widely cited annual report on […] The post Giving USA 2025: Key Insights and Impacts on Capital Campaigns appeared first on Capital Campaign Pro.

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6 Common Hurdles Nonprofits Must Overcome to Launch Texting

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AI for Grant Writing: 20+ ChatGPT Prompts You Can Use

This prompt guide for ChatGPT contains 20+ tested ChatGPT prompts, along with tips on how to use this tool the best way. Nonprofits can engage with ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, refine project plans, and craft compelling narratives for grant proposals.

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Payroll Giving FAQ | What Fundraisers Want to Know

Double the Donation

Payroll giving is a powerful tool that allows employees to contribute to nonprofit causes directly from their paychecks. This method of giving not only simplifies the donation process for employees but also provides organizations with a steady stream of funding.

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Fuel your fundraising strategy at Bridge

Bonterra

Join Bonterra at Bridge 2025 in National Harbor, MD, July 30 through Aug. 1. Whether you’re looking to streamline and personalize your donor engagement, level up your fundraising strategy using predictive analytics and AI, or simply grab a great cup of coffee, we’re here to help. Stop by booth #519 to meet our team, see our tools in action, and learn how Bonterra supports real results for purpose-driven organizations like yours.

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Avalere Health Offering Pro Bono Services to Healthcare Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Avalere Health's pro bono committee is now accepting applications from healthcare nonprofits for the fall of 2025.

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Bolstering collaboration to protect legal aid amid new challenges 

Candid

From disruptions in federal funding streams and capacity constraints to emerging legal hurdles, nonprofits are confronting new challenges and increased uncertainty. At Equal Justice Works (EJW), we’ve maintained our mission of ensuring the justice system works for all through many changes in the field of public interest law. And one way to navigate these challenges is by becoming more collaborative and creative in expanding opportunities to provide legal aid services.

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Andy Gonzalez: Debugging, Difficulties, and Perseverance

HSF House

Hey all! It’s been a hectic past few weeks, but progress has been coming along slowly and steadily. As I continue to build DSPT, a computational tool for more accurate cell trajectories, I didn’t realize just how quickly it would become a true test of my abilities as a programmer. Soon I discovered that “just write the code” is only the opening act, the real adventure begins when math meets messy biology and an occasionally uncooperative laptop.

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Beyond Blanket Bans: A Thoughtful Approach to Phone Policies in Independent Schools

Blackbaud

As phone restrictions become increasingly common across educational institutions, I’ve been observing how different schools approach this challenge. At Ruvna , we work with schools daily on safety and operational issues, giving us a unique perspective on how phone policies intersect with broader school operations and culture. The conversation around student phone use has evolved significantly, and independent schools face particular considerations as they navigate these decisions.

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Researching Utopian Thinking

HSF House

Hello again! My name is Kellan Kissinger and I am an IDEA Grant recipient currently working on an Honors in the Major thesis about how female utopianism appears in medieval and contemporary texts. Specifically, my thesis aims to explore the intersections between Christine de Pizan’s medieval A Book of the City of Ladies and contemporary feminist literature, particularly focusing on themes of female utopianism, dystopianism, and gender roles.

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Peter Fasano: Hurdles to Xenharmonic Computation

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Greetings Esteemed Reader, This past month, completing a big band arrangement of ‘Smart Race’ and finishing the theme of ‘Celebration’, the last movement of my big band suite, revealed some persistent problems I’ll be facing in my tuning methodology. The Lumatone is anticipated to give me insight on said methods, however, it is stuck in customs being reviewed for USMCA compliant tariff nullification.

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Eddie Fordham: From the Dirt, We Rise! A Summer of Preparation and Purpose

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In prison there is a saying, “From the dirt I will rise.” It’s a quiet promise, a seed planted in soil others thought barren. Every research journey is a path of discovery. Mine began as a subject– Degrees of Opportunity: Mapping Success and Barriers for Justice-Impacted Students. But over the summer, it led to an educational and meaningful trip to Washington, DC, the National Archives, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Georgetown University’s Prison Scholars Progr

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Morgan Krause: Dear Reader, It’s Okay to Mess Up. Keep Going.

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To reintroduce the topic I have chosen, I am investigating the future outlook of a small, coastal community amidst the decline of one of their historic industries, oyster harvesting. Apalachicola, Florida, and the surrounding areas have long been known for their native oysters, and this sentiment was felt most vibrantly by the residents of Franklin County.

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Joanna Godfrey: Finding Clarity in Chaos

HSF House

As I continue my research for this summer, I have been absolutely enraged and pleased with the project in front of me, as is the way with anything creatively enriching. Although unsurprising, one of the most pressing obstacles I’ve encountered has been the difficulty of gaining access to witness an embalming. From the conception of this project, I anticipated there would be red tape around this aspect of my research, but I didn’t quite expect the process to be so protracted and restrictive.

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