Tue.Aug 12, 2025

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Put Gratitude Front and Center by Creating a Thank You Plan

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Thanking your donors is just as important, if not more important than fundraising. Yet many nonprofits spend a lot of time putting together a fundraising campaign and then treat thanking their donors as an afterthought. Donor retention continues to be a problem. One of the many reasons is because people don’t feel appreciated. Prioritizing gratitude and donor relations will help.

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Top Grants that Support Workforce Development in August

GrantNews

Why is it important to provide grants that support workforce development? Workforce expansion is vital to the growth of key professions, especially in technology. Grants that support workforce development help train and prepare the next generation of skilled personnel, ensuring a steady pipeline of talent. This investment strengthens our technological edge by maintaining a highly trained workforce in vital technology fields.

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6 Ways to Remain Centered on Your Mission Amid the Changing Federal Funding Landscape

NonProfit PRO

The sector has been responding in real-time to federal funding policy changes, but here's how nonprofits can adapt to new funding realities.

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Find the Best Funders in Minutes: Free Webinar + Exclusive Offer

Grants4Good

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the endless search for the right grants — or frustrated by the spreadsheets, sticky notes, and missed deadlines — you’re not alone. The grant-seeking landscape has never been more competitive, and finding well-matched funders can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. That’s exactly why I teamed up with my friends at Instrumentl , the leading all-in-one grant discovery and management tool, to bring you this FREE 45-minute webinar : Get Funded: A Smarte

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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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Helping You Create SMART Objectives

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

At DH Leonard Consulting, we know that behind every successful grant proposal lies a clear and compelling plan. A cornerstone of that plan? Well-crafted SMART objectives. You must have them, we humbly recommend. We want that for you. We believe so strongly in this approach that we shared the concept and its benefits with you in an earlier blog, Mastering SMART Objectives in Grant Writing is Wise.

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What Would Be Possible If 1,000 Justice-Minded Grant Consultants Took the Lead?

Grant Writing Made Easy

What would happen if 1,000 justice-minded grant consultants stepped into their power? Not just as service providers. Not just as writers. But as leaders shaping the future of funding. The vision is bigger than closing budget gaps for clients. It’s about rewriting the rules of philanthropy so that funding flows more equitably, grassroots movements thrive, and communities see lasting change.

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What has been a “happy accident” that ended up benefitting your nonprofit?

Blue Avocado

Sometimes, the best things happen by chance. These unforeseen upsides often lead to smart, new approaches and demonstrate how well organizations can get through tough times, ultimately strengthening what they set out to do. When we recently asked the Blue Avocado community “What has been a “happy accident” that ended up benefitting your nonprofit?

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Navigating a new era for international aid: Three strategies to help maximize impact

Candid

The international aid system—comprising multilateral organizations, government agencies, nonprofits, donors, and other actors—is at a turning point. Humanitarian needs are intensifying, especially where the impacts of climate change and conflict converge. Yet, even as demand for assistance grows, Official Development Assistance (ODA) from government agencies is in sharp decline, forcing the aid system to make difficult choices about who receives support.

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The 12+ Best Fall Fundraiser Ideas

DoJiggy

Fall is the perfect time of year to celebrate abundance, community, and gratitude as part of your fundraising campaigns. For nonprofits, schools , and community organizations, autumn is a prime opportunity to engage supporters with seasonal activities—and raise vital funds at the same time. From cozy harvest-themed gatherings to spooky Halloween events, fall fundraisers can be both fun and profitable.

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How to Ditch Grand Strategies and Focus on How Change Really Happens

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Philanthropy reflexively tries to solve problems with sweeping plans. Instead, fix what matters most to people — from a broken stoplight to education — to set off a chain reaction of community-driven action. By Richard Harwood The Harwood Institute Downtown Reading, Pa., where the Harwood Institute is helping the community create an education agenda.

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Survey: Americans Believe Charitable Giving Is Civic Duty, Especially During Uncertain Times

NonProfit PRO

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Unlocking Corporate Grants Using Supporter Employment Data

Double the Donation

Securing corporate grants can often feel like a daunting task, especially when it comes to identifying the right companies and contacts. However, many nonprofits overlook a powerful resource already within reach: corporate grants and employment data.

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How a Midlevel Program Can Boost Giving in a Time of Uncertainty

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Midlevel donors are a reliable, although sometimes overlooked, source of revenue — and terrific candidates for planned gifts. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images Midlevel donors are a reliable, although sometimes overlooked, source of revenue — and terrific candidates for planned gifts.

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From Margin to Model: Reimagining Higher Education for Justice-Impacted Students

HSF House

As part of my IDEA Grant research project, I have been reimagining higher education for incarcerated and justice-impacted students. Across the country, more colleges and universities are beginning to recognize the transformative role they can play in reentry and reintegration. Beyond just offering non-credit courses or a certificate of completion, some programs are now providing a pathway to full degree attainment.

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How Funders Can Protect Grantees — and Themselves — From Civil Society Attacks

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

At a time of escalating threats to journalists, grant makers should bolster the security of nonprofit media outlets but also can’t ignore their own risks. By Carroll Bogert Getty Images A member of the Press runs as police shoot less-than-lethal munitions during a “No Kings” protest in the one-square mile area where daily protests have been occurring in response to a series of federal immigration raids in Los Angeles.

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Overcoming Nonprofit Challenges with Smarter Solutions

NonProfit PRO

In a recent webinar, NonProfit PRO and OMNIA Partners discussed how cooperative purchasing can simplify procurement, giving nonprofits more time to fulfill their missions.

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Welcome to Raise 2025: 7 Best Practices to Maximize Your Conference Experience

OneCause

Make the most of Raise 2025 in San Antonio! Check out our top conference tips to boost networking, gain insights, and leave inspired.

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Guarding Against Complacency in the Face of Existential ThreatsPhil Buchanan President, CEP

Center for Effective Philanthropy

The nonprofit sector and foundations dodged several bullets in recent months. The threatened revocation of nonprofit status for entire categories of organizations, rumored in April, has not come to pass. […] The post Guarding Against Complacency in the Face of Existential Threats<div class="print-only-coauthors"><div>Phil Buchanan<span> President, CEP</span></div></div> appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.

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đź’ˇ1PM ET Demo: Free Volunteer Management Software (free forever)

CharityHowTo

Join us today @1PM ET! Nonprofits, stop paying for volunteer management software or stop wrestling with spreadsheets. monday.com offers its powerful work management platform free for nonprofits , and today , Wednesday, August 13 at 1 p.m. , you can see exactly how to use it for volunteer management in a live, no-strings-attached demo.

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Annie English: Data Collection and Next Steps: Honor’s Thesis on Perceptions of Juvenile Crime

HSF House

The majority of my workload for the first half of July was spent working towards IRB approval for my project. This was a fun challenge as I got to experience a taste of how this process works in the real-world. Though it was confusing and stressful at times, I obtained approval to begin the conduction of my survey on the Prolific survey platform. When approaching the publication of the survey, I spent several days creating the questions in Qualtrics.

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Sequoia Ernst: Moving Toward and Beyond the President’s Showcase

HSF House

As I’m finishing collecting data for my IDEA Grant project, I’m thinking about its potential impact. As a reminder, I’m studying the effect of changing the rate and depth of breathing while maintaining the same total ventilation per minute, during an exaggerated breathing test. Originally I was going to be examining the effect of this change on participants’ rate-pressure product, which is heart rate times systolic blood pressure.

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Jas Chawla: Drone Damage Assessment

HSF House

The research that Amber and I spent the last few months on has the potential to revolutionize the insurance industry. Our models could significantly speed up damage assessment after disaster events and even improve the everyday assessment experience by eliminating the need for a physical assessor to visit a homeowner’s residence. While we’re making incremental progress on our window model, we’re still a ways from completing a full damage assessment pipeline, let alone preparing it for real

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Kate Everett: What The Future Holds!

HSF House

Our hope for the result of this project is that it will inform future studies. Our hope for these future studies is that we can find evidence to support a change in sodium regulation. Switching from total sodium intake (the current regulation) to sodium density (sodium intake per calorie). Sodium density may be a better and more individualized regulator of sodium intake.

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Reagan Gibson: The Impacts and Effects of Study

HSF House

     Archaeology, while little known in the STEM world, I would argue is the crux of foundation for the overall practice of historical preservation. This is something that I grew to understand and appreciate more and more as I was abroad and actively participating in this wonderful science. I have said it before and I will say it again: remembering history, preserving it, and teaching it as it was in its purest form is paramount.