Pamela Grow
JUNE 10, 2025
Here’s a sobering statistic: Only 23% of first-time donors give a second gift according to the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ latest research. Let that sink in for a moment. Nearly 8 out of 10 people who believe in your mission enough to make their first donation will never give again. But here’s what’s encouraging: It doesn’t have to be this way.
Blackbaud
JUNE 12, 2025
Many nonprofits rely heavily on grants to fund their missions, but successfully securing and managing grants requires a clear understanding of the grant lifecycle. The grant lifecycle refers to the full process a grant goes through from identifying opportunities and applying to implementing funded projects and reporting outcomes. For nonprofit professionals, grasping this lifecycle is key to improving funding success, maintaining compliance , and fostering strong relationships with funders.
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GrantNews
JUNE 10, 2025
History projects are evolving, and with today’s technology, preserving the past has never been more accessible. Grants now support a wide range of efforts to document personal narratives, oral histories, endangered ways of life, and cultural expression through art, film, and museum collections. These projects help capture the rich, lived experiences of individuals and communities.
Ann Green's Nonprofit
JUNE 10, 2025
Explore top event ideas to strengthen relationships between donors and beneficiaries, enhance engagement, and maximize fundraising success for your nonprofit. By Jen Wemhoff Nonprofit fundraising is about more than just dollars—it’s about connections. Strong relationships between donors and beneficiaries can deepen donor engagement, build trust, and generate more meaningful support for your organization’s mission.
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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.
Future Fundraising Now
JUNE 11, 2025
I wish I got a nickel for every time someone told me “nobody reads long letters any more.” I’d have several more dollars than I have now. It seems to be widely believed that direct mail fundraising letters should never, never, never be more than a single page long. That’s really bad advice. Short letters can work well. But longer letters almost always do better.
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Allied Grant Writers
JUNE 8, 2025
The grant writer cost in 2025 varies widely depending on experience, project type, and scope of work. Rates for simple foundation proposals typically range from $300 to $3,000, while complex federal grants may require significantly higher investments. Entry-level grant writers charge around $20–$35 per hour, while seasoned professionals can command up to $200 per hour or more.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 13, 2025
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Just Write Grants
JUNE 13, 2025
Grant writing can be overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be. We’ve answered 20 of the most common questions nonprofits ask about finding, writing, and winning grants. From crafting strong proposals to tracking outcomes and building funder relationships, this guide gives you the clarity and confidence to raise more money and make a bigger impact.
Blackbaud
JUNE 12, 2025
If online giving is part of your organization’s fundraising strategy, user-friendly donation forms are essential for maximizing donor engagement, conversion rates, and donation amounts. Let’s explore the impact of well-designed donation forms and best practices to help you leverage these tools for greater fundraising success. Best Practices for Creating Effective Donation Forms To simplify the donor experience and encourage giving, focus on a few essential practices when evaluating donatio
Grant Professionals Association
JUNE 11, 2025
Imagine this: you’re mid-lunch, a lightbulb moment strikes, and you grab the nearest napkin to jot down your genius idea, sandwiched between a ketchup stain and a coffee ring. That napkin? That’s the birthplace of some of the best nonprofit program designs. Before AI, cloud-based platforms, and fancy grant management software, grant writing was a hands-on, paper-filled, finger-cramping journey.
Candid
JUNE 10, 2025
For several years in a row, The Kresge Foundation has earned a Candid Seal of Transparency by publishing information about our organization on our Candid profile , just as hundreds of thousands of nonprofit organizations maintain their own profiles. As a grantmaker, this sends a powerful message. Maintaining a Candid profile enables our grantmaking team to keep our philanthropic ideals—transparency, equity, and community—centered in our day-to-day work.
CauseVox
JUNE 9, 2025
When’s the last time you received a great thank you? I once volunteered to help raise some extra funds for our nonprofit. The event lasted an entire Saturday after an already busy week. On Monday, I walked into my office to see a handwritten thank you note from our CEO on my desk. This experience demonstrated just one of many donor recognition examples.
Blackbaud
JUNE 11, 2025
Preparing for the unknown is a tenant of leadership in today’s ever-changing economic, political, and cultural landscape—and those who know what’s come before are best prepared for what’s ahead. Blackbaud’s research lab has taken a second look at how charitable giving weathers economic storms , and we have good news: despite fluctuating alongside the economy, philanthropy has been largely resilient and has continued an upward trajectory in the last forty years.
Pamela Grow
JUNE 10, 2025
Online fundraising is a cornerstone of nonprofit success. Virtual campaigns are quick to launch, cost-effective, and capable of reaching supporters beyond your immediate network. However, publishing a campaign page is only the beginning. Without the right promotional strategy, even the most urgent cause can go unnoticed. Your digital marketing strategy determines whether donors will actually donate to your fundraiser.
Candid
JUNE 11, 2025
Recent federal funding cuts have had a deep and widespread impact on the nonprofit sector. An analysis by Candid found that over 14,000 nonprofits would deplete their reserves within three months without government grants, putting an estimated 2.8 million jobs at risk and impacting nearly every U.S. county. As government support dwindles—for free school lunches, community health clinics, housing initiatives, etc.
GrantNews
JUNE 12, 2025
Funding for nonprofits is always a concern, and in today’s financial landscape, securing funding can be daunting. In truth, every decision you make affects the impact of your group. However, you don’t need a million-dollar budget to make a difference. Nonprofits that align their financial strategy with donor-centric practices see the largest amount of growth.
Just Write Grants
JUNE 13, 2025
You can’t just say your nonprofit makes an impact. You have to track it, analyze it, prove it, and present it. Measurable outcomes and evidence-based data are essential for successful grant writing. Funders want more than good intentions—they want proof your program works. Your grant writer is only as strong as the data you provide. Ready to turn your impact into funding?
Greater Giving
JUNE 11, 2025
Speakers Julianne Read, Director of Fundraising Events, Kilbreath Events Webinar Summary This webinar hosted by Greater Giving on Webinar Wednesday focused on transforming donor relationships from transactional to transformational, fostering long-lasting connections. Moderated by Taylor of Greater Giving, the session featured insights from Julianne Reed, a seasoned fundraiser and event planner, and Malcolm Nelson, principal at Saint Therese Catholic Public Academy.
Allied Grant Writers
JUNE 8, 2025
Individual giving dropped by 6.4% during this time, yet foundation grants remained stable through economic changes. Writing grants requires organizations to analyze their audience, gather data, build compelling stories, and submit polished proposals. Success depends on strong research abilities and persuasive writing skills that show how projects will benefit communities.
GrantNews
JUNE 9, 2025
If you own a Limited Liability Company (LLC), you may be wondering whether you’re eligible to receive grant funding to support or grow your business. The good news? Yes – LLC businesses can qualify for certain grants. However, eligibility depends on the type of grant, the nature of your business, and how well your goals align with the funding source.
CauseVox
JUNE 9, 2025
What if every step you took could help someone gain access to clean water for life? That’s the idea behind Well Aware’s inaugural H2gO Challenge, a campaign launched in April 2025 that brought together hundreds of participants to walk, run, and fundraise for clean water access in East Africa. The initiative invited people to walk 30 miles over the course of a month, while raising awareness of the daily trek many women and girls make to collect water.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 11, 2025
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OneCause
JUNE 13, 2025
Check out this list of creative, cost-effective events that are easy to execute but still packed with potential to raise some serious funds.
DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services
JUNE 13, 2025
Clear and actionable objectives are essential to the vision and success of your nonprofit’s programs and projects. Of course, you know this—we’re just laying the groundwork for the info that’s coming. Also, as grant writers, we must translate these objectives logically and explicitly into grant applications, so that our nonprofit can be awarded the funds needed to crush the objectives and transform lives!
Capital Campaign Pro
JUNE 9, 2025
Season 4, Episode 45 In this episode, Amy Eisenstein welcomes two experienced Capital Campaign Pro advisors, Paula Peter and Kristin Raack, for a deep conversation about assessing campaign readiness. With decades of combined experience guiding nonprofits through the early stages of major fundraising initiatives, Paula and Kristin offer practical insights to help organizations determine if […] The post Podcast: Are You Ready for a Capital Campaign?
GrantNews
JUNE 13, 2025
Father’s Day is coming up this Sunday, and what better way to honor dads than by exploring grants that strengthen family bonds ? Whether you’re a father, stepdad, grandfather, or mentor, you’re stepping up and doing the work of family. GrantWatch sees you. What’s more, we’re celebrating with grant funding for nonprofits that lift the family unit as a whole.
Soapbox Exchange
JUNE 7, 2025
If you’ve worked in nonprofit fundraising for any amount of time, you’ve likely heard the term Donor Advised Fund (or DAF). But what exactly is a DAF—and how can your organization tap into this growing source of philanthropic dollars? In this post, we’ll break down what DAFs are, how they work, and what nonprofits can do to attract and steward these kinds of gifts.
DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services
JUNE 9, 2025
As grant professionals, every day we draft thoughtful sentences to effectively engage reviewers. Sometimes our careful writing meets an obstacle in the form of a character limit or word count. You know how it is. Sometimes we use too many words… but sometimes we can easily eliminate certain filler words in our draft. Grammarians call expendable words “expletives”—not bad, as the word is commonly understood, but instead, unnecessary and maybe a bit of a distraction.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 10, 2025
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Allied Grant Writers
JUNE 8, 2025
Getting the right private foundation grants takes specific tools and know-how. The Foundation Directory provides detailed profiles of U.S. private foundations for grants. Grant Forward lets you search through a database of more than 14,000 sponsors. But your success with foundation funding isn’t just about finding opportunities. Most rejections happen because proposals don’t line up with what funders want to support.
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