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Preparing for the Inevitable: How Grantmakers Can Thrive Amid Climate Events

Blackbaud

A huge thank you to Audrey Kidwell, Grants Manager for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, for providing many of the resources and tips included in this article. Climate events are no longer a once-in-a-generation occurrence. Hurricanes. Prolonged droughts. Here are some essential steps. Here’s how grantmakers can be ready.

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4 Ways Effective Grant Management Impacts Nonprofit Finances

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

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.

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Stewarding Staff: Better Grants Management Through Internal Stewardship

Grant Professionals Association

Grants Management is smoother when its a team effort. Managing the grants process from the application stage through the final reporting works best when there is collaboration from many staff members! Can you help out at an event? Freeing up their time will help them allocate some to supporting the grants process.

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Being the Sole Grant Writer in an Organization

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Clarify Expectations Early Meet with leadership to define realistic goals: How many grants per quarter? unrelated fundraising, event planning). Prioritize High-Impact Opportunities Focus on grants with the best alignment, highest ROI, or strategic relevance. Dont waste energy chasing every small or low-probability grant.

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Where Else but GPA?

Grant Professionals Association

Id like to say that learning the principles of grant management, professional development opportunities and fruitful networking sold me on GPA. I was seamlessly enfolded into the group, welcomed with a beverage and good conversation, which ranged from shop talk to the regions grant landscape to simple laughter- filled mirth.

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How To: Grant Readiness

Fundraising HayDay

Whats the first step of the grant writing process? In what might be a shocking turn of events, its not grant writing. So many organizations skip the grant readiness step, and that is to their detriment. JOIN THE FUNDRAISING HAYDAY COMMUNITY: Become a member of the Patreon Whats the first step of the grant writing process?

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Responsive Grantmaking: Five Ways to Stay Connected to Your Community During Times of Crisis

Blackbaud

Use this time to search for new tools, research best practices, and stay on top of trends that may impact your community.Understand new capabilities in your grant management system or join a webinar on a topic affecting you or your grantees. Reserves at least one hour each week for research.

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