Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

I shared an office with the Finance Director, who was a rabid Reagan Republican. Congress has yet to pass any FY ’25 (the new FY started Oct. The lame duck Congress will pass FY ’25 CRs by mid-December, which will likely mirror FY ’24.

Grants

Blackbaud

MAY 21, 2025

If your programs always bring in their budgeted revenue, if your major donors always come through when they say they will, and if you receive every grant you apply for, you dont need budget scenarios. Budget scenario planning may not be for everyone. And if it does sound like your organization, please share your secrets!

Budget

Planned Giving

JULY 17, 2025

Every adult should determine what will happen to their estate after they pass away. Clearly outlining your intentions for your property and finances is a considerate act for your loved ones, helping to eliminate confusion and guesswork during a difficult time. A living trust can streamline this by avoiding probate entirely.

Pass-Through

Planned Giving

JUNE 24, 2025

Although discussing and preparing for one’s passing can be challenging and even deemed taboo, it significantly alleviates future anxiety and ensures that your wishes are respected. To ensure they are cared for after your passing, designate a caregiver in your will and potentially set aside funds for their care.

Insurance

Strategic Grants

AUGUST 22, 2024

“In the meantime, we’ll continue to support a culture of giving, especially through our Charity Register. If there are any changes that result from the inquiry in future which impact our work in regulating the sector, we will ensure we provide clear guidance and messaging so the sector is well-prepared and resourced.

Finance

Blackbaud

JULY 22, 2024

Save time by leveraging your technology so your finance team can focus on strategy, not bookkeeping. Think through your revenue streams—are they tied to similar economic drivers that could affect them all at once? Make Sure Your Revenue Streams Are Diverse—and Profitable Diversifying revenue streams is arts and cultural accounting 101.

Management

Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2024

Initiatives like the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and other pass-through funding to states and local governments have spurred a surge in nonprofits seeking federal funding. Program Analysis – what will happen to the program to accommodate the growth?

Grant Readiness

Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2009

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Pass-Through

Planned Giving

APRIL 30, 2025

Should both parents pass away, the guardian steps in to cater to the children’s physical and emotional needs until they reach adulthood, typically at the age of 18. Since minors cannot legally own property until they reach adulthood, a conservator maintains their finances and real estate until they come of age.

Pass-Through

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

A lot of individual donations, like ones that come through your organization’s website or through the Annual Fund, are often unrestricted. Trust-Based Philanthropy puts relationships at the center of a donor’s giving and encourages the donor to do the research instead of having the nonprofit jump through hoops for funding.

Funding

Blackbaud

MAY 8, 2023

You may find local pass-through grants on grants.gov, where federal money is provided to the state or county government to decide how to best use the funds to achieve the outcomes they are looking for. Because they are easier to find through grants.gov, government grants tend to be highly competitive.

Grants

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Having one place for all the information breaks down silos and avoids introducing risk through pulling data out of various systems into spreadsheets. Upload the grant guidelines and budget worksheets so they are at your fingertips any time you have a question. Budget and forecast across all programs. Food banks have to be nimble.

Funding

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This can include finance staff, grant writers, program staff, consultants, and grant administrators (among others). However, many state and local government grants are pass-through funding from federal agencies and held to the same rules and regulations. Grant management is usually associated with federal grant awards.

Grant Management

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Whether building a business or pursuing higher education, BITS maintains that all participants greatly benefit from skills acquired through their peer mentorship, such as research, writing, problem solving, concept development, money management, public speaking, and sales presentations. " A Do-It-Yourself Solution.

Mentor

The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 8, 2024

By Paul Clolery Nonprofit employees with 403(b) retirement plans would be able to participate in collective investment trusts (CITs), if new federal legislation passes and is signed into law. ” If passed and signed into law, it would make available a tax credit of up to $5,000 for the three years of a retirement plan’s operation.

Pass-Through

Blackbaud

MAY 19, 2023

You may be compiling reports with a pass-through entity or collecting information from contractors as part of the grant. Because they are used to seeing real-time, actionable data in other areas of their life, your large donors and Board members expect to see granular data on your programs that’s no more than a few weeks old.

Nonprofit

The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This is completed either by setting aside a donation to be given after the donor passes away or by giving a gift during their lifetime that continues to grow following the donor’s passing. Endowments: If a donor wants to give both during and after their lifetime, they can gift a named endowment fund to your organization. Tax benefits.

Pass-Through

Blackbaud

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nonprofit financial management is the process of managing the money that flows through your not-for-profit organization. Nonprofit financial management also includes the structures and workflows that enable your finance team to operate efficiently and effectively.

Management

Peak Proposals

APRIL 3, 2023

If the template requires changes to its formulas or other features, you can find tutorials on how to do so through videos found on YouTube, posted by Microsoft and Google, or offered by LinkedIn Learning and other course platforms. cash gifts from individuals) or other sources of cash reserves.

Budget

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Whether building a business or pursuing higher education, BITS maintains that all participants greatly benefit from skills acquired through their peer mentorship, such as research, writing, problem solving, concept development, money management, public speaking, and sales presentations. " A Do-It-Yourself Solution.

Mentor

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 18, 2024

Guest post by: Jeff Bauknecht | Grants Manager | The Museum of Flight Who decides which grants to pursue or to let pass by? Our organization went through multiple staff reductions, but fortunately I got to stick around and was “asked” to take over the responsibilities as the “Grant Writer.” Remember 2008/2009, the Great Recession?

Grants

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

finance staff, grant writers, program staff, consultants, and grant administrators). Negotiate and maintain an indirect cost rate agreement through its cognizant agency. with entire legal accounting firms dedicated to helping organizations through this process.

Indirect Cost

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2012

NOZAsearch is available through the Blackbaud donation program at TechSoup. NOZAsearch, part of Target Analytics , a division of Blackbaud, is excited to support TechSoup members and has donated a one-week research pass, exclusively for TechSoup members. Admin fee: $14) This pass is good for 300 searches and 500 savable records of U.S.

Pass-Through

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Tip: If you’re purchasing your own pumpkins to sell, consider ordering in bulk online, at a local nursery, or through big-box stores like Costco or Walmart to help keep costs down. As an added incentive, pass out candy to everyone who makes it out of the house. No-Shave November.

Fundraising

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

finance staff, grant writers, program staff, consultants, and grant administrators). A grant manager is anyone involved in the management and administration of a grant (e.g.,

Grant Management

Allied Grant Writers

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As a result, it’s critical to understand whether asking for grants for nonprofits or other cause, among the many other financing options available to you, is the best option for supporting your organization. It should also pass the reviewer’s criteria. And, if so, how much time and effort should you devote to the task?

Grant Writing

Allied Grant Writers

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As a result, it’s critical to understand whether asking for grants for nonprofits or other cause, among the many other financing options available to you, is the best option for supporting your organization. It should also pass the reviewer’s criteria. And, if so, how much time and effort should you devote to the task?

Grant Writing

Critical Fundraising

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

You could appoint them as CEOs and finance directors of charities, but you wouldn’t have to pay them anything as they’d be doing it as volunteers. But is the class issue really the result of the Corinthianism that runs through the profession? Then he told me he had the solution to problems he’d outlined.

Fundraising

Grant Consulting Services

JULY 25, 2024

Internal Relationships Internal relationships include your team and other departments you work with, such as finance and programs. Showcase your organization’s amazing work and reputation through various online platforms because, guess what? Grantmakers may research your organization! Don’t worry about that.

Grants

Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

I will continue to work with Habitat organizations, as well as other nonprofits, to increase organizational and funding capacity through my consulting work, so while this is a farewell to my staff position, I look forward to remaining connected to the mission I care so deeply about." Here is what keeps her going in this work.

Pass-Through

Center for Major Gifts

AUGUST 19, 2024

This guide will take you through the essentials of estate planning, highlighting its importance, timing, and the key elements you need to consider. Women are more likely to face changes in finances, inheritance, and guardianship issues alone, making comprehensive estate planning essential. How can I support charities through my estate?

Pass-Through

Planned Giving

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Beneficiary Designations Certain assets can be transferred directly to beneficiaries without going through probate. Financial Power of Attorney (POA) A financial power of attorney grants someone the authority to manage your finances and property if you become unable to do so. Efficiency : Streamlines the distribution of assets.

Insurance

Planned Giving

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Planned Giving Represents Legitimacy There’s another, less tangible reason that a planned giving program is vital: It’s a sign that your nonprofit takes its finances (and, therefore, its mission) seriously and has a long term vision. Those gifts increase nearly 5% every year … even during times of widespread financial distress !

Budget

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When a software provider has an extensive network of partners, you can be confident they have done the work to build critical integrations that allow data to pass through the systems, like single sign-on, class rostering, profile updates, etc. That may mean the greater good of your graduates, the greater good of your finances, etc.

IT

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

If you are a subrecipient, be in close contact with the pass-through organization to understand the timing. Analyze your operating reserves and operating reserve policy to think through what can be used for short-term operations and gap funding.

Funding

Blackbaud

APRIL 17, 2025

According to the 2023 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report , education (+157%), finance (+86%), and retail (+50%) verticals were hit hardest by malware. Education, Government Agencies, Finance, Energy, and Healthcare are the top five sectors under constant siege. One example was the MOVEit attack.

Education

Planned Giving

JANUARY 16, 2025

You are likely reviewing tax forms for the properties you own and going through statements for your financial accounts. Given that you are already focused on your assets, its a convenient time to decide who should inherit them when you pass away or to ensure your estate plan accurately reflects everything you own.

Pass-Through