Blackbaud

JULY 8, 2025

Limited budgets, complex grant requirements, and fluctuating revenue streams can make managing finances a significant challenge. Start with a strong internal finance team who can handle day-to-day tasks, and work to grow your staff internally with the help of leadership and your board.

Finance

GrantNews

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The order and word usage will differ but they each contain the following sections: Project Goals Scope of Work Current Roadblocks and Barriers to Success Evaluation Metrics and Criteria Submission Requirements These categories are all geared toward helping you ascertain whether your organization will qualify for funding.

LOI

Peak Proposals

APRIL 3, 2023

No-cost extensions extend the performance period, allowing the organization additional time to spend the money already received, complete any remaining activities from the original scope of work, and sometimes conduct supplemental activities. Sometimes this less rigorous budgeting approach works out.

Budget

Blackbaud

AUGUST 7, 2024

This is all part of defining the scope of work. In addition to considering how your financial systems run today, think about what you will need three, five or 10 years into the future. You want to set up your new system in a way that will allow your organization to grow.

Funding

Peak Proposals

APRIL 30, 2023

Projects are time-limited endeavors with specific goals and objectives that focus on a defined scope of work, often related to a specialized area of focus. The vast majority of grants are for projects rather than for core funding (i.e., funding to cover basic operating expenses).

Grants

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

If your proposal refers to two community coordinators, does your budget have two community coordinators listed under personnel, and have they been budgeted for the correct amount of effort given their scope of work? Scheduling a minimum of 3 days to secure official institutional sign-off and package the proposal for submission.

Funding