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Get Your Grant-Funded Nonprofit Started in Fundraising

Blackbaud

Grants are an integral lifeline for many nonprofits, providing the necessary funding to launch new initiatives, sustain critical programs, and ensure operational stability. If you’re ready to move beyond grants, let’s get started! But depending strictly on grant funding can be particularly challenging for a number of reasons.

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How to Raise Funds for a New Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Figuring out how to fund your vision can feel like a steep mountain to climb. Should you fund your work out of your own pocket? Here’s something to keep in mind, starting now: self-funding a nonprofit is not sustainable. To fully fund your mission, you have to become a fundraiser. Where do you start? Just beware!

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As a Disaster Unfolds, Fundraisers Can Do More Than Raise Money

Blackbaud

Since contributions tend to pour in when hardships hit close to home, appeals for the emergency fund will be immediate. Highlight the positives : When a disaster poses a threat, its easy to focus on the frightening images and statistics on social media and local news. Recovery campaigns will follow.

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Navigating Political Shifts in DEI: What Nonprofits Need to Know for Grant Writing and Fundraising

Just Write Grants

Over the past few years, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have taken center stage in nonprofit work, influencing how organizations operate, advocate, and secure funding. Diversify Funding Sources: Relying on a single type of funder can leave your organization vulnerable to political and economic changes.

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Tips for seeking foundation grants in a time of crisis

Candid

As federal funding cuts, freezes, and executive actions create uncertainty across the sector, many nonprofits are struggling to find the resources they need to serve their communities. Some are learning, with no advance notice, that this funding has been revoked or eliminated going forward. Seek new funding initiatives.

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The next generation seeks social change from the ground up. Fundraisers need to adapt 

Candid

making calls, sending emails, hosting or attending meetings with prospective donors, posting on social media, etc.), Once they’re in the door, encourage them to become donors when they’re ready—to foster deeper and more organic relationships. and most are giving financially on some level.

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The 10-Step Guide to Mastering Facebook for Your Nonprofit (In Just a Few Hours a Week)

Wild Apricot

And it’s a valuable use of your time: 48% of social media platform donors give on Facebook. And here’s the truth: you’re much more likely to be successful with social media if you start with a strategy. According to Harvard Business Review, having a social media strategy is key. and decide how often to post. Consistency is key.