Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The client felt confident putting the funder on their own grant calendar for the upcoming year, allowing me to focus my time on another funding priority because they were sure that the foundation would continue its support. It is about applying for the right grants – the best grants for your organization.

GPC

Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Grant writing is a critical component of nonprofit fundraising, but it often comes with its own set of challenges. Understanding and addressing these common pain points can significantly enhance your nonprofit’s success in securing grants. This helps keep the process organized and ensures nothing is overlooked.

Grant Writing

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

If your nonprofit wins multiple grants throughout the year, keeping track of reporting deadlines and requirements can become overwhelming. This is why its important to create a grant calendar that pre-plans each grants application deadline, reporting schedule, required documentation, and any contingencies.

Finance

GrantNews

JANUARY 2, 2025

Social fundraising is when a nonprofit showcases a social cause it is missioned to address. However, before you do, research what types of grants you are eligible for. Then, visit GrantWatch.com and use the SMART Grant Search to locate verified grants.

AI

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

Use what you’ve learned to strengthen your nonprofit grant strategy for the rest of 2025. Update Your Grant Calendar An organized, realistic calendar is the backbone of a successful nonprofit grant strategy, especially as you approach the high-stakes Q3 and Q4 deadlines.

Grants

Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 5, 2025

Its two weeks before a federal grant deadline , and you just learned about the opportunity and that you are eligible to apply for grant funding. Unfortunately, your fundraising team is busy preparing for your organizations annual event, and it is all-hands-on-deck. One nonprofit came to us when their grant writer went on leave.

Grant Writing

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Why commission-based pay is not allowed Paying grant writers a percentage of secured funds might seem logical but it’s unethical in the grant writing profession. The Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Grant Professionals Association don’t allow this practice in their codes of ethics.

Grants

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

These are collaborations between Instrumentl and community partners to provide free educational opportunities for grant professionals featuring problems that they often have to solve while also sharing different ways that Instrumentl's platform can help grant writers win more grants. instrumentl.com/teresa. Will: Yeah.

Instrumentl

Professional Grant Writers

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

If you’ve written grants for a while, you’ve probably experienced it: that sinking feeling when you realize — or your employer tells you. The post Develop a grants calendar to stay on top of deadlines appeared first on Professional Grant Writer.

Grant Calendar

Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

To fully fund your nonprofit, you need a diversified fundraising stream. In other words, you need to get your money from many different sources, not just one awesome foundation, one government grant, or one generous donor. Diversified fundraising revenue creates stability and keeps you from being dependent on one source of funding.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

Drafting a fundraising plan can be intimidating, especially if it’s your first time and you have no fundraising plan structure. You see, a good fundraising plan isn’t something you knock out in an afternoon. Your answers will give your fundraising plan structure and allow you to move forward with this important task.

Fundraising

RBW Strategy

MAY 14, 2024

The organization was new to federal grant-seeking and required additional support to ensure a successful submission. Since the organization is limited due to only having a Chief Development Officer, additional outsourced support was requested to expand its reach into new fundraising areas.

SAMHSA

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

While goals are vital to success, SMART fundraising goals help make sure you’re setting goals that you just can’t miss. The reality is this: goals ARE vital to success —especially when fundraising for new nonprofits. Fundraising goals help a nonprofit fulfill its mission. So, what exactly is a SMART fundraising goal?

Goals

Strategic Grants

APRIL 18, 2024

This research found that, 94% of fundraisers agree there is a problem with how Not-For-Profits represent and/or are funded for their overhead costs. Find out more about our grants database GEMS, and sign up for your free demo, here. Read more: [link] Why Isn’t No-Strings Funding More Common? Read more: [link] A record £13.9

Grants Calendar

Strategic Grants

AUGUST 22, 2024

Register here: [link] In person: Fundraisers on the Hill 20-21 November 2024, Parliament House Presented by Fundraise for Australia, this year’s Fundraisers on the Hill will offer opportunities to build relationships with lawmakers and boost your knowledge of advocacy work.

Finance

Instrumentl

MAY 2, 2024

Join Fundraising HayDay's expert partners, Kimberly Hays de Muga and Amanda Day, for a webinar on mastering grant opportunity prioritization. Bid farewell to indecision and embrace a streamlined approach to grant seeking.

Grant Calendar

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 6, 2023

Over the years, I have learned that our number one job as grant professionals is educating up. And by that, I mean teaching your boss, board members, and colleagues what grants can and cannot do. I know that implementing a grant calendar and such a system may take months, if not years, of explanations to members of your organization.

Grants

Strategic Grants

JUNE 2, 2024

Find out more about our grants database GEMS, and sign up for your free demo, here. With a strong response of over 120 non-profit, charitable and philanthropic investors 96% reported their entity has some focus on responsible investing.

Grant Calendar

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

Here are some tips and strategies recommended by grant professionals: Unrealistic expectations of fundraising – evaluate what realistic fundraising would look like given available capacity and opportunities. Perhaps letting go of small or cumbersome applications would make way for larger award opportunities.

Burnout

GrantNews

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Diversify Your Funding Sources – Apply For Grants! While there are many ways to maximize donations, like charity events and fundraisers, you should also be applying for grants. In reality, you must first complete a Grant Readiness Assessment to see if you are ready to apply for grants.

Management

Fundly

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

10+ Top Fundraising Consulting Firms: Find the Best Partner! But one of the most common types of consulting nonprofits seek is fundraising consulting. Not every fundraising consulting firm is the sameeach has a particular focus area, expertise, and approach to helping their nonprofit partners reach their goals.

Consultant

Just Write Grants

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Plan to highlight any collaborative efforts with other organizations or stakeholders in your grant applications. Develop a Comprehensive Grant Writing Strategy 2.1 Create a Grant Calendar Develop a detailed grant calendar for 2025 that includes application deadlines, reporting requirements, and renewal dates.

Grant Writing

PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions

AUGUST 28, 2020

Grant Prospect Research: Eight Places to Look Author: Judy Riffle, Ed.D This sage advice applies to grant prospect research also. When researching and making a fundraising plan of attack, a grant calendar should be created and updated regularly.

Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JULY 7, 2023

After extensive prospect research, we had identified this opportunity and added it to the grants calendar. But taking a clear-headed look at each grant opportunity or revisiting a plan of action established months or years ago and making sure it’s still the right one can lead to even greater achievements. Don’t believe me?

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 29, 2024

I use our free access to GrantStation to forecast new funding sources and build my grants calendar. For grant professionals who want to play a bigger role in the nonprofit community, there is an opportunity to become Grant Professional Certified (GPC) to demonstrate your excellence in the grant profession.

Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

For example, most nonprofits will need grant management software that comes equipped with: . Grant calendars allow teams to visualize their grant applications’ timelines and ensure they have a sustainable plan for the year. Assess nonprofit accounting tools for solutions with features such as: Program budgeting.

Grant Management

Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2017

These costs — for 70 percent of respondents — were paid for by some combination of fees for services, fundraisers, and individual donations. Private or government grants or contracts were the source of administrative cost funding for the other 30 percent of respondents. Make your grant proposals sparkle.

Grantstation

Grant'd

OCTOBER 27, 2019

In additions to supporting both pilot and existing programs, Perpetual also offers capacity building and operational funding – an opportunity rarely seen in the grant-making sector! Make no mistake; this is one of the most tantalising opportunities on the yearly grant calendars of many non-profits. Thank you very much…next!

Funding

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Here are a few circumstances when grants are NOT the best solution: When you’re getting started When you need money fast For ongoing funding For urgent needs For administration/payroll To read more about these reasons (and a few others) why grants aren’t ideal for those situations, click here. And here’s how you can do just that.

Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 10, 2023

Note from Diane: Grant reporting is a key part of the grant life cycle if you want to build and maintain strong grantmaker relationships. Grant management and reporting are crucial aspects of the overall funding lifecycle. Tracking expenses is essential to fulfill the conditions of most grants and retain the awarded funding.

Grants

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

Sometimes the only thing standing between you and launching a successful fundraising campaign to fund a new, needed program is an extra set of hands. FUNDRAISING. Manage the fundraising calendar: Your VA can manage your fundraising plan and calendar, tracking key dates for events, campaigns, and appeals.

Calendar

Strategic Grants

OCTOBER 1, 2024

When we build a customised GEMS ( Grants Expertise Management System ) for our clients, we customise their grants calendar from over 6,500 funding opportunities our research team maintains. A team of multi-skilled people is fantastic, but many organisations only have one or two people who work in the fundraising team.

Grant Calendar

Just Write Grants

JANUARY 16, 2025

Whether you're applying for a single grant or juggling several at once, staying organized and on schedule is key to your success. Here are some tried-and-true tips to help you manage your grant proposal deadlines effectively and avoid last-minute stress.

Proposal

Grant Writer Team

MAY 22, 2025

For example, a local business aligned with your cause may offer a letter of support outlining their promise to donate a venue for fundraising events. Each grant listing includes eligibility criteria, application details, deadlines, and additional resources. To illustrate, some nonprofits build relationships with sponsors.

Grant Calendar