GrantNews

JANUARY 31, 2025

For example, scientific insights and policy proposals are best utilized if understood universally. For example; for science-driven policies to achieve their goals, communication, and accessibility must go beyond borders. Language is the root of communication and cultural identity.

Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

With a clear strategy and a few innovative systems, even the smallest teams can write competitive, compelling grant proposals. It spreads your limited time and resources too thin, often resulting in rushed, unfocused proposals that don’t stand out. Include goals, activities, target populations, and intended outcomes.

Grant Writing

Just Write Grants

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Unlike traditional foundation grants, corporate grants are often tied to a companys philanthropic goals, community engagement efforts, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. Establishing a rapport before submitting a grant proposal increases your chances of securing funding.

Grant

Center for Major Gifts

JANUARY 25, 2025

Moves management works best when everyone understands the goals and commits to the necessary tasks, whether logging donor interactions or scheduling regular check-ins. Stage #3: Solicitation When youre ready to solicit a major gift, craft an ask or proposal that aligns with the donors interests and demonstrated capacity.

Management

Blackbaud

JUNE 6, 2025

If you’re a fundraiser, this might sound familiar: An experienced development team at a mid-sized university foundation is doing everything right to hit their goals for prospect meetings. And that’s a goal worth investing in. They have a well-researched prospect list and a personalized outreach plan. What’s the problem?

Fundraising

Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

Learn how to create compelling proposals, effectively present your schools needs, and build lasting partnerships to support your students success. Below, you will find step-by-step guidance on creating a sponsorship proposal, presenting your cause effectively, and maintaining relationships that benefit your school over the longterm.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2025

Look for volunteer service, social media interactions, and other forms of engagement. Cultivation Strategies to Strengthen Donor Relationships With cultivation, your goal is to educate donors about your organization’s cause and help them foster a connection to the organization.

Fundraising

Allied Grant Writers

JANUARY 25, 2025

For many adult learners, completing a degree is a lifelong goal that brings personal satisfaction and pride. By understanding these different types of financial aid, adult learners can explore the best options to support their educational journey and achieve their academic goals.

Education

Big Fundraising Ideas

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Marketing and Promotion: Businesses can help promote fundraisers through various marketing channels, ranging from social media and email newsletters to in-store advertisements. In return, offer visibility and recognition through event marketing materials, social media shout-outs, and signage at the event.

Fundraising

GrantNews

JULY 23, 2025

Nonprofits need to show they are a good fit for the foundation’s goals and prove that their projects will have real results. Applications are accepted year-round, though proposals are reviewed annually. These big foundations have a huge impact on the nonprofit world and help bring about big changes over time. Learn more here.

Nonprofit

Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Some organizations additionally have a social media manager, volunteer coordinator, or data analyst. Time savings —a support person should be able to utilize available materials to get up to speed quickly on the organization’s work and goals. Events may require an events coordinator. The money you put into it should be multiplied.

Consulting

Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Some organizations additionally have a social media manager, volunteer coordinator, or data analyst. Time savings a support person should be able to utilize available materials to get up to speed quickly on the organizations work and goals. Events may require an events coordinator. The money you put into it should be multiplied.

Consulting

Center for Major Gifts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Occasionally they are involved in advancing the organization through outreach, grant and proposal writing, bookkeeping, and other administrative tasks. This important role, especially in small nonprofit organizations, can help to push the mission and vision of the organization further.

Nonprofit

GrantNews

APRIL 16, 2025

For example, virtual fundraisers, social media contests, and even word of mouth are helpful. In truth, philanthropy helps many causes reach their funding goals. A compelling grant proposal will help your organization secure funding. And there are many ways to reach supporters. You too can maximize your donations.

Nonprofit

Planned Giving

JUNE 18, 2025

A single social media post. Smart launch strategy: Announce it in your next three donor communications (not just one) Send a dedicated email about it Post about it on social media multiple times Include it in direct mail for the next six months Mention it at every donor event for the first year Why the repetition? Treat it like one.

Media

Selfish Giving

JULY 16, 2025

If you’ve only been talking to the foundation officer, consider taking your proposal as far up the chain as you can. Design proposals with layered ROI. Talk brand visibility, employee engagement, internal equity impact, public alignment with ESG goals. Is it time to review your media list?​ Don’t just talk outcomes.

Proposal

DoJiggy

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Platforms like DoJiggy offer powerful tools designed to streamline event management, making it easier for organizations to achieve their goals. Enhanced Marketing: Use email campaigns, social media integrations, and analytics tools to maximize your events reach and ticket sales.

Software

Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Youll find practical tips on planning, organizing, and engaging the community, all designed to help your school meet its goals while keeping the excitement high. On the one hand, you want to spark enthusiasm, creativity, and community spirit; on the other, you have financial goals and deadlines to meet.

Fundraising

Greater Giving

JULY 16, 2025

Although it’s tempting to cast a wide net when sending out sponsorship proposals, it’s more beneficial to target your solicitations to the small businesses most likely to agree to such a partnership. in response to your proposal. Understand the Business’s Goals. At the end of the day, a sponsorship must be mutually beneficial.

Proposal

DoJiggy

MARCH 4, 2025

As individuals come together for a common goal, they develop a shared purpose that strengthens bonds and encourages collaboration. Admission fees and additional donations during the show can contribute to the overall fundraising goal, creating an entertaining and interactive experience.

Fundraising

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Our goal is to tackle a problem grant professionals often have to solve, while also sharing different ways Instrumentl’s platform can help grant writers win more grants. Do you have the reporting, the goal setting, and to keep track of those benchmarks that you need to be reporting on? That's the goal.

Instrumentl

Blackbaud

MARCH 7, 2025

In my experience, the process begins with analyzing what has gone on in the past fiscal year (or two) and culminates with proposing budget amounts that are reasonable and a bit of a stretch goal. Consider steps you will take for specific channels, such as print media, social media, and traditional media.

Budget

HSF House

JUNE 20, 2025

While I was familiar with the structure of their national government, when it came to local government I did not look much into it until one of the leaders of my Editing, Writing, and Media Program pointed out as a worthy look into it.

Government

Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Last year, we shared our crowdsourced list of red flags that funders look for in grant proposals—the things that immediately reveal the weak points in an application and raise questions about the organization’s credibility. Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders?

Proposal

Clairification

APRIL 13, 2023

Your proposals. Your social media. Today I’d like to flesh out the multiple meanings of this word, and discuss how getting personal can help you achieve your nonprofit fundraising and marketing goals. This One Word, ‘Personal,’ Should Become Your Mantra Let it underscore everything you think about and do.

Nonprofit

Millionaire Grant Lady

JUNE 5, 2024

Create a headline, title, or social media post very quickly. If you already have a text you are working from and need to create a short piece of writing based on this longer text, you can copy and paste in the long text and ask AI to create headlines, titles, or social media posts for the text. Pro-tip: Think of AI like a calculator.

AI

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. Can’t miss” goals! In some form or fashion, we’ve all heard how essential goals are. Set a goal! Set a goal! Set a goal! Goals, goals, goals….

Goals

Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

By now you’ve probably heard that short-form video on social media is an important tool for reaching new and younger audiences. The results: evaluating the success of our social media video experiment We ran this experiment from September 26 to December 9, 2022, and collected analytics to evaluate its success on December 12, 2022.

Media

Blackbaud

JANUARY 26, 2024

Identify potential corporate partners Before you jump into making a sponsorship proposal, you need to find the perfect corporate partner for your organization! The key is to think through how your corporate partner can amplify your awareness campaign while your nonprofit helps them achieve their goals, too. Let’s get started!

Pass-Through

GiveSmart

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Investing your time, effort, and resources into writing a grant proposal can be frustrating if it doesn’t pay off. For this reason, it’s critical to make your grant proposal impactful and notable to a selection committee. Here are some ways to make your grant proposal stand out.

Applicant

Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

One of the best ways to get your proposals on top of the pile is familiarizing funders with your nonprofit and mission. For these reasons, relationship-building with nonprofit funders is an essential step toward your nonprofit reaching its fundraising goals. But think about ways you can take your interactions to the next level.

Nonprofit

Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2023

How to write a winning grant proposal by Stephen Robertson of Candid Ranking in the top spot: Writing grant proposals. Breaking down its typical sections, this blog offers a step-by-step roadmap for how to craft a winning project proposal. In this blog, Lori discusses what to do after a grant proposal gets rejected.

Burnout

HSF House

JUNE 4, 2025

As I work through the development of my paintings and continue my research on both Colombian and Floridian wildlife, Ive reflected a bit on the significance of this proposal. This manifested in the blending of traditional iconography, wildlife, and vegetation through painting and mixed media investigations.

Goals

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A plurality (44%) indicated they met their revenue goals for the year. Even better, 31% said they exceeded their revenue goals for the year, according to a new data from Blackbaud Institute, a research lab under the aegis of Charleston, South Carolina-based software provider Blackbaud.

Fundraising

Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

With new ideas and tweaks to the activities that would typically be included at in-person events, virtual galas can keep fundraising goals on track and even add to more than expected to the annual goal. Reaching a goal takes motivation. Connect with your attendees through your social media networks.

Fundraising

The NonProfit Times

MAY 22, 2024

Proposals must identify a problem and offer a solution that promises significant and durable change. This program combines on-the-ground services for families in crisis with engaging educational media. Applications will be accepted online only , from May 22 to August 15, 2024. Complete applications are due before 5 p.m.

Award

CauseVox

DECEMBER 18, 2023

These campaigns harness collective enthusiasm and support to reach fundraising goals within a specified time frame. CauseVox Pledge Donation feature Donor cultivation strategies focus on understanding donors’ interests and values, ensuring a meaningful alignment with the nonprofit’s goals.

Fundraising