Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

When you evaluate grant opportunities first through the lens of alignment, you protect your organization’s integrity and ensure that funding supports your mission rather than distracts from it. In both cases, passing and finding a better- aligned opportunity is more strategic. ” Read more about strong program design here.

Grants

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. If you've written grants for 30 years, think through, and how many would you say, just an estimate, have you written? This is kind of fun. Quite a lot.

Instrumentl

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. Theres no single best time.

Fundraising

HSF House

JUNE 14, 2025

Between my regular internship duties, attending a Metallica concert where the lead singer high fived me (yes, seriously, top ten coolest moments of my life), and an unexpected opportunity that I couldn’t pass up, it’s safe to say this summer is shaping up to be one of transformation and momentum. Moving to D.C.,

Pass-Through

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. Strategic: this risk could prevent an organization from accomplishing its objectives or meeting its goals.

Grant Readiness

Blackbaud

JULY 22, 2024

Think through your revenue streams—are they tied to similar economic drivers that could affect them all at once? For example, you may have several different grants, but if some of them are backed by federal funds, either directly or as pass-throughs, you could be vulnerable to federal budget cuts that affect your sector.

Management

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Start with five to eight fundraising ambassadors with a goal of understanding them and how they can best engage in ways that will make them feel great while raising money for your organization. Just asking ambassadors to spread the word and “help us reach our fundraising goal” won’t lead anywhere. and achieve their goals.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

These grants typically have goals associated with them—the foundation has a specific mission, or the government grant wants to address a specific societal issue. A lot of individual donations, like ones that come through your organization’s website or through the Annual Fund, are often unrestricted.

Funding

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

Then she asked donors to help her reach her year-end financial goal. That’s why every culture uses storytelling to pass down vital traditions and values. But halfway through, they realize they don’t know enough about the story to write an effective donation letter. Give them a goal. Why You Need a Great Story.

Ethics

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Accuracy should be a starting point to ensure your request for support punches through the noise. This readying moment can serve as a great reminder that newer groups come to the practice of giving with a fresher set of eyes, new standards, and raised expectations around why you do what you do and how you do it.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JANUARY 17, 2024

As you look at your grant management software options, you want to include your future goals as well as your current processes. Make sure you know what that will look like for your GMS, even if you aren’t ready for those features yet. Check out our guide for helping you make a plan for the future of your grantmaking.

Grant Management

Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Because time is limited, you should begin with an attention-grabbing image and/or statement, then start right in and tell the story that you want to be known through a narrative arc that will take your donors on a journey. Evoke the power of your organization and provide evidence of success through images, testimony, copy, etc.

Pass-Through

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. You can establish benchmarks for when additional fundraising appeals need to go out and adjust your goals based on where you are compared to those scenarios. Food banks have to be nimble.

Funding

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Stories are much more powerful and motivating than merely using statistics or discussing administrative goals. Those things may be important, but only as a means to the real goal of helping make the world a better place. They need to know that goals are being met and lives are being improved. It was a lovely day in early May.

Donation

GrantNews

JULY 10, 2024

Ready to be inspired and get some valuable grant writing tips? Get ready to follow Libby’s incredible rise from a special education teacher to the top of the grant world! Faced with the challenge of helping her students pass New York State exams, she took her first step into the world of grant writing. Then tune into BYB!

Grant Writing

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Your donation will help us meet our goals…” As a donor, I don’t care about your goals. With your gift, we can buy canned goods and other staples from the food bank to supplement the food we receive through donations, making sure that our families have the items they need most.’ I mean, the goal was exceeded.

Donation

Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Set nightly/weekly fundraising goals. Are you ready to find out how to optimize your organization’s upcoming phonathon to raise more? During this time, they’ll read through the provided script and respond to a variety of different “donor personas.” Set nightly/weekly fundraising goals. Create a standardized script.

Training

CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once we hit November and we’ve gotten through Halloween, Daylight Savings Time, and the first frost, it’s officially the holiday season – and for nonprofits, that means it’s also time for year-end giving campaigns. At CauseVox, we’re all about helping everyone to meet their goals – donors and the causes they support.

Goals

Blackbaud

MARCH 7, 2025

Table of Contents Types of Donations to Meet Fundraising Goals Consideration for Higher Education: Fundraising vs. Advancement What Makes Fundraising So Challenging? How Blackbaud Can Help Your Fundraising Efforts Types of Donations to Meet Fundraising Goals Organizations rely on fundraising to earn financial support.

Fundraising

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 17, 2024

As you decide if your organization needs the infrastructure to manage federal grants, remember, many grants from states and local governments are from federal sources (pass through grants), so you have to manage them as federal dollars. To get started: Before applying for grants, assess your organization’s level of grant readiness.

Grant Management

Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

How could hiring a grant consultant help your organization meet its funding goals? While you are going through the process of hiring a grant writer, many of these current grant opportunities may be passing you by which could ultimately impact your ability to fund your organization’s projects.

Consultant

GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Games are a great way to raise additional funds, entertain supporters, and keep guests engaged through participation. Expanding your network: Donors who have a positive experience at our fundraising events are more likely to tell their friends, who will pass the news on to others and broaden your donor network. Data integrations.

Fundraising

The Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Are you ready to make the most of your donor data? The goal is to continuously use best practices when handling donor data to prevent the need for major clean-up efforts in the future. This is convenient for your staff, as they have less information to comb through later— plus, your donors will appreciate the quick giving process!

Fundraising

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Ready to learn more about Giving Tuesday and how your nonprofit can make the most of it? Check out this video to learn more: The Boys and Girls Club of Indianapolis reached 101% of their fundraising goal on Giving Tuesday 2020 by using Qgiv’s platform. Let’s get started! Check out their event page for inspiration: 3.

Media

Blackbaud

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nonprofit financial management is the process of managing the money that flows through your not-for-profit organization. Show Impact: Tracking your revenue by fund will enable you to show how each fund is performing, how it aligns with your mission and goals, and what impact it has on your community. Create a plan to fund it.

Management

Greater Giving

JANUARY 23, 2024

Getting your CFRE certificate is a process through which you can learn even more critical skills to enhance your professional work. Passing the CFRE exam demonstrates you’ve done the work necessary and have the skills to develop relationships with donors, increase volunteer engagement, and lead a team of skilled fundraisers.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

APRIL 11, 2024

This elevated level of access can then be passed on to the applications the user authorizes. It’s feasible that someone at the organization can have an idea for an application and have it created and ready to use within the same day. A basic cyber security principle is the principle of least privilege.

Application

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2011

This past October, California joined New Jersey, Virginia, Hawaii, Vermont, and Maryland in passing legislation to create this new type of legally recognized company. A structure has emerged to serve this purpose, called the Benefit Corporation. B Corps in California.

Pass-Through

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Impact statements, small prizes for reaching fundraising goals, and gamification elements can motivate your supporters to sign up to fundraise during your peer-to-peer campaign. After your peer-to-peer event is over and you’ve finalized fundraising numbers, send out a sincere “thank you” email to everyone who helped you reach your goal.

Template

Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

To effectively advance your cause and push your fundraising goals forward, your nonprofit needs a strong internal infrastructure and team. Aly Sterling Philanthropy explains that nonprofit strategic planning is the process of aligning your organization’s goals with your values to provide a dynamic performance map for the future.

Strategic Plan

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 10, 2022

As you read through these tips, reference Morweb’s list of best nonprofit websites to see them at work. Ready to create an effective donor experience through your website? Nonprofit-specific CMS platforms come with the user-friendly functionality necessary for meeting your online fundraising goals. Let’s get started.

Pass-Through

Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Have your local wine expert guide you all through the different wines via livestream to complete the experience. Not ready to step back into a movie theater yet? Encourage them to set reading goals and reach out to their friends and family to collect pledges for when they meet their goals. Viewing party. Student art show.

Fundraising

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. Have volunteers email or pass out volunteer recruitment letters. Through volunteer grant programs, companies provide grants to organizations where employees volunteer on a regular basis.

Pass-Through

Qgiv

JUNE 24, 2021

Donations made through branded forms tend to be 38% larger than those made through generic forms, and donors are 70% more likely to donate again if the donation page was branded. While your goal is always the same, your mode of asking might change depending on the donor. Capture Your Donors’ Attention Through Text Marketing.

Fundraising

Fun Pasta Fundraising

AUGUST 26, 2021

So, get ready to raise the funds… and crank up the fun… while you help support your school or organization with a fundraiser. Let us help you reach your school fundraising goal. Ready to get started? The goal of this fundraiser is to challenge the kids to raise a certain amount so they can see their Principal do something crazy.

Fundraising

Peak Proposals

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

If your grant funding approach is ad hoc and depends on finding FOAs to apply to each month, you need to be ready to spring into action at a moment's notice as opportunities come up. With each proposal, you'll have to hope that you have the resources on hand to produce a decent proposal that might have a chance at winning.

Funding

Allied Grant Writers

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Project Support : This type of is given for a specific project that requests funders to state clear goals and give estimated costs. It should also pass the reviewer’s criteria. Thus, it’s necessary to utilize your goals to steer your grant search as you begin grant writing for nonprofits and securing funds.

Grant Writing