Blackbaud

OCTOBER 28, 2024

A huge thank you to Audrey Kidwell, Grants Manager for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, for providing many of the resources and tips included in this article. Modern grantmakers must be prepared and ready to support their communities when—not if—a climate disaster hits. Here’s how grantmakers can be ready.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

If you havent already, now is the time to evaluate your organizations grant readiness from pre- to post-award, ensuring alignment with funders, competitive proposals, and strong fund stewardship. Understanding how your organization makes grant submission decisions is critical. Do We Have Shovel-Ready Projects?

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

Id like to say that learning the principles of grant management, professional development opportunities and fruitful networking sold me on GPA. I learned that grant professionals work in various environments as employees, contractors and business owners. Instead, it was a holiday dinner.

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Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2024

Ensure Program Sustainability With a focus on the grant management, it can be easy to lose sight of how the program will continue. Want more information on creating a plan of action for your organization to manage your federal grants? A Primer for Pre- and Post-Award Grant Readiness.

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Fluxx

MAY 12, 2025

What if your existing grants management system could help you track change as it happens, giving you the clarity to lead with confidence and stay aligned with your mission even as the landscape evolves? This leaves leaders with limited visibility between cycles and little time to course-correct. The result?

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Often when grant professionals come into new roles, they are responsible for standing up the new grant management function at their organization. If this includes the capacity to manage grants with a federal origin, the task can be daunting.

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Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I have been in chat rooms and webinars with people who are new to the grants profession and have been asked to stand up the grants management function for their organization. I spent many years as a successful grant professional and managed grants that were not from public sources.

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Bonterra

APRIL 13, 2024

Grants management software Unify giving and grantmaking Build strategic nonprofit partnerships that drive more social impact with less work for your teams. Integrate our analytics tool directly into workflows to drive real-time automation, decision-making, and consistency across your entire grants management process.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 13, 2024

Finding the Perfect Software for Your Nonprofit Ah, grant management! In the vibrant nonprofit world, where grant processes seem to twist and turn like a labyrinth, having the right grant management software isn’t just helpful—it’s a game changer. Why Bother with Grant Management Software?

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Get real-time insights, stay compliant, and boost collaboration—so you can focus on what really matters: securing more grants and maximizing your impact. Ready to take your grant management to the next level? Plus, explore bonus features like funder search to discover new opportunities.

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Instrumentl

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Discover your grant readiness profile with expert Jennifer McKenzie. Learn four key ways to assess your organization's preparedness, build effective grant strategies, and streamline your grant management using Instrumentl to save time and money.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 6, 2025

If people cant see their role on the other side of your big idea, whether thats generative AI adoption or a new grant management system, you will lose them. Modern Grantmakers Must Be Ready for Change Leading in philanthropy today means embracing adaptability and innovation.

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Blackbaud

MAY 5, 2025

You can also create a rotating team of reviewers with specific expertise, so research scientists are only called in to review applications for your science-related grants. An intuitive grant management system with a dedicated reviewer portal can also address many of the technology issues your reviewers might have.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

*Diane’s note: You are used to our team talking about how both pre-award and post-award work connect to create an organization’s overall grant readiness. In fact, we were just talking about this in our most recent webinar about How to Be Exceptionally Grant Ready with Lucy Morgan from MyFedTrainer.com. Accounting Tools.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 23, 2025

Here is a breakdown of the different types of grant reviews, who is involved, what programs they work best for, and what to keep in mind with each type. Once an application is submitted, a grants manager or administrative staff member conducts a quick review to confirm the submission is complete and accurate.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 25, 2024

You can already share that information with your financial system while also pulling data like payment date or payment type into your grant management system. To provide more value for our grantmaking customers, we’re working internally and with third-party developers to provide ready-built integrations for particular tools.

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Fluxx

MAY 12, 2025

You're expected to stay audit-ready, make data-informed decisions, and demonstrate resultswhile working across siloed systems that limit visibility. For example, Fluxxs integrated BI tool, Grantelligence, lets agencies build and embed executive dashboards directly into their grants management system.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

MARCH 4, 2021

Of course, whether or not you actually get a piece depends on several factors and to give you a better understanding of those and a better shot at an eventual award, I want to break down how to get started with NEA grants today. First up, a disclaimer: Some of you reading this are not ready for NEA grants. I’m going to apply.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 10, 2025

Support Your Trust-Based Philanthropy Work with Grantmaking Software Are you ready for a grant management system that can support your trust-based philanthropy needs through robust CRM capabilities and reporting built for grantmaking organizations?

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

So, are you ready to up your fundraising and development goals for 2024 by securing grant funding? Organizational development plays a crucial role in the process of becoming grant-ready by providing the foundation and framework necessary to effectively pursue and manage grant funding.

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Evaluate Your Organization’s Grant Readiness Funders want to partner with organizations that are capable and prepared. Assess your current readiness for this specific grant and communicate any systems you have in place for tracking outcomes, managing funds, and reporting.

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Grant Writer Team

MAY 1, 2025

Are you ready to leverage grant funding opportunities? Grants are highly competitive. However, if you apply a mission-forward strategy to your grant research, you will secure viable funding. Above all, it is key to apply for grants frequently to secure funding. What is Grant Cycle Management?

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AmpliFund

DECEMBER 28, 2023

If you’d like to access more, or find a specific topic, visit our new Learning Hub today Grant Management Resources for All: The Essential Guide to Grants Management Develop a comprehensive understanding of the complex world of grants management and create a strong process using the solutions, tips, and best practices within this guide.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Unlike general accounting systems, nonprofit-specific solutions like Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT are designed to handle the complexity of restricted revenue and grant management. If you are ready to see what true nonprofit accounting software can do for you, join us for an on-demand product tour of Financial Edge NXT.

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AmpliFund

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We know many grant makers publish new funding opportunities in the spring, and using purpose-built tools to create and manage them saves organizations a lot of time and effort. Grants management software like AmpliFund gives you unlimited application forms, sections, and questions that you can use to build out applications.

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Instrumentl

APRIL 24, 2024

Get ready for post-award grant success with our tailor-made checklist and comprehensive breakdown of grant phases. Whether you're celebrating a win or preparing for hard work ahead, this resource ensures you're armed and ready for every step of the post-award journey. Let's set you up for success!

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Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

You will want to think ahead about being able to easily capture grant information, set up tasks and deadlines, and then run accurate reports at any time. Fund accounting systems with grant management can help you from beginning to end if you are a grant-funded organization—or want to be.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Rather than create yet another custom reporting requirement for applicants and grant recipients, Mott is helping to lead a growing movement of grantmakers who use the ready-made and scalable demographic profile reporting within Candid’s GuideStar tool. To make the data useful to Mott staff and leadership, however, required some effort.

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Think and Ink Grants

MAY 4, 2024

Reporting requirements for federal and some government grants require the right people and systems for proper grant management. What are some other signs that an organization is not ready to apply for federal grants? You may have a hard time meeting the reporting requirements.

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Candid

MAY 8, 2025

For example, in Cocke County, Tennessee, parents feedback that expectations for kindergarten readiness were unclear inspired an awareness campaign with local media, businesses, and authorities to better provide information and support to families. Partner with local organizations, agencies, and institutions to develop solutions.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a grants manager, you know how important it is to have a clear and efficient grantee application process. Gather Data on Your Current Application Before you present your suggestions to your leadership, have the data on your current application ready.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 15, 2024

Think through whether these templates should be required or if your applicants can submit the same information—which they probably have from a different grant application—in a different format. And it also helps your grants managers from having to answer the same question over and over.

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Candid

OCTOBER 19, 2021

By providing more detailed information about what their grants are intended to accomplish and who they’re meant to benefit, funders leave less room for interpretation and can take greater control of the story of their grantmaking. Doing so can also be easy, thanks to Candid’s partnerships with several grants management software vendors. .

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Fluxx

MARCH 7, 2024

The role of grants manager has evolved in recent years from primarily executing the foundation’s overall grant efforts to managing critical data that have the power to make a much broader impact across the organization. But are you – a grants manager – ready to be your foundation’s data expert?

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Candid

JULY 12, 2022

F iscal sponsorship may give you access to a team of dedicated professionals who handle your accounting, grants management, human resources, administration, and other needs. When approaching prospective fiscal sponsors, be ready to give a project proposal that explains: . How do I approach a sponsor prospect? .

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

For example, to make the process of collecting the data as easy as possible, the course provides information on Candid’s pre-built survey templates , which include a welcome message inviting staff and board to take the survey, survey questions, and ready-made forms.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 24, 2022

Many workshop attendees admit that two days ago their boss told them to start looking for and writing grants because they needed money for their organization. Typically, the individuals writing and managing grants for your organization are not people with titles like grant administrator, grant manager, or director of grants.

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