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How to Develop Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves

Blackbaud

A reserve can provide the flexibility necessary to pay for items that arent covered by restricted grants. This post was originally published October 2016 and updated January 2025. In general, the less control you have over your organizations spending, the higher the risk and the higher your reserves might need to be.

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The deep and lasting implications of funding cuts for psychological research 

Candid

Cancellation of grants, shifting priorities, and increased competition for funding can stifle creativity and limit the scope of psychological research. Moreover, the emphasis on efficiency in grantmaking prioritizes grants that support positive results, even though theyre no more of an indication of good science than negative results.

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The Grants Transparency Act of 2023: Good idea or spitting in the wind?

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Ive been writing grant proposals since dinosaurs walked the earth and have seen various attempts to reform the federal grant-making process. Congress passed the Grants Transparency Act of 2023 (H.R. The Grants Transparency Act complements the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act passed in 2019.

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3 Strategies to Build Your Organization’s Financial Capacity

Blackbaud

Calculating indirect costs can be challenging. You can clearly see which revenue sources or grant-funded parts of your organization might be draining your budget instead of adding to it. This post was originally published in March 2015 and updated in April 2024.

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Is There Any Grant Money?

Tech Soup

Talk to anyone associated with a nonprofit organization, and they will tell you that there isn't enough grant money. Be aware that grant funding is available. Ninety-one percent of our respondents who submitted three to five grant applications received at least one award. percent in 2017 and by 6.0 percent in 2018.

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Debunking Myths About Nonprofits – Let’s Make Sure to Get the Facts

GrantNews

In fact, we think this is such a crucial part of grant funding that we identify over 6,000 grants in our grant listing directory in a special Grants for Nonprofits tab at the top of its webpage! National Council on Nonprofits, “Myths About Nonprofits “ Below are some grants for nonprofits currently available.

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The Overhead Solution: A New Nonprofit Pride Movement

Tech Soup

The CEOs of BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Charity Navigator, and GuideStar USA published a second open letter last year with the express goal to "crush" the overhead myth, the idea that overhead ratios should serve as the sole basis for evaluating nonprofit performance. If so, you've fallen victim to the overhead myth.