Just Write Grants

JANUARY 2, 2025

Understanding these projected trends will help nonprofits stay ahead of the curve and optimize their funding strategies. Funders and nonprofits alike will increasingly rely on data to drive decisions and measure impact. Enhanced Reporting : Nonprofits will need to provide more detailed data on outcomes and effectiveness.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Despite the importance of raising money well, the majority of small to midsize nonprofits use suboptimal strategies—methods that are expensive, time-consuming, and yield only minimal returns on a lot of hard work. These are the kinds of revenue strategies that keep nonprofits just surviving instead of scaling. Fundraising mistake #3.

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Fundraising Metrics Nonprofit Federal Grants 98

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As leaders in the nonprofit and social impact space, it’s so important for you to project a clear sense of trust into the world. More specifically, nonprofits that went from not transparent at all to fully transparent via their Guidestar profile raised 53% more in contributions in the following year.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 2, 2025

As we reflect on the past year, we naturally wonder about the trends 2025 will bring nonprofits. While it is no surprise that trends are leaning towards AI and tech tools, you may be surprised to see how nonprofits might use AI. Seven Nonprofit Trends Expected for 2025 1. However, AI is still relatively new.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Nonprofit events are a powerful way to showcase your mission and raise critical funds. To ensure your nonprofit can cultivate lasting relationships, here are a few best practices for long-term donor follow-up: Segment Your Donor Base: Segmenting your donor base ensures your outreach feels relevant and personal.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 22, 2024

GoFundMe and Meta announced new sharing features intended to drive more donations to nonprofits. Through the collaboration, donors and nonprofits might be able to more easily share the causes they care about with their social networks. The post GoFundMe, Meta Combine On Sharing Features appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 12, 2025

Many prefer to fund shiny, specific programs with catchy titles and easy metrics. But that makes things tough for nonprofits that, you know, need to run those programs with lights on, computers working, and skilled people doing the heavy lifting behind the scenes. Unrestricted funding is like oxygen for nonprofits. Bottom line?

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Candid

JUNE 11, 2025

Recent federal funding cuts have had a deep and widespread impact on the nonprofit sector. An analysis by Candid found that over 14,000 nonprofits would deplete their reserves within three months without government grants, putting an estimated 2.8 What’s broken in the current nonprofit model? needs have only grown.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 23, 2025

Nonprofit organizations are often challenged with the daunting task of delivering significant impacts with limited resources. The Google Ad Grants program, which started in 2003, is a transformative tool that offers nonprofits worldwide $10,000 per month for free to promote their missions and connect with target audiences.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 30, 2024

As a nonprofit organization, which factor do you believe best showcases the success of your mission? Coffman stated in their GuideStar article : Theres no question that nonprofit organizations have an obligation to manage their finances responsibly. As Chuck McLean and Suzanne E. Thats where Return on Mission comes in.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 27, 2022

But the process of identifying the right metrics and reports to measure and communicate is more complex… especially when it comes to finding metrics to drive grant performance. If you’re keeping track of something, then you’re probably doing it… right?

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Candid

MAY 7, 2025

Over the past few months, nonprofits and funders alike have been trying to understand the impact of a potential loss of government grants. Additionally, Urban Institutes data tool estimates that two-thirds of nonprofits receiving government grants would face deficits if these grants disappeared.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 9, 2025

Use metrics to back this up. Show average nonprofit success rates. Create an annual grants calendar that shows: Priority funders Application deadlines Target ask amounts Estimated notification dates This transforms you from a grant chaser to a grants strategist. It also helps leadership understand that not all grants are created equal.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Here’s what we suggest: We need to start rethinking annual giving metrics to create a new storyline about fundraising for higher education. Maybe we need to focus our attention on narrower metrics. News & World Report metric of alumni participation , the impact of this ranking indicator is going to show in our data for years.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Your website can be a great marketing tool, but it can also help your nonprofit raise funds. Learn how to encourage donations on your nonprofit website. Donation buttons are a critical part of a well-designed nonprofit website. However, one of its most important functions is as a tool for fundraising. Keep the form to one page.

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Donation Metrics Education Funding 147

Community Boost

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Let’s dive into what Giving Tuesday is, its history, and how nonprofits can leverage this day to kickstart year-round fundraising efforts. For nonprofits, Giving Tuesday is more than just a single day of fundraising; it’s a launchpad for ongoing efforts throughout the year. What is Giving Tuesday? How Does Giving Tuesday Work?

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2022

These key event metrics quantify the success of your events, and can show you how to improve them. Tracking these key event metrics can deliver critical insight into what you’re doing well, and where your events need improvement. So what are those metrics, and what data do you need to track to analyze them?

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

So I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and tried to pull together the various challenges I’ve seen nonprofit leaders, fundraisers, and marketers grapple with in the past year. Big Picture Your Role as Helper Practical Guidance Strategic Advice 4 Timely Nonprofit Fundraising and Communications Strategies 1. Actually, the past years.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Nonprofits, healthcare organizations, and schools can create programs, services, or products that align with their mission while also generating funds. A youth nonprofit could partner with a local tech company to fund a coding camp, while giving the company visibility in marketing materials and on social media, for example.

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Finance Funding Metrics Nonprofit 98

Blackbaud

JANUARY 28, 2025

Does your nonprofits brand ever feel like its missing that one puzzle piecesomething that, once found, could amplify your mission from a quiet whisper to a confident rallying cry? In our ever-crowded nonprofit landscape, having a strong brand is more than just looking the partits a strategic advantage. If not, its time for an update.

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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Technology Association of Grantmakers 2024 State of Philanthropy Tech Survey highlights both progress and ongoing challenges in how funders are supporting nonprofit technology needs. If these trends continue, we risk exacerbating existing inequities and undermining the capacity of nonprofits to fulfill their missions effectively.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 12, 2025

Many nonprofits rely heavily on grants to fund their missions, but successfully securing and managing grants requires a clear understanding of the grant lifecycle. For nonprofit professionals, grasping this lifecycle is key to improving funding success, maintaining compliance , and fostering strong relationships with funders.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 11, 2022

Do you want to know the singular metric that will excite your nonprofit leaders? It’s high engagement. So amplification marketing is an essential method for you to grow your brand’s reach in the community through your marketing efforts.

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The Fundraiser Coach

MARCH 30, 2025

The connection may be a values alignment with the mission, it may mean that they’ve experienced something positive (been a patient, attended a performance, helped build a school), or may have had a meaningful interaction with someone from your nonprofit. ” It’s actually your strategic advantage. It happens in conversation.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 18, 2025

Economic fluctuations, policy changes, climate events, and rapid advances in technology are just a few of the factors fundamentally reshaping how the nonprofit sector fulfills its mission. Doing so requires recognizing and addressing the essential role of organizational and individual well-being in advancing the mission of nonprofits.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Whether youre a nonprofit, educational institution, healthcare organization, or a socially responsible corporation, a well-designed website sets the stage for stronger donor relationships, more engaged volunteers, and deeper community trust. These metrics can then guide layout decisions, calls-to-action, and content structure.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 7, 2024

Closeup Woman hand using Laptop pc with email icon, Email concept Creating your nonprofit’s digital strategy comes with its own set of challenges, from creating engaging campaigns to standing out in donors’ inboxes. But the good news is that nonprofits benefit from higher open rates compared to regular marketing emails.

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Nonprofit Metrics Publishing Training 174

Blackbaud

APRIL 24, 2025

At the individual level: By analyzing donor data, AI tools for nonprofits can help tailor each message specifically to the donors interests and preferences. Mistake #6: Neglecting Data and Metrics Fail: Decisions are based on anecdotes rather than data-backed evidence. We all make mistakes.

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Fundraising Metrics AI CRM 72

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 6, 2025

If you have other metrics you have used, please share! With more than 22 years of nonprofit fundraising experience, she has secured millions in philanthropic support from annual giving, special events, and corporate, foundation, and government grants. But there is so much more to your grants story if you look a little closer.

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Grants Grant Award Metrics 98

Candid

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

One of the reasons an estimated 30% of nonprofits dont last more than 10 years is poor organizational development. An organizational plan, the equivalent of a private-sector business plan, lays out a nonprofits mission, goals, programs, and strategies for raising and managing funds.

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Nonprofit Goals Metrics Funding 69

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

Donor motivations are the “why” that drives their support of your nonprofit. By Ryan Carpenter For the last several years, nonprofits have struggled to make ends meet due to falling revenue, rising inflation, and an increase in community needs. Learn how to uncover those motivations and inspire more support in this guide.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To take advantage of this trend toward recurring giving, your nonprofit will need to look inward at its donor data. Before you begin any project involving data analysis, start by clearly outlining your goal so you know which metrics to analyze. First, we’ll cover how to determine your goals for your monthly giving program.

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Metrics Nonprofit Goals Media 130

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Nonprofit organizations that are clicking on all cylinders, run amazing, impactful programs, and are positively changing the world one project at a time are what I would call high-performing organizations. High-performing nonprofits run well. High-performing nonprofit organizations rarely just wing it. What are your goals?"

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 2, 2024

Many nonprofits raise the most money from individual giving. Summer is usually a less busy time for nonprofits. Start or enhance your monthly giving program Monthly giving is doable for all sizes of nonprofit organizations, even small ones. Look at metrics such as website visits and email open rates. Always have a plan.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 22, 2025

All nonprofits need talented, motivated, and passionate additions to the team. If your nonprofit needs a new or revamped recruitment strategy, you might use general resourcesincluding those aimed at for-profit businessesto brush up on your knowledge. While these terms are often used interchangeably, the concepts vary in scope.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 11, 2025

More than 500 local nonprofits will be selected to receive grants up to $10,000. More than 500 local nonprofits will be selected to receive grants up to $10,000. ” Last September, the Foundation awarded $4 million to 580 nonprofits and elementary schools focused on nutrition, health and wellness. setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

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CauseVox

JUNE 3, 2025

For nonprofit professionals, staying on top of fundraising often feels like spinning plates while walking a tightrope. But heres the good news: a CRM for nonprofits (Customer Relationship Management system) isnt just a digital rolodex, its a dynamic tool designed to help you build, nurture, and grow relationships with your supporters.

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