Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2025

Whether youre setting up your website or improving an existing one, explore best practices for promoting your nonprofit online effectively in this guide. As a small nonprofit, you may have created a website but not had the bandwidth to flesh it out and optimize it fully. Create all the important pages you need.

Engineering

Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2025

With all the economic uncertainty right now, you may be worried about your nonprofits finances. Its good for all nonprofit organizations, but its especially beneficial for small nonprofits. Maybe your giving has gone down and youve cut back on some expenses. It may be something you should be investing in. Its often not helpful.

CRM

Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

GivingTuesday fundraising allows many charities and nonprofits to raise more on this day than any other and reminds us of the positive community, societal, and personal impact of supporting causes aligned with our values. Ensure your Candid nonprofit profile is up to date so donors can find you easily. In 2023, GivingTuesday raised $3.1

IT

Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Your donors arent just names in your nonprofits CRM. In an age dominated by digital outreach, direct mail fundraising remains a powerful tool for nonprofits to connect with donors. In an age dominated by digital outreach, direct mail fundraising remains a powerful tool for nonprofits to connect with donors.

Fundraising

GrantNews

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

So, what if nonprofits approached grant seeking like savvy shoppers and took their bargain-hunting skills to the next level? GrantWatch has close to 3,800 grants in its Community Services grant listing category, providing nonprofits with numerous funding opportunities that align with their mission. Are you a fan of bargain hunting?

Funding

GrantNews

OCTOBER 29, 2024

GrantWatch has nonprofit rehab and mental health grants that address PTSD. Visit GrantWatch and view lists of nonprofit grants specifically aimed at rehab and mental health for those individuals living with issues including PTSD. Nonprofit Rehab and Mental Health Grants 1.

Grant

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In this article, we will cover online fundraising methods, tools, and some quick tips to get your nonprofit started! Read Blackbaud’s recent report from The Resilient Nonprofit that highlights fundraising giving trends and outcomes. Recurring donations can provide nonprofits with steady income, improving long-term financial stability.

Fundraising

Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2025

How does your nonprofit organization compete with all this? We also have email, the internet, and social media, just to name a few. Its not only the volume of options, its also the content. And in our current climate of crisis and uncertainty, its information overload on steroids. Maybe youre thanking your donor or sharing an update.

Electronics

Clairification

MARCH 13, 2025

Small nonprofits often face a daunting challenge: maximizing impact with limited resources. Without the brand recognition or staff of larger organizations, fundraisers at small nonprofits must wear multiple hats and juggle a variety of priorities. Here are six ways you can incorporate AI to give your small nonprofit a leg up.

AI

Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In theory, that sounds nice, but in reality, it’s a day when nonprofit organizations unleash an onslaught of transactional fundraising appeals by email, text, and social media. Whether you participate or not, Giving Tuesday is part of the nonprofit landscape and if you’re doing a year-end appeal, you’ll need to factor it into your campaign.

Donation

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Launching a new nonprofit is an exhilarating feeling. Here’s something to keep in mind, starting now: self-funding a nonprofit is not sustainable. With 501(c)(3) status, you have the beginnings of the framework to improve your community, change lives, help others, and realize your bold vision. But big goals cost big money.

Funding

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Grants are an integral lifeline for many nonprofits, providing the necessary funding to launch new initiatives, sustain critical programs, and ensure operational stability. What if that major grant your nonprofit counts on suddenly disappears: How would you continue your mission?

Funding

GrantNews

DECEMBER 3, 2024

GrantWatch wants to celebrate the generosity of nonprofits in the spirit of Giving Tuesday. Many nonprofit organizations are members of GrantWatch. And these are just a few of the many important causes nonprofits champion! Fortunately, there are organizations that provide essential support to nonprofits.

Grant

Pamela Grow

JUNE 19, 2025

I see this scenario play out in nonprofits every single day. Here’s the truth: Your nonprofit creates meaningful, story-worthy moments every single week. Think of it as your nonprofit’s memory keeper. Some examples from my Nonprofit Storytelling class participants: Boise Rescue Mission: “No dinner.

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Clairification

JULY 14, 2025

Lead with Story, Not Structure The post Your Online Nonprofit Fundraising Playbook Starts Here appeared first on Clairification. Moment: A Great Digital Campaign Starts the Same Way Every Great Campaign Does — With Meaning. Digital doesn’t change why people give. It changes how they encounter your message. Something true. It’s emotional.

Fundraising

Clairification

JUNE 19, 2025

The post Smart Strategies to Raise Unrestricted Nonprofit Funding appeared first on Clairification. But let’s be honest: some get picked first. A box of chocolates approach to fundraising. One piece might be a chocolate-covered peanut butter butterfly —sweet, familiar, and symbolic. Which ‘piece” do our donors reach for first? Start there.

Funding

Blackbaud

JUNE 4, 2025

Picture this: A nonprofit organization launches an ambitious new program, only to discover months later that inconsistent financial processes have led to overspending, duplicated payments, and critical delays. For nonprofits, which rely heavily on trust and accountability, these policies arent just helpfultheyre essential. Absolutely.

Policies

Grant Writer Team

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Technology is empowering nonprofits. More and more, technology has become an invaluable tool for nonprofits to use to more efficiently and effectively fulfill their mission. Whether it’s programs or services, nonprofits have to make good use of the (usually) limited resources available.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Grant writing is a vital skill for local nonprofits seeking funding to support their missions. As a nonprofit, you must familiarize yourself with these nuances to increase your chances of success. Equally important is recognizing common trends in the nonprofit sector related to funding opportunities.

Grant Writing

GrantNews

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Grants for nonprofits elevate your organization’s reach. Nonprofits are specially designed to make a meaningful impact on their communities. Grantwatch has many nonprofit grant opportunities to share that we have an entire category dedicated to Nonprofits. Wouldn’t you agree? But there is so much more to it.

Grant

Candid

JUNE 18, 2025

In 2025, federal and state funding shifts are significantly disrupting the nonprofit sector. The same cannot be said for nonprofits whose operations entirely depended on external funding. Learning from that example, some private foundations are responding proactively in supporting nonprofits this year.

Funding

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 29, 2025

Every grant professional will face an audit at some point, whether it’s part of the annual nonprofit tax filing or a formal public grant audit from years past. As Principal Consultant at Alpha Omega Strategies, he advises schools, nonprofits, and municipalities on strategic grant management. Are you and your team in it to win it?

IT

Candid

JULY 22, 2025

In 2013, a Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) survey of nonprofit leaders found 62% did not believe most of their foundation funders had a deep understanding of the communities they sought to benefit. That lack of understanding, they said, was reflected in foundations’ funding priorities and strategies.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2025

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. Always have a plan. Take a look at what’s working and what’s not. Are you one of them?

Goals

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The nonprofit sector is essential to helping to mitigate the impact of climate change on communities around the world. But there are structural problems that create inequality which, in combination with climate change, pose an existential threat to the nonprofit sector itself. We are facing a future of growing human need.

Nonprofit

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Nonprofit organizations have been experiencing significant labor shortages for years. But recently, increased demand for services and fewer people interested in joining nonprofits has made the situation worse. Many organizations are finding it difficult to fill roles, especially in the finance department.

Finance

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 15, 2025

It may be quieter at your nonprofit, or maybe it isn’t considering everything that’s going on, especially in the U.S. Brighten your donor’s day with a handwritten thank you card Nonprofit organizations don’t thank their donors enough. It’s summer! I hope you’ll get a chance to take a vacation or just some time off.

Policy

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

But as a nonprofit professional, you dont have to feel this fear regarding your organizations audits! Audits are actually essential to build a strong managerial and financial foundation for your nonprofit. In this guide, youll learn four key things you need to understand about audits as a nonprofit professional. Lets dive in!

Nonprofit

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 6, 2025

Editorialand Content Calendars Use This 2025 Nonprofit Calendar to Plan Your Content Strategy Get your nonprofit organized with an editorial calendar Ideally, you should communicate with your donors at least once or twice a month throughout the year. For the rest of you, here are some suggestions to help you get started.

Calendar

Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 9, 2025

How to Tell a Stronger Nonprofit Story Here’s how you can start infusing your grant writing with the kind of storytelling that funders love: Use the STAR Method This simple structure helps keep your story focused and impactful: Situation : What problem was your community member facing? But it read like a narrative meant for a doctor.

Grant

Candid

MARCH 11, 2025

Two significant gaps became evident that we saw as two sides of the same coin: Nonprofits dont often have space to truly think about their strengths and sustainability. Nonprofits dont often have the opportunity to dream big. Its extremely complex work. It also provides the time to delve into what constitutes an effective coalition.

Nonprofit

Candid

MARCH 10, 2025

Nonprofit organizations often collaborate with one another to share resources, seek grants, and scale public service delivery. At the same time, nonprofits also compete directly against one anotherfor attention, for funding, for clientsalthough this competition rarely gets acknowledged.

Fundraising

Candid

APRIL 23, 2025

Nonprofit organizations are facing unprecedented challenges under a new administration. For foundations looking to fund these types of strategies, data we gathered recently at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) makes clear what nonprofit leaders are asking from funders: more flexible funding, more communication, and true partnership.

Nonprofit

DoJiggy

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Nonprofit organizations are constantly seeking innovative ways to engage with donors and streamline the fundraising process. In this article, we will define digital wallets , how they work, and why they are crucial for nonprofit fundraising. In just one click, Apple Pay and Google Pay users can donate to your nonprofit fundraiser.

Fundraising

GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Join us for our upcoming webinar, Year-End Best Practices Every Nonprofit Should Know. During the planning phase, nonprofits should segment their donors based on their communication preferences and how they prefer to give. Think about your mission and what you are trying to accomplish at the end of the year within your organization.

Donation

amplifi

DECEMBER 19, 2024

You know every nonprofit organization is unique. But when your nonprofit takes the time to build an outreach strategy that keeps donors engaged between asks, you will find they become more connected to your mission and work. So, keep everything youve learned about effective storytelling for nonprofits in mind. Raise awareness.

Goals

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.

Fundraising