Center for Major Gifts

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Establish your goals and make a plan to cultivate major donors The very first step is sitting down with the board of directors and establishing goals for the organization. It is helpful to plan backwards in a situation like this. Where do you want to sit financially in a year’s time?

Goals

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Also important: develop a clear fundraising plan. Even if it feels overwhelming at first, break it down into essential steps: Setting goals Identifying potential donors Defining your message Starting with a well-conceived plan helps you clarify goals, outline specific actions, and define your budget to achieve your goals.

Funding

Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

Enabling Strategic Planning and Innovation The availability of grants encourages strategic planning and innovation. This may include details on future fundraising efforts, community partnerships, or long-term budget plans. It is important to carefully review eligibility criteria and deadlines before proceeding.

Funding

Just Write Grants

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Develop a Strategic Approach Create a strategic plan that includes a mix of capital, program, and operating grants to ensure comprehensive support for your nonprofit’s activities. When it comes to securing funding, nonprofits often encounter various types of grants, each serving a different purpose.

Grants

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Plan All Year for Year-End Gifts of Asset It is imperative for nonprofit organizations, universities, and foundations to communicate about possible year-end gifts of assets throughout the year and certainly as soon as possible in the last quarter of the year, but sometimes a last-minute rush is unavoidable.

Liability

Blackbaud

JANUARY 13, 2025

Review your strategic plan to ensure the new revenue stream fits within your organizational objectives. The ideas come pouring in from around the organization. The development team wants to start an annual trivia night. The program team wants to establish a summer camp. Ask the finance team.

Finance

Blackbaud

MAY 8, 2025

So much of education is moving digitaltextbooks, grade cards, and even field trips. But many business offices rely heavily on moving paper from one location to another. By automating repetitive and time-consuming tasks, AP automation helps your K12 business office save time, improve your audit trail, maintain internal controls, and mitigate fraud.

Finance

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Funding Restrictions Before writing grant proposals , your finance and executive teams should collaborate to determine how each grants funding requirements align with your nonprofits overall strategic plan. Grant funds usually come with restrictions, so understand each funders limitations and plan accordingly.

Finance

GrantNews

APRIL 28, 2025

It provides coaching and tools in management, marketing, financial topics, and strategic planning for sustainable business growth. Small Business Grant Opportunities are blooming this May, just un time for Spring! It time to start growing; soak up that sunshine, take action and invest in grant funding for your small business.

Grants

Blackbaud

JULY 11, 2025

The data consistently shows that high-performing nonprofits need to increase their spending on evaluation, fundraising, strategic planning, and other infrastructure to scale their operations and ultimately serve more of the community. Here’s how you can use nonprofit data to make a bigger impact. Is it focused and specific?

Metrics

Candid

JUNE 11, 2025

And overhead costs—things like leadership development, data infrastructure, and strategic planning—are often considered an expense rather than an investment. Nonprofits fight over limited, restricted dollars. Funders prioritize short-term metrics over long-term systemic change. So too must be our responses. But that model is outdated.

Nonprofit

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Understanding the Power of Local Grant Money Local grant money serves as a vital resource for non-profit organizations striving to enhance their community impact. Understanding its significance can equip organizations with the necessary knowledge to secure funding and effectively empower their causes.

Grants

Strategic Grants

MAY 18, 2025

In fact, it should be part of your strategic planning to keep track of your organisation’s volunteer input. Strategic investment in volunteering is crucial to safeguard its contribution to communities, and to ensure it is sustainable.” We cannot take Australias volunteers for granted.

Strategic Plan

Candid

MARCH 24, 2025

At times, the future arrives earlier than we plan for or want it to. Learn from the past and strategize for the future Its critical for leaders to look to the past for stories of how our communities have overcome unforeseen challenges. Refine and focus your mission Lets begin by reevaluating our mission. Is it still relevant?

Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2025

Your Strategic Plan Thanking shouldn’t stop after a week. Your Strategic Plan Thanking shouldn’t stop after a week. Every donor should have a plan. And within that plan, you should include three to four “just because” thank-you moments across the year. I believe in this work.

Retail

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 15, 2025

The Hub seamlessly integrates several powerful databases and systems to support every stage of your grant process: From strategic planning to relationship management, each element is interconnected, so you spend less time organizing and more time securing vital funds. The best part?

AI

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Tips for Successful Grant Applications Securing a grant requires strategic planning and attention to detail. Types of Grants Understanding the different types of grants available is essential for non-profit organizations, businesses, and students seeking funding. Budget Justification : A breakdown of how funds will be used.

Grant Writing

GrantNews

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Funding supports community events that align with the funding source’s strategic plan. Is your nonprofit struggling to grow its social media following? Nonprofit Social Media can be challenging, especially if you’re not tech-savvy. But with the right strategies, you can maximize your reach and connect with more supporters.

Media

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

A good strategic plan can uncover inefficiencies and highlight areas with the greatest return on investment. Cut costs where possible but also invest in revenue-generating activities. For nonprofits, this means prioritizing activities like prospect research, donor appeals, meetings with major donors, and grant writing.

Budget

Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

Yet, we see that many organizations are still quick to limit or cut back technology-related investments of all kinds, including training, evaluation, planning, and community feedback. Yet, one thing is still often missing from so many of them: technology.

Policy

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 11, 2025

She helps nonprofits grow their impact through strategic planning, capacity building, grant development, and program design. Don’t even get me started on the dreaded paper jams. Yet, even amidst those struggles, we had something powerful – vision. A great idea would emerge: a way to feed families, house veterans, mentor teen.,

Logic Model

Blackbaud

APRIL 25, 2025

Launching a successful fundraising campaign for nonprofits involves a strategic approach and precise execution. Streamline Your Next Fundraising Campaign A well-executed fundraising campaign is the result of strategic planning, clear objectives, compelling messaging, efficient management, and meaningful donor engagement.

Fundraising

Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

You’ll create strategic plans, brainstorm new projects and programs, and organize campaigns to raise the necessary funds to execute your ideas. One important but sometimes overlooked step in future planning is ensuring proper nonprofit financial management. Let’s get started! Methodology.

Finance

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Their strategic planning has: Funding roadmaps showing the best grants to chase Custom approaches for each funder Grant calendars to track deadlines Long-term clients get 12-month funding strategies focused on grants with the best success odds. Many consultants set minimum retainer amounts between $1,500 and $3,000 per month.

Grants

DonorSnap

JULY 9, 2025

This is where a fundraising plan comes into play. Short-Term vs Long-Term Planning Most nonprofits will have a yearly fundraising plan that outlines their communications for the year ahead. Short-Term vs Long-Term Planning Most nonprofits will have a yearly fundraising plan that outlines their communications for the year ahead.

Fundraising

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

The most successful small organizations aren’t writing more grants—they’re writing better ones by being selective and strategic. Across the nonprofit sector, countless small nonprofits and grassroots organizations do life-changing work with limited staff, tight budgets, and never enough daily hours. After all, every dollar counts, right?

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

MARCH 12, 2025

Pro tip: Data is most beneficial in three key areas of strategic planning : When assessing your current state When setting goals for your team When creating a plan to achieve those goals Free Resource Nonprofit Change Management Toolkit Download now 5. Dont Let the Plan Gather Dust You did it! Dont lose momentum.

Strategic Plan

Blue Avocado

JULY 8, 2025

Donations to charities/nonprofits exist to give tax breaks for those who actively support the common good through their donations to nonprofits. ” — Stephanie Lile from Harbor History Museum Overreliance on Grants Threatens Nonprofit Missions One of the greatest challenges nonprofits face today is diversifying their revenue streams.

Nonprofit

Blue Avocado

MAY 13, 2025

By fostering strong connections with the people they serve, organizations can create lasting impact and build a sense of shared ownership. When we recently asked the Blue Avocado community: “How does your nonprofit involve the local community in its programs and initiatives?” ” and, once again, nonprofit leaders came through!

IT

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 13, 2025

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Funding

NonProfit PRO

JULY 30, 2025

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Retail

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 13, 2025

“We strategized smart objectives to fulfill our mission,” or “We need to include smart objectives in our proposal.” Whether you are developing a strategic plan, managing a project, or designing a grant proposal, SMART objectives ensure that your efforts are focused and effective.

Grant Writing

Just Write Grants

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Final Thoughts Corporate grants can be a valuable funding source for nonprofits, but securing them requires strategic planning and relationship-building. Research their CSR reports, charitable giving initiatives, and corporate foundations.

Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

Scattered deadlines, disjointed documents, and disconnected systems make it nearly impossible to stay on top of funding opportunities strategically. Each deadline feels like a fire drill instead of part of a strategic, sustainable plan. But let’s be clear: while a calendar is helpful, it isn’t a grant strategy. You get it.

AI

Grant Writer Team

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

It is a planning tool created, annually. In this step, you should set organizational financial goals and clarify annual goals from the strategic plan. Mastering your projected budget does not have to be as difficult as you might think. However, it is one of the most important tasks your nonprofit should establish.

Budget

GrantNews

JULY 7, 2025

Unlike fixed-deadline grants, rolling grants accept applications on an ongoing basis, allowing organizations to apply when their programs, staff, or strategic plans are ready. The Foundation regularly updates its priorities to adapt to evolving opportunities and community needs. To learn more about this grant, click here.

Grants

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

These funds may be used for training staff, improving technology, or developing strategic plans. Evaluation Plan A plan for measuring the project’s success and impact on the community. Capacity-Building Grants Capacity-building grants focus on strengthening an organization’s infrastructure.

Funding