GrantNews

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Trained therapists can facilitate family counseling sessions, where teens and their parents learn healthier communication skills and coping mechanisms. Life Skills Training for Teens Objective : Prepare teens for adulthood by teaching them essential life skills. 15 Programs for At-Risk Teens and Families with Grants to Match 1.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 12, 2025

Train your teams to think: Would this belong in our grant story? But heres the deal: your narrative is your organizations handshake, resume, and elevator pitch all rolled into one. Its how funders decide whether youre aligned with their missionand whether they trust you with their money. Lets break it down. Think of it like LEGOs.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 8, 2025

Train one or two colleagues to review drafts or help with attachments in a pinch. Store past proposals, funder feedback, and common attachments in one organized place. Rally Internal Support Designate grant champions across departments to help gather data, stories, and budget inputs.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 4, 2025

Training Document the training available and expectations for who will take the training and when, such as at onboarding and annually after the financial audit. A well-implemented internal control policy. For nonprofits, which rely heavily on trust and accountability, these policies arent just helpfultheyre essential.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 29, 2025

When a new administrative assistant trained in finance started asking questions and challenging the process, it created tension. June is always an exciting month for college sports fans. The Women’s College World Series kicks off in Oklahoma City, while the men’s tournament wraps up in Omaha. How are you planning for your next grant audit?

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Candid

MAY 27, 2025

The most powerful people in our country are doxing people who provide community health care, know your rights trainings, and housing. Our boards unanimous decision to tap into our endowment to make this investment isnt business as usual. These two snapshots are simply examples of people using the power of organizing to come together.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As your organization contemplates formalizing its job succession preparedness strategy within the finance department, there are three major areas to consider: segregation of duties and cross-training, safeguarding of assets, and cross-organizational impact. Nonprofit organizations have been experiencing significant labor shortages for years.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2025

Just as you start the year strong with clear goals and plans, help new hires step into their roles with clear expectations, training, and support. Its easy to assume that only corporations and large nonprofits operating in multiple locations need a learning management system (LMS) to help train and onboard employees.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 25, 2025

Author Bio: Meredith Burke Hammons, PhD, GPC is the founder of Burke Hammons Consulting, a professional grant services firm, and a trainer for GrantWriting USA with over 15 years of experience in grant development, training, and research. How many grants did they fund per year? Finances: How much money does the funder have to grant?

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GrantNews

JANUARY 6, 2025

In addition to funding, support includes coaching and leadership training as part of finding effective methods for scaling up. With over 13 million female-led businesses in the U.S., accounting for about 42% of all businesses nationwide, that’s no small feat! For women entrepreneurs, securing start-up capital can be a real challenge.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 11, 2024

They can teach you lessons that arent readily available in books or training sessions, offering tailored advice to sharpen your grant writing skills. Register for Grant Writing Training Nothing boosts your grant writing abilities like hands-on training. Reinforce other skill-building strategies, such as reading and mentorship.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 19, 2025

But here’s the crucial piece: Your team needs consistent storytelling training. Start with the Six-Word Stories exercise I’ve featured extensively — it’s from Andrea Kihlstedt and Andy Robinson’s essential book “Train Your Board (and Everyone Else) to Raise Money.” We need them by Wednesday!”

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Grant funding will be for local and state bar pro bono legal services and reduced fee programs , and to provide technical support and training for legal service staff. Are you a fan of bargain hunting? Always on the lookout for a great deal? There’s a certain thrill in finding discounts on the items you need. Happy bargain hunting!

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Candid

MARCH 31, 2025

Effective strategies include providing quality training, as well as matching opportunities to volunteers skills and experiences and recognizing their accomplishments. Effective strategies include providing quality training, as well as matching opportunities to volunteers skills and experiences and recognizing their accomplishments.

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Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Grant writing is a vital skill for local nonprofits seeking funding to support their missions. In an increasingly competitive landscape, it is essential to present compelling proposals that stand out and resonate with potential funders. Each grants comes with its own set of criteria, expectations, and reporting requirements.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 3, 2025

Professional development involves gaining new skills through continuing education and career training after joining the workforce. Funding for professional development is here for the taking! Think of it as a win-win-win situation. Finally, professional development provide valuable benefits to employers. Everyone wins!

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 12, 2025

Mentor Without Melting Down Training junior grant writers is rewarding… until youre buried under deadlines and the newbie just asked what a logic model isfor the third time. Here are eight practical, sanity-saving strategies that seasoned grant pros are using to stay sharp, stay sane, and keep delivering resultswithout burning out.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The program is for technical assistance and training to address rural community water and wastewater problems. While in the two-year educational training program, fellowship participants (fellows) will receive wages, health benefits, and relocation and travel expenses. water supply. Reduce Wastewater Treatment Pollution!

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Candid

JANUARY 8, 2025

But what about combining leadership training with philanthropy for our younger set, who will find themselves with capacity to drive impact? Wendy Wecksell, a collaborator of mine, created the EQ of Wealth , a training on how wealth affects your emotions and relationships and how you can use that wealth to make a bigger impact.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2025

In most cases, misrepresentation of data does not stem from deceit, but rather from a lack of awareness, pressure to perform, or insufficient training. Cause: Lack of Data Literacy Some grant professionals or organizational staff may misuse or misunderstand data due to limited training in statistics or data interpretation.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Host training sessions for basic skills such as CPR and first aid. Here are actionable steps and resources leaders at grantmaking organizations can use to ensure their operations continue smoothly and effectively during such events. Here are some strategies to ensure your infrastructure and processes are resilient.

Policy

Blackbaud

JUNE 3, 2025

First, ensure that your employees are set up to be successful leaders by investing in leadership skills training.People across your team, from entry-level fundraisers to senior IT pros, have the potential to become leaders with a bit of training. However, this doesnt mean nonprofit employees arent passionate about their work.

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Just Write Grants

JANUARY 27, 2025

Legislation aimed at limiting discussions on systemic inequities, diversity training, and affirmative action has gained traction, leaving nonprofits in affected regions wondering how to navigate these changes. Understanding the Current Landscape Across the U.S., there has been growing resistance to DEI programs in certain states and sectors.

Grant Writing

Candid

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Our Data Science team now had what it needed to train a new version of the autocoder, one that could not only predict the new PCS terms but also correct known issues with the previous version (for this reason, users may notice shifts in the coding of our data). What are the benefits of Candid’s updated taxonomy?

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 11, 2024

For example, share the story of Maria, a single mother who received resources to secure stable housing and training to land a new job. The messages you send are more than fundraising appeals ; theyre opportunities to nurture relationships, share your story, and inspire action. Evoke emotion with stories. Put Thought Into Your Designs.

Fundraising

Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Provide quality training for volunteers Effective training can improve volunteer performance, clarify expectations, help reduce conflicts, and enhance communication within an organization. Additionally, ongoing training motivates and engages volunteers by fostering their learning and skill development.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Here are a few other skills for fundraising that can transfer from a grants-based approach or can be acquired with minimal training: Technology proficiency: It helps to have (or to prioritize learning) basic skills with database management or, as it is often called in fundraising, constituent relationship management ( CRM ) systems.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Applicants receive a financial stipend, access to a professional network, and necessary training. We are on the cusp of a bright new year, and GrantWatch has the top grants to apply for in 2025! The new year presents the opportunity for a fresh start brimming with possibilities.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 4, 2024

International fellowships of $8,000 to conservation professionals for a one-month training program. Grants for Worldwide Nutrition Research, Education, and Training Programs! Priority will be for training, educational programs, and research projects that stress the connection between health and diet.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 21, 2025

For instance, a people-centered proposal can lay the foundation for lifelong benefits, from early childhood education to higher education, workforce training, recreational activities, healthcare access, and senior living. Another, rooted in lived experiences and shaped by the voices of those it serves, creates lasting change.

Grant Writing

amplifi

MAY 8, 2025

Hopefully, you have a process for training new board members to talk about your organizations work. But is the training you provide up to date with the current state of your nonprofits mission? And they will guide you in clearing up any misunderstandings so you can train your leadership to communicate more effectively.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

APRIL 18, 2025

As a nonprofit digital strategist and technology coach, I think I have the best job in the world. I get to partner with nonprofit teams that are full of dedicated, smart, and hard-working people. I asked Sarah to give me a summary of her giving programs, audiences, and campaign strategy. It didnt take long for me to understand what the problem was.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 29, 2024

By facilitating greater information exchange and joint training initiatives, it promises to enable humanitarian, aid, and development organizations and the ecosystem of stakeholders they engage with to operate more securely in complex environments. Training and building capacity among nonprofit staff for digital threat response.

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GrantNews

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

From education and training to job opportunities and overcoming financial obstacles, these essential funding sources provide the support that paves the way for growth. Funding is for projects that assist girls and women in gaining the skills, education, jobs, and training needed to earn a living wage.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 8, 2025

So train like an athlete. Lets face it: grant writing isnt just typing proposals and hitting submit. Its high-stakes, high-pressure intellectual combat. Youre racing deadlines, juggling demands, navigating rejection, and still expected to bring in the money like its your superpower. Instead of balance, aim for resilience. I oil paint.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

What vendor support and training opportunities are available? Evaluate the level of support and training the vendor provides. To help you navigate this transition, here are some key questions to consider, making sure your new vendor meets the needs of your grantmaking organization. What is the vendor’s roadmap?

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 12, 2025

They explain how staff salaries, technology, training, and admin costs all connect directly to real, life-changing outcomes. Because core operating supportthe golden goose of grant fundingis maddeningly hard to secure. Its not that funders dont know you need it. They just dont always want to give it. Everything suffocates. Bottom line?

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