The Grantsmanship Center

JANUARY 9, 2024

As proposal writers, we sometimes get lost in the weeds of data, logic models, detailed methods and other granular stuff. Nonprofits demonstrate their ethos by what they have done, the credentials of their people, their record of prudent management and stewardship of money. The first of these is ethos.

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Proposal Logic Model Proposal Writing Grant 105

Blackbaud

JANUARY 22, 2024

Back in the mid-2010s, I served as chair of the selection committee for the Washington, DC region’s biggest award recognizing excellence in nonprofit management. If that funder’s application includes lots of jargon or technical phrases such as, “Tell us about your Theory of Change,” or, “What is your program’s Logic Model?”

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Candid

MAY 7, 2024

It’s not uncommon for nonprofits to struggle with securing funding despite the strength of their programs. A narrative that illustrates your nonprofit’s program impact The logic model is a classic framework for illustrating a program’s impact. Often, the reason a foundation declines a grant has nothing to do with you.

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Proposal Logic Model Grant Grants 64

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 10, 2022

It’s the only reasonable way to conquer that logic model or have a difficult but necessary conversation with a program officer or board member. However, my own most satisfying development as a grant professional has come from examining standard systemic practices and questioning them while taking action to advocate for change.

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Logic Model Grant Grants Grant Writing 59

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The problem is that many nonprofit leaders and some grant writers do not have a clear understanding of the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs. outcomes in our logic models. Our next article will bridge this information and communicate how goals, outcomes, and outputs inform logic models, so stay tuned.

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Grant Writing Goals Logic Model GPC 52

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 24, 2021

The most common outputs in the nonprofit world are similar to the items my clients raised: # of volunteer hours, # of locations, or # of followers. In logic model language (check this out to learn why logic models are essential), outputs are the direct results of your activities.

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Logic Model Grant Grants GPC 52

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Grants are time-consuming, very competitive, and after all the time, money, and energy spent writing grants, there is no guarantee that your nonprofit will be awarded. The one thing every nonprofit must do cannot be outsourced - the funder wants to hear directly from you. Tell me something new."

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Grant Grants Logic Model GPC 52

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 4, 2024

Although applying for federal grants may be tempting, they are definitely not for every nonprofit organization. Winning grants for nonprofits offered by government agencies do take time. Some may require developing a logic model, which is even more difficult. You are self-funding your nonprofit.

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Federal Grants Grants.Gov Readiness Grant 52

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 26, 2023

The Rising Demand for AI Skills: Job Opportunities and Earnings A 2020 study reveals that job openings requiring AI or machine-learning expertise will grow by 71% by 2025.

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Grant Writing AI ChatGPT Logic Model 52

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 4, 2024

After two decades as a staff writer at various nonprofit organizations, Amanda started “Acton Grant Consulting” so she can write about organizations across the country doing great work. In addition to having a deep love for logic models and need statements, Amanda is passionate about cats, birds, and random trivia.

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IT Logic Model GPC Proposal 64

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 2, 2024

Keith supports nonprofits and small and large businesses with professional grant writing and digital content writing needs and challenges, including county, state, federal, and foundation grants as well as web pages and online articles and blog posts. measurable data points for long-term program and impact assessments.

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Demographics Logic Model Grant Writing GPC 59

Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2013

Most nonprofits conduct some kind of program evaluation, whether it’s simply keeping track of how many people have been directly helped by an organization’s services or complex multi-year studies of a program’s effects on the larger community. Pulling Existing Data.

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Software Logic Model CRM Calendar 62

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

Process for Program Development and Evaluation: The process of program development and evaluation should be integrated into your organizational development, particularly if your organization is an early-stage nonprofit. What amount, if any, does your organization plan to invest in its own development? Mayer Consulting.

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Grant Readiness Readiness Grant Grants 59

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Over more than 25 years of researching, prioritizing, writing, developing objectives, creating evaluation plans, and tangling with logic models, I never spent much time measuring a crucial aspect of work that affects all those tasks and more—my happiness.

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Logic Model Grant Writing Metrics Consulting 52

The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 25, 2024

This guest post is from Rebecca Rogriquez, an expert in helping nonprofit startups. She’s even written the book for nonprofit startups “The Nonprofit Workbook.” Strong and stable nonprofits All organizations demand attention and excellence to the many moving parts to become sustainable, mature, profitable.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

New to the world of corporate philanthropy, I dove into the complexities of grants management, logic models, and theories of change. And both private and corporate funders use grants data and nonprofit profiles—to vet prospective grantees, to perform due diligence, and to discover organizational details like staff demographics.

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Logic Model Grant Management Demographics Grant 52

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. However, in the push towards impact, philanthropy has adopted a laundry list of activities—landscape scans, focus groups, case studies, logic models—to help in figuring out what is important to know to “do good” better. Fast forward to today….

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Grant Grants Logic Model Goals 97

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In actuality, did you know that nonprofits are accountable for impact measurement? Impact measurement is a critical process for nonprofits to assess their effectiveness in achieving their mission and making a positive difference in the communities they serve. Impact measurement is a critical aspect of nonprofit management.

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