Media and Policy - Grants & Fundraising Brief

How Government Grants Are Changing Grant-Making Policies

GrantNews

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Government grant-making policies are shifting the entire world of grants. ” It wasn’t until the 1970’s, however, that Federal grant policy began to evolve into what it is today…Since the 1970’s, subsequent grant-related legislation has helped to further develop Federal grant policy.

Policy

Policy Policies Government Grant

Focus on Generosity and Building Relationships on Giving Tuesday

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. Given what’s likely in the next administration, nonprofits will need to work harder to combat any government funding cuts and policy changes. if you’d like.

Donation

Donation Media Policy Policies

Don’t Take a Vacation from Your Donor Communication

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 15, 2025

Email and social media are okay, too. You can also use email and social media. The downside is people get a ton of email and social media messages, so make yours stand out. Will certain policies or funding cuts affect your organization? You could send your donors a thank you photo or video. Spruce it up a little.

Policy

Policy Policies Electronics Media

5 Best Practices for Nonprofit Employee Onboarding

Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2025

Review workplace policies, including communication and paid time off (PTO). Use these insights to assign a mentor or buddy who will provide the most relevant support for each new hirefor example, you might pair a new social media manager with the digital marketing manager to learn more about brand voice and storytelling techniques.

Mentor

Mentor Nonprofit Training Policy

Technology policies and practices to leave behind in 2025

Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

Here are four technology policies and practices nonprofits and foundations of any size or mission area should leave behind in 2025: 1. Stop creating product-specific technology policies Just as accessibility covers many different systems, interventions, accommodations, and needs, so too should your organizations policies.

Policy

Policy Policies Strategic Plan Budget

Privacy Policy

Community Boost

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Different or additional terms and policies may apply to other services we provide. This Privacy Policy does not apply to other websites that we own, provide, or maintain, and do not link to this Privacy Policy. We also may use social media technologies to conduct marketing campaigns. With Notice or Consent.

Policy

Policy Policies Electronics Applicant

MLK’s Dream Is Alive with Grants for Social Justice Initiatives

GrantNews

JANUARY 20, 2025

Children’s Health Equity : Up to $60,000 to USA nonprofits and tribes for public policy advocacy campaigns related to children’s health equity. Funding supports a wide range of strategic purposes: coalition building, grassroots organizing, polling, and media relations of campaigns.

Grant

Grant Grants Policy Policies

Who Owns Your Data? Data Privacy in Nonprofit Fundraising

DoJiggy

DECEMBER 3, 2024

How to Protect Your Donor Data DoJiggy’s Privacy Policy DoJiggy Never Shares Your Supporter Data Conclusions on Donor Privacy Concerns What Is Donor Data? Donor data privacy refers to the practices and policies that ensure the protection of personal and financial information collected from donors. What We’ll Learn What Is Donor Data?

Ethics

Ethics Policy Policies Fundraising

How nonprofits can deepen corporate partnerships

Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Many companies report low utilization of VTO, however, so nonprofits that encourage people to check their employer’s VTO policy when signing up as a volunteer can tap into this underutilized benefit. Or a Fortune 500 company might provide professional development training to your nonprofit staff.

Nonprofit

Nonprofit Training Metrics Donation

Last minute advice for GivingTuesday.

amplifi

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Schedule emails and social media posts strategically over the following weeks to communicate the urgency of giving at this time of year. Reach out to your most active and engaged followers on social media and ask them to post on your behalf. LEARN MORE: 10 tips for successful GivingTuesday social media. The best part?

Media

Media Publishing Donation Policy

How To Draw More Attention To Your Online Fundraisers

Pamela Grow

JUNE 10, 2025

Comply with Google’s website policy, which means having proper security and valuable mission-related information. Expand Your Reach with Social Media. Social media is perfect for broadcasting fundraisers. Each social media platform connects you with a different part of your network. For example, U.S. Leverage Local Ties.

Fundraising

Fundraising Media Donation Grant

The power of small grants and deep listening to fund the ‘unfundable’

Candid

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We’ve always solicited grantee nominations from the public through our website, social media, newsletters, and word of mouth. Larger foundations that are unable to be as agile in their processes and policies can still participate in innovating philanthropic practices by giving to intermediary organizations like ours.

Funding

Funding Grant Grants Applicant

Why Your Nonprofit Email List Isn’t Working (and How to Fix It)

Wild Apricot

JULY 15, 2025

After all, 88% of people check their email every day , and 58% of people check their email first , before their social media. It’s essential to include a privacy policy statement when collecting email addresses and a clear opt-in/opt-out for marketing content. Track the results and see how your audience responds.

IT

IT Nonprofit Media Conference

7 Signs Your Organization Is Ready for an Enterprise-Scale CRM

Blackbaud

JANUARY 14, 2025

Additionally, it can connect with other systems , such as accounting software, email marketing platforms, and social media tools, ensuring your data is uniform and accessible, providing a holistic view of your operations.

CRM

CRM Readiness AI Management

‘We’re feeding more people with less’: What food security nonprofits need now

Candid

MAY 19, 2025

Organizations consistently highlighted the importance of advocating for food security programs and policies in a nonpartisan way, deeply rooted in community stories, helping policy makers see the human realities behind legislative decisions. Long-term, trust-based relationships The system isnt workingand were not just plugging holes.

Transportation

Transportation Policy Policies Nonprofit

Donor-Centric Tips: Do Your Donors Share Your Passion?

GrantNews

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Donor-Centric Tips for Nonprofits Thank Donors Enforce a strict, yet sustainable policy strategically interacting with your donors. Acknowledge Donors Publicly Utilize social media. The return on investment for a nonprofit is measured in impact and not dollars and cents. Recognize your donors. Brag on them.

Grant

Grant Grants Donation Grant Calendar

M+R Benchmarks 2025: How does your nonprofit measure up?

amplifi

JULY 10, 2025

But email list sizes and social media followings grew. Nonprofits need policies around AI. However, only 42 percent have created formal policies to guide the use of AI tools. Your audience can tell if an appeal letter, social media post, or website content was copy and pasted directly from ChatGPT. Moving the needle.

AI

AI ChatGPT Nonprofit Media

Inclusion Through Translation: Improving ESG Scores With Grants

GrantNews

JANUARY 31, 2025

For example, scientific insights and policy proposals are best utilized if understood universally. For example; for science-driven policies to achieve their goals, communication, and accessibility must go beyond borders. Language is the root of communication and cultural identity.

Grant

Grant Grants Government Publishing

Bonterra DonorDrive and Meta Launch New Integration to Boost Nonprofit Fundraising on Instagram and Facebook

NonProfit PRO

JULY 30, 2025

Nonprofits today face declining social media engagement and pressure to grow revenue through supporter-led fundraising. Nonprofits can expect more donations from social media, greater organic reach through supporter networks, stronger brand presence in social feeds, and less time spent managing social sharing and tracking.

Retail

Retail Fundraising Media Nonprofit

Reporting & Recognizing In-Kind Donations: 3 Best Practices

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2025

If youve run an in-kind donation drive before, youre likely familiar with some of the challenges of soliciting these valuable gifts, such as designating collection sites and creating policies regarding the types of gifts you can and cant accept. Using different appreciation methods for different types of gifts.

Donation

Donation Fundraising Policy Policies

Smart Ways to Manage Leftover Products After a Fundraiser

Big Fundraising Ideas

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Ensure you actively promote your fundraiser through various channels, including social media, emails, and newsletters. Promote the sale through social media, email newsletters, and community boards to attract buyers. Whether you can return leftover items depends on the seller’s return policy.

Management

Management Fundraising Goals Donation

Report Illustrates Best Practices for Fundraising With Donors Who Use Donor-Advised Funds

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 13, 2025

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Funding

Funding Retail Fundraising Award

This Thanksgiving, Develop an Attitude of Gratitude For Your Supporters

Planned Giving

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

How you do that is up to you—that’s what gift policies are for. Use our free and paid materials to build a “gratitude” campaign with emails; postcards; blog posts; in your Newslet, and in social media posts. Donors may not necessarily want a bunch of recognition or hoopla. A little gratitude goes a long way, after all.

Policy

Policy Policies Media IT

Arts and Writing Grants Allow for Creative Self-Expression

GrantNews

JUNE 26, 2025

Artistic genres: sculpture, mixed media, photography, painting, craft, experimental, and multi-disciplinary. Doctoral Student to Complete a Dissertation on Politics or Public Policy $5,000 to a doctoral student to assist with the research costs necessary to complete their dissertation on politics or public policy.

Grant

Grant Grants Transportation Policy

How Are You Thanking Your Donors?

NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2025

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Retail

Retail Strategic Plan Management Media

Nonprofit advocacy: 5 strategies for successful campaigns

Bonterra

JULY 9, 2025

Whether you’re raising awareness, influencing policy, or mobilizing supporters, successful advocacy requires more than one-off actions; it takes strategic, personalized engagement across the entire supporter journey. Nonprofit advocacy is one of the most effective ways to drive mission-forward impact.

Lobbying

Lobbying Nonprofit CRM Software

Study Shows Donations Increase With AI-Powered Donor Data Analytics

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 16, 2025

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AI

AI Donation Retail Media

Funding disabled creatives: Takeaways from the Disability Futures Fellowship

Candid

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Learn about the policies and advocate for increased limits, for example, Creatives Rebuild New York is working to increase and protect access to safety net programs for disabled creatives within the movement for basic/guaranteed income. What isnt working, and how can funders help address those issues? All that requires deep investment.

Funding

Funding Policy Policies Transportation

Sprouts Foundation to Award $3M in Grants to Nonprofits Focused on Health and Wellness

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 11, 2025

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Award

Award Grant Grants Retail

How to Start an Animal Rescue: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

DoJiggy

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Effective Policies : It allows you to develop effective policies and procedures for animal care and handling, ensuring consistency and quality. Establish Social Media Accounts With social media, your group can gegularly post animals that are available for adoption, upcoming events, and success stories.

Policy

Policy Policies Fundraising Funding

Report: Native Communities Are a High-Impact, Often Overlooked, Opportunity for Funders

NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2025

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Retail

Retail Funding Media Award

Golden Unveils AI-Backed App Update to Address Declining Volunteer, Donor Engagement

NonProfit PRO

JULY 9, 2025

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AI

AI Retail SAM Management

Dataro Launches ProspectAI: AI-Powered Major Donor Prospecting

NonProfit PRO

JULY 8, 2025

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AI

AI Retail Media Management

How does your nonprofit involve the local community in its programs and initiatives?

Blue Avocado

MAY 13, 2025

Our public awareness campaigns and collaboration with local organizations advocate for policy changes that protect LGBTQ+ rights. Of course, we take advantage of social media. We even closely watch our local community Facebook and social media pages for aligned city events and happenings.

IT

IT Nonprofit Utilities Education

5 Reasons Many Nonprofits Fail to Reach Their Highest Potential

NonProfit PRO

JULY 3, 2025

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Retail

Retail Nonprofit Management Media

GrantExec Offers Help for Organizations Affected by Texas Floods to Find Funding Resources

NonProfit PRO

JULY 17, 2025

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Funding

Funding Retail Grant Grants

Stop Begging, Start Planning: Why Foundations Are Done Funding Complacent Nonprofits

Planned Giving

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

PlannedGiving TWEETABLE INSIGHT Tweet The Compounding Impact of Policy Shifts: Political Changes and Government Funding Reductions Smart nonprofits build funding models that withstand policy changes under any administration. Personal impact stories beat tax explanations every time.

Funding

Funding Policy Policies Nonprofit

Bloomerang Launches Journey Automation to Help Nonprofits Raise More

NonProfit PRO

JULY 15, 2025

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Retail

Retail Nonprofit Management Media

The Status of Fundraising 2025: Global Research Insights on Fundraising in the AI Era

Blackbaud

JUNE 19, 2025

These findings highlight the importance of income stream diversification with individual giving at the forefront, as government grants are subject to policy changes and fluctuations. In fact, the vast majority share that they use generative AI to draft copy for social media, reports, e-blasts, annual reports, and more.

AI

AI Fundraising Government Policy

4 Ways Agentic AI Can Help Nonprofits Focus on Their Mission

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 27, 2025

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AI

AI Retail Nonprofit Grant

GivenGain and The Giving Block Launch Technology Integration

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 1, 2025

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Retail

Retail Management Media Donation

How Board Members Can Help Fundraise

GiveSmart

AUGUST 1, 2025

They govern the organization, establish new policies, and ensure that everything is on track to achieve the organization’s goals. Utilize social media to make your organization visible on a broader scale and advertise any fundraising events you hold.

Fundraising

Fundraising Training Software Goals

Four Ways to Remove a Board Member

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 21, 2025

But despite the vast digital transformation, increased use of social media, and focus on sustainability and equity practices since then, there remains some longstanding challenges that nonprofit organizations will always continue to grapple with. Case in point: Board management.

Management

Management Publishing Media IT

Supersized Gifts Mask Declining Nonprofit Grassroots Support, Q1 FEP Report Finds

NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2025

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Retail

Retail Nonprofit Retainer Media

How Government Grants Are Changing Grant-Making Policies

Focus on Generosity and Building Relationships on Giving Tuesday

Trending Sources

Don’t Take a Vacation from Your Donor Communication

5 Best Practices for Nonprofit Employee Onboarding

Technology policies and practices to leave behind in 2025

Privacy Policy

MLK’s Dream Is Alive with Grants for Social Justice Initiatives

Who Owns Your Data? Data Privacy in Nonprofit Fundraising

How nonprofits can deepen corporate partnerships

Last minute advice for GivingTuesday.

How To Draw More Attention To Your Online Fundraisers

The power of small grants and deep listening to fund the ‘unfundable’

Why Your Nonprofit Email List Isn’t Working (and How to Fix It)

7 Signs Your Organization Is Ready for an Enterprise-Scale CRM

‘We’re feeding more people with less’: What food security nonprofits need now

Donor-Centric Tips: Do Your Donors Share Your Passion?

M+R Benchmarks 2025: How does your nonprofit measure up?

Inclusion Through Translation: Improving ESG Scores With Grants

Bonterra DonorDrive and Meta Launch New Integration to Boost Nonprofit Fundraising on Instagram and Facebook

Reporting & Recognizing In-Kind Donations: 3 Best Practices

Smart Ways to Manage Leftover Products After a Fundraiser

Report Illustrates Best Practices for Fundraising With Donors Who Use Donor-Advised Funds

This Thanksgiving, Develop an Attitude of Gratitude For Your Supporters

Arts and Writing Grants Allow for Creative Self-Expression

How Are You Thanking Your Donors?

Nonprofit advocacy: 5 strategies for successful campaigns

Study Shows Donations Increase With AI-Powered Donor Data Analytics

Funding disabled creatives: Takeaways from the Disability Futures Fellowship

Sprouts Foundation to Award $3M in Grants to Nonprofits Focused on Health and Wellness

How to Start an Animal Rescue: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

Report: Native Communities Are a High-Impact, Often Overlooked, Opportunity for Funders

Golden Unveils AI-Backed App Update to Address Declining Volunteer, Donor Engagement

Dataro Launches ProspectAI: AI-Powered Major Donor Prospecting

How does your nonprofit involve the local community in its programs and initiatives?

5 Reasons Many Nonprofits Fail to Reach Their Highest Potential

GrantExec Offers Help for Organizations Affected by Texas Floods to Find Funding Resources

Stop Begging, Start Planning: Why Foundations Are Done Funding Complacent Nonprofits

Bloomerang Launches Journey Automation to Help Nonprofits Raise More

The Status of Fundraising 2025: Global Research Insights on Fundraising in the AI Era

4 Ways Agentic AI Can Help Nonprofits Focus on Their Mission

GivenGain and The Giving Block Launch Technology Integration

How Board Members Can Help Fundraise

Four Ways to Remove a Board Member

Supersized Gifts Mask Declining Nonprofit Grassroots Support, Q1 FEP Report Finds

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