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5 Best Practices for Nonprofit Employee Onboarding

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Set up an email, software access, and a workstation. Assign a mentor or buddy to new hires. When pairing mentors or buddies with new hires: Be thoughtful about each match. Provide formal and informal opportunities for new hires to connect with their mentor or buddy. Attend a virtual or in-person tour of the facility.

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Burned Out but Brilliant: 8 Smart, Sanity-Saving Strategies for Frustrated Grant Writers

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

But youre also exhausted, constantly chasing core operating support, wrangling impossible deadlines, mentoring green writers, and navigating post-award red tape that never seems to end. Use project management software like Trello, Asana, or ClickUp to assign tasks, track approvals, and communicate in one place. Sound familiar?

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Small Business Starter Kit: Tools and Tips for New Entrepreneurs

GrantNews

Accounting and Bookkeeping: Elect software that tracks expenses, generates reports, and simplifies financial management. In addition to a cash award, applicants receive access to mentoring, working spaces, and opportunity to participate in future competitions. Entrepreneurs and Startups Compete for Awards to Develop Businesses!

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5 Branding Tips for Nonprofits: Stand Out in Your Community

GrantNews

Whether its hosting a food drive, mentoring youth, or joining a community clean-up, being seen in action builds trust. Funding is for the purchase of equipment and software, advertising expenses, and consulting services. A memorable logo can go a long way toward making your brand stick.

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Social Solutions-Salsa-Case Management Software 101: What Your Team Should Know

Bonterra

Whether you’re providing shelter for the homeless, mentoring at-risk youth, or anything in between, nonprofit service organizations like yours do incredibly important work to enrich their clients’ lives.

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2023 Mentoring Grants to Support Junior Researchers of Color

WT Grant Foundation

Grant Scholars have been awarded grants to support their development as mentors to junior researchers of color. The awardees will mentor promising doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows in enhancing their methodological skills, publication records, and career networks. Quinn has mentored two Black women doctoral students.

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From Napkin to Narrative: How Program Design Powers Grant Success

Grant Professionals Association

Before AI, cloud-based platforms, and fancy grant management software, grant writing was a hands-on, paper-filled, finger-cramping journey. A great idea would emerge: a way to feed families, house veterans, mentor teen., That napkin? That’s the birthplace of some of the best nonprofit program designs.