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How to Align Your Grant Proposals with Your Organization’s Strategic Goals in 2025

Just Write Grants

Revisit and Refine Your Strategic Plan Your organizations strategic plan serves as a roadmap for its activities and initiatives. Before diving into grant writing, take time to revisit your strategic plan. Set Up Metrics for Success Funders want to know that their money will make an impact.

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How to Craft a Grant Proposal That Gets Results

Grant Writer Team

Acknowledge that real change takes time and articulate a strategic plan for continued progress. Articulate clear interim and summative metrics to demonstrate the impact of your project. Explain the Long-Term Impact! Outline your projects long-term outcomes to demonstrate sustainability and growth potential.

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Beyond Overhead: How to Use Nonprofit Financial Data to Make Smarter Giving Decisions

Blackbaud

This metric , which measures how much a nonprofit spends on administration (such as rent, salaries, software licensing, etc.) Beyond Financials: Defining Impact The IRS 990 is the only standardized metric for nonprofit reporting, but it does not capture an organization’s full scope and impact.

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Understanding the Differences: Capital, Program, and Operating Grants for Nonprofits

Just Write Grants

Performance Metrics : Funders often require detailed reports on the program’s progress and impact. 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.

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Grants for Church: A Comprehensive Guide to Securing Funding for Ministry and Community Outreach

Allied Grant Writers

Enabling Strategic Planning and Innovation The availability of grants encourages strategic planning and innovation. Demonstrating fiscal responsibility and the strategic allocation of funds is essential to gain the trust of grantors. Include detailed budget justifications, timelines, and evaluation plans.

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In a new era for the nonprofit ecosystem, collaboration is key to survival

Candid

Funders prioritize short-term metrics over long-term systemic change. And overhead costs—things like leadership development, data infrastructure, and strategic planning—are often considered an expense rather than an investment. The current funding system incentivizes competition over collaboration.

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Valuing volunteers for in-kind contributions 

Strategic Grants

In fact, it should be part of your strategic planning to keep track of your organisation’s volunteer input. To that end, estimating the dollar value of your volunteer program is an important metric you should consider measuring and tracking.