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Who to Target with Your Planned Giving Program & Why

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Today’s demographic conditions also make planned giving especially worth investing in, as aging generations are poised to pass down record amounts of wealth to their heirs and favorite causes in the coming decades. What Motivates Planned Giving? Expand your conception of who gives through bequests!

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How Are You Thanking Your Donors?

NonProfit PRO

A voicemail or text works if you can’t reach them live, but don’t let the moment pass. Recognition loses its meaning when the follow-through is sloppy. Your Strategic Plan Thanking shouldn’t stop after a week. Every donor should have a plan. Within 48 hours: Send a formal acknowledgment letter.

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Event Attendee Follow-Up and Cultivation: A Complete Guide

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Yet too many organizations treat events as isolated fundraising activities rather than strategic entry points into long-term donor stewardship. The truth is, every person who walks through your event doors is a potential lifelong supporter if you know how to cultivate them properly. It starts with your registration process.

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How to Evaluate Grant Opportunities: When to Say No to a Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

When you evaluate grant opportunities first through the lens of alignment, you protect your organization’s integrity and ensure that funding supports your mission rather than distracts from it. In both cases, passing and finding a better- aligned opportunity is more strategic. ” Read more about strong program design here.

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Philanthropy’s Reckoning Is Here. Is Your Grant Strategy Ready?

Grant Writing Made Easy

What a future-ready grant strategy looks like, and how Grant Writing Made Easier supports it through equity, efficiency, and relationship-driven practices. You can build the AI Grants Hub™ yourself through our course, or you can work with us directly through Grant Launch. Let’s dive in. Either way, the result is the same.

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New Philanthropic Model Unlocks $4.5M to Protect Global Health Programs Amid Foreign Aid Cuts

NonProfit PRO

Now, PRO Impact and the Rapid Response Fund have established a new collaboration for philanthropic response through matching and crowdfunding. The views expressed within may not directly reflect the thoughts or opinions of the staff of NonProfit PRO. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic", rail-container).hide();

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Federal Grant Funding Update for Nonprofits (Q2 2025)

Grant Writing Made Easy

Budget Developments and the Debt Ceiling In late June, the Senate narrowly passed its version of a sweeping spending and tax package known among Republicans as the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” While the House passed its version in June, the two chambers must now reconcile differences before anything reaches the President’s desk.