Blackbaud

JULY 28, 2025

When you get a clean bill of health from your doctor, you can feel confident as you navigate through life. You can also run through an audit preparation checklist to ensure you are as prepared as possible. That goes for financial health at your nonprofit organization, too.

Finance

Planned Giving

MARCH 17, 2025

Legacy gifts through bequest marketing require no immediate financial commitment from donors, removing a significant barrier to participation. Your existing development staff can implement bequest marketing strategies without extensive additional training. Here are some solid planned giving myths debunked that make a good case.

Pass-Through

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

Typically, grant professionals learn on the job through trial and error, plus there are vast numbers of classes, webinars, and articles to read on writing grants. Through my experiences and practices, I am convinced that the best way to learn to write grants is through hands-on practice and receiving individualized feedback on your writing.

Grant Writing

HSF House

JUNE 5, 2025

My Irish heritage and lifelong fascination with storytelling through images have inspired me to embark on a journey that brings together my love for soccer, photography, and cultural exploration. The focus of my upcoming project is an investigation, through photography, into the so-called “Mayo curse” in Irish football.

Pass-Through

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

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.

Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2025

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.

Readiness

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Find Your Next Grant 17K Live Grants on Instrumentl 150+ Grants Added Weekly Try Instrumentl free for 14 days 9 Reasons Your Grants Get Rejected (and How to Fix Them) - Grant Training Transcription ‍ Will: Hello, everyone. So you try it and you don't win, but you keep going through. This is kind of fun. Quite a lot.

Instrumentl

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

through OMB Memo M-25-13 issued on January 27, 2025. The Acting OMB Director and several Trump Administration officials do not believe that ICA is constitutional but in 1975 in the case of Train v. Yes, but only through the recission process of the ICA through recission proposals which require approval by both houses of Congress.

Grant

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Remote medical consultations through telehealth allow seniors to receive prompt medical advice and treatment from home. Organizations collaborate to enhance educational programming and provide comprehensive training, equipping caregivers for their demanding roles.

Transportation

GrantNews

APRIL 22, 2025

If you’ve ever found the perfect grant only to realize the deadline had already passed, you know how frustrating that can be. Grant funding will be to order books at a discount through a partner vendor. There are last chance April grants available right now on GrantWatch!

Grant

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

While establishing relationships that can lead to planned gifts can take time, there are ways nonprofits can effectively raise more funds through this type of fundraising. Here are some of the most common types of planned gifts: Bequests : These are gifts made through a donor’s will or living trust. Train staff and board members.

CRM

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Congress has yet to pass any FY ’25 (the new FY started Oct. The lame duck Congress will pass FY ’25 CRs by mid-December, which will likely mirror FY ’24. In January, the new Republican-controlled Congress will try to amend these through the arcane Budget Reconciliation process.

Grant

Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Bonus tip: To encourage early orders, promote the kits through the schools email list or PTA Facebookgroup. Charge a small fee per session or offer a term-long pass. Extra note: If you partner with a local instructor, ask them to volunteer or reduce their fee in exchange for promotion through the schoolnetwork.

Fundraising

Blue Avocado

MARCH 3, 2025

Work to create a fairer judicial environment for nonprofits NIA has been working for several years to help pass common-sense laws in the most problematic states to help level the playing field so that nonprofits are not being held accountable for things over which they have no control. Was training insufficient?

Insurance

Blackbaud

JULY 23, 2025

Were you counting on ESEA funds to pay for learning specialist training? Keeping your community informed through frequent updates can make it easier to ask for additional support. Look at all financial support you get through your local education agency (LEA), school choice funds, any government grants, and all Title funding.

Policy

Future Fundraising Now

MARCH 5, 2025

Someone passed last month who may have had a big impact on you, though you most likely havent heard of him. He was an academic, through and through. Most of those who manage to swim are those equipped with mental tools that allow them to think through and organize their thoughts before (or while) they write about it.

Pass-Through

Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

Patient portal platforms enable patients to message their care team through a secure portal. On your end, if you have lab or test results, you can share them securely through this platform. In addition to these strategies, train your front desk and clinical staff to consistently use empathetic communication techniques.

Insurance

HSF House

JULY 13, 2025

When constituents called to share opinions or policy ideas, I passed those messages directly to the Congressman and his policy team. office, I have already seen protestors, residents, staff, and interns from all over the country walk through the halls. In just two days in the D.C.

Pass-Through

HSF House

JUNE 24, 2025

I’ve only been over here for a couple days now, and I’ve gone through two countries, but it seems very similar to back home in terms of sustainability efforts and presence. It has been very awkward, and I have been very shy starting off, but I’ve started trying to communicate with locals I pass by, with a simple hello, good morning, etc.

Pass-Through

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

APRIL 29, 2021

But part of what I try to do is to pass on the things I’ve already learned to other grant writers – especially those who are newer to the profession. Maryn Boess’ Grants MagicU – Maryn is a leader in the grants training space and has her own website where she offers targeted trainings and tools. Leonard – D.H.

Grant Writing

Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Enforce password protocols Although your nonprofit reaches out to donors about giving opportunities and volunteer positions, you should also pass along helpful information for interacting with your software. Training your staff members to use it properly is crucial if you actually want to put the CRM’s features to use!

CRM

Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2024

Initiatives like the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and other pass-through funding to states and local governments have spurred a surge in nonprofits seeking federal funding. Program Analysis – what will happen to the program to accommodate the growth?

Grant Readiness

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Provide training. Offer training in how to ask people for money and how to be successful in peer-to-peer fundraising. Consider an in-person or virtual training experience, depending on your fundraising ambassadors’ schedules and preferences. Or, consider leading a training session yourself! Don’t you want that?

Fundraising

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

This National Library Week and on this National Library Workers Day, we celebrate our beloved libraries—and the librarians who sustained library services through the challenges of the past year. The recently passed COVID-19 relief bill contains $200 million specifically for public libraries.

Pass-Through

Planned Giving

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

What you decide to accept often depends on the feasibility of following through on the procedure to accept the gift. By building this into your year you have ample opportunities to stay current with your policy and train key staff members on the policy. These two questions often go hand in hand.

Policy

Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2014

In Hsieh’s book, “ Delivering Happiness ,” he writes about the 10 core values of Zappos culture, which include: Deliver WOW through service. Because customer service is the foundation of their work, the company believes that all staff should be trained in it. culture training staff nonprofits libraries'

Pass-Through

RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

I co-led a session through MyFedTrainer in which we discussed these topics more in-depth. The new guidance states that cognizant federal agencies will uphold these indirect rates and pass-through entities (PTEs) must do the same. Let’s examine each one. The rate will increase from 10% to 15% which is a 50% increase.

UEI

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Buy in Bulk – How many of us buy small quantities of office supplies at the local dollar store to “get us through until the next donation?” Please refrain from buying essential supplies in bulk until COVID-19 has passed. However, I am amazed each time I walk through cutting costs with a nonprofit that’s struggling.

Budget

Blackbaud

APRIL 11, 2024

Create a Security-First Mindset Low-coders are typically business users who may not have formal training in cybersecurity, This makes it imperative for them to receive instruction before creating applications that touch sensitive information. This elevated level of access can then be passed on to the applications the user authorizes.

Application

Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2009

If you're not sure whether you can afford to attend — through the help of creative fundraising techniques and a matching gift from Convio — NTEN will be able to offer 58 scholarships to attend! Tags: Tech Planning Consultants Training Running Your Organization Services.

Pass-Through

Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2013

Train Staff Members. As mentioned above, you can’t educate every volunteer that passes through your office. Treat it like one by training staff members to take basic security precautions. Certain products even assess guests’ devices before allowing them to connect to the network in the first place.

Pass-Through

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Expanding your professional network and investing in additional training will allow you to meet the needs of a project while developing new skills. Commit to Learning: Use the project to identify areas for personal improvement and pursue training to build your expertise.

Ethics

Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2025

They pass away. It’s an unfortunate reality that some donors pass on, and unless you’re in their estate plans, their giving ends. Invite their feedback by asking your donors what they think through surveys or online polls. Makes sense, right? They go away.

Pass-Through

Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Train callers on matching gifts. Having a team of well-trained callers is the secret to any successful phonathon campaign. During this time, they’ll read through the provided script and respond to a variety of different “donor personas.” Train callers on matching gifts. Create a standardized script.

Training

Blackbaud

JANUARY 17, 2024

Here are a few features you might consider when looking at your long-term grant management goals: Ability to work with other systems : Look for open APIs to help your GMS pass information to other systems, such as your fundraising or document management systems. Also, allot time for configuration and implementation.

Grant Management

CauseVox

AUGUST 4, 2021

Their passion for your mission will show through in their outreach, which makes them a powerful social proof for potential donors. Pass the information you learn along to your fundraisers. Here’s why: They’re already committed to your cause and have decided to spend their time to further your mission.

Fundraising

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

However, many state and local government grants are pass-through funding from federal agencies and held to the same rules and regulations. Foundation and corporate grants may not be as stringent as federal or pass-through funding, but the principles of grant management still apply. Subscribe to our blog to follow along!

Grant Management