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Tips for seeking foundation grants in a time of crisis

Candid

These conversations can happen concurrently as you build your lists of prospective funders and sharpen your proposal writing skills. Get up to speed on grantseeking and proposal writing. From proposal to stewardship, foundation funding differs in many ways from federal funding.

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Urgent Grant Writing Help: How We Can Help You Fast

Millionaire Grant Lady

Maybe your short-term solution includes having a current staff member, board member, or volunteer write grants for you. Even though they are familiar with your organization, it will take time to train them to be an effective grant writer. A great grant consultant should support the work of your existing team.

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Removing cost as a barrier to nonprofit training 

Candid

At Candid, we recognize that nonprofit leaders and fundraising professionals, particularly those working at small or under-resourced organizations, need access to the nonprofit training and resources that equip them to do good. Introduction to Proposal Writing.

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Using Your Fundraising CRM Software to Its Full Potential

Blackbaud

We had similar methods of writing weekly data check maintenance queries in our CRM, Blackbaud Raisers Edge NXT. In minutes, a data check query can bring me up to speed with a spreadsheet containing all the organizations CRM goals, projects, and training needs by category.

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Zero-cost, maximum-impact professional development for fundraisers

Candid

Our Get Started YouTube playlist offers a shortlist of videos on fundraising and proposal writing—all under three minutes. We offer a wide variety of free training resources on fundraising topics, including live webinars as well as on-demand courses. For example, short videos are a great way to learn quickly.

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How I learned to stop yawning and love the Zoom Room

Candid

Well, two years on, I can safely say that our virtual training classes are here to stay. Even our premier trainingProposal Writing Boot Camp —is now fully virtual, with a self-paced component and two hours of face-to-face engagement for three weeks. Is this you? . Welcome everyone. Live is better. This is untrue.

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Achieve Funding Success: Essential Grant Writing Certification Programs

Allied Grant Writers

Grant writing certification programs are structured educational offerings designed to teach individuals the skills needed to write successful grant proposals. These programs often cover various facets of the grant writing process, including research, proposal writing, budget preparation, and project evaluation.