Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2012

This past fall GrantStation and PhilanTech conducted the third semi-annual informal survey of nonprofits, The State of Grantseeking Fall 2011. Between mid-August and early October 2011, 928 nonprofits of various sizes, in different geographies, representing diverse issue areas completed the survey online.

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Grant Survey Award Government 54

Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

In a recent survey of nonprofit organizations in the United States, we learned more about where these types of nonprofits get their funding and where they find challenges to meeting the needs of their communities. Community Improvement and Capacity Building: Fewer Grant Awards. improvement and capacity building.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

Despite many challenges, nonprofits retain a sense of optimism about the next six months according to the survey results cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011). As one survey respondent said: “The current state of the economy has forced the emphasis in our area to be on human needs.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

Education organizations, both institutions and those organizations focused on education, comprise a little over 15% of nonprofit organizations in the United States and represented over 13% of participants in the State of Grantseeking survey published by GrantStation and PhilanTech in November 2011. What is going on here?

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

That donor checks to see if their donation is eligible for matching, either by doing their own research or using a matching gift database. That volunteer checks to see if their volunteer time is eligible for a volunteer grant, either by doing their own research or by using a volunteer grant database.

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Guide Giving Grant Gift 52

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

According to the 2011 Millennial Donors survey, 65% of people surveyed want to find guides on charity websites on how their support could make a difference and 52% want to learn about volunteer opportunities. They now have a rich database of new potential donors that they can engage in the longer term.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

They’ve also leveled the playing field and have a special category for smaller nonprofits (under $1 million budget). And there is also an award category for individual champion, whether board members, volunteers, or a free agent. Image by Codilicious from Flickr. as a first time donor.

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