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Three Organizations Invest $40M in Seed Funding for Black-led Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Ballmer Group, Echoing Green, and New Profit announce funding for a new initiative to address the systemic funding gap for Black-led nonprofit organizations in the U.S. The grant will fund a five-year initiative to build leadership and sustainability of Black-led organizations focused on economic mobility.

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Five green flags for funders in your grant proposal

Candid

Last year, we shared our crowdsourced list of red flags that funders look for in grant proposals—the things that immediately reveal the weak points in an application and raise questions about the organization’s credibility. Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders?

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Facing the Giving Gap in Nonprofit Fundraising — From Foundations to PTAs

NonProfit PRO

In May of 2020, Echoing Green and The Bridgespan Group published an article highlighting enormous budget disparities between Black and white-led nonprofit organizations seeking institutional funding in the early stages of their development. The numbers were staggering.

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Sustainability at Classy: Project Green and Our Corporate Commitments

Classy

Organizations like the Environmental Defense Fund, the Clean Air Task Force, the Trust for Public Land, the Arbor Day Foundation (to name a few) are on the frontlines of the sustainability and climate crisis. We’re proud of Project Green’s contributions as they’ve moved beyond just education and towards inspiring action.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

It brings together foundations and funds that are primarily dedicated to support or have a significant program to support those organizations. See if any of these funders serve your community and if you qualify for funding. Funding Priority: The Environment and Conservation Efforts. The Green Climate Fund.

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Why Every Organization Should Make Sustainability Part of its Mission

Saleforce Nonprofit

Over the past decade, organizations like Sierra Club , Greenpeace , and 350.org By deepening their commitments to sustainability, organizations across sectors have the opportunity to enact more sustainable business practices and set an example for peer organizations. From nonprofits like 350.org

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Get Organized and Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity

Get Fully Funded

We all have our own way of doing things, but sometimes our work outgrows our organization methods. Today, work expectations are higher, there’s more to manage, and you simply must be more organized to grow a small nonprofit. Organize your projects based on stages: Tasks to do, tasks in progress, and tasks completed.

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