NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Did you know there are more than 87,000 foundations that award grants? . Now more than ever, it’s vital for nonprofits to diversify their funding sources. If your nonprofit doesn’t have a diversified funding strategy, you leave yourself vulnerable when a major source of funding dries up. . Let’s dig in!

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are one of the fastest-growing areas of charitable giving. In fact, $52 billion was granted to nonprofits out of DAFs in 2023, a number that has grown an average of 20% per year over the last five years. More than 3 million people use donor-advised fund accounts for their philanthropy. Let’s dig in.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

According to The Independent Sector , funding-related practices and relationships are one of the challenges that the nonprofit sector faces, and there are myriad reasons that funding-related practices and relationships are challenging for the nonprofit sector. Heed legal requirements. Set clear policies.

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sgEngage

APRIL 21, 2021

In fact, 800 foundations signed a pledge to adopt more trust-based practices in order to move money more quickly and with fewer restrictions. Multi-year, unrestricted funding gives grantees the flexibility to assess and determine where grant dollars are most needed, and allows for innovation, emergent action, and sustainability.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 24, 2021

Finding the right foundation to write a grant for is confusing, especially if the organization has no prior relationships to build on. Many nonprofits only make grants by invite-only, these are the ones that require relationships and introductions to get to an application. Once the grant is written, it is sent to the foundation.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

These include disparities in funding allocation, lack of representation and diversity among leadership, and a tendency to prioritize short-term outcomes over long-term systemic change. This may involve conducting equity audits , adopting anti-racist policies and practices, and actively working to dismantle barriers to access and opportunity.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. Many readers asked How do you become a grant writer? Q: What kind of folks have asked about becoming a grant writer?

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities , by ABFE and Candid  For every $100 foundations gave to the average Ivy League, they gave 56 cents to the average historically Black college and university (HBCU). This report looks to fill that gap by examining U.S.

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

Candid uses machine learning to automatically tag new grants, request for proposals (RFPs), and mission statements to our Philanthropy Classification System (PCS) taxonomy—or our way of organizing and enriching data to make it usable. Making searching for funders and grants fast and easy. Generating first drafts of grant proposals.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a grants manager, you know how important it is to have a clear and efficient grantee application process. Growth of funding opportunities: There are more sources of funding available for nonprofits, such as peer-to-peer fundraising, crowdfunding, corporate giving, and donor-advised funds.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 20, 2010

million grant from the Google Inc. Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation. This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google. million grant from the Google Inc. Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation. This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

They’re excited to get their fledgling organization off the ground, and they need the funds to do it. Sometimes when people are looking for new fundraising ideas for nonprofits, they’re looking for a quick solution to solve their funding problems. Broken Funding Models for Nonprofits Truly, it’s not your fault. Avoid them!).

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NTEN

DECEMBER 20, 2010

million grant from the Google Inc. Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation. This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google. So far, their tireless efforts to funnel strategic information, supportive community and valuable opportunities our way have been pretty monumental on minimal funding.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

Organizations that rely on donations and grants for funding are being forced to look at their revenue portfolios and determine whether their revenue streams will be sustainable in the foreseeable future. Nonprofits are reimagining funding models and will have to think innovatively to ensure their mission continues.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Here are six best practices your nonprofit organization should adopt to increase collaboration and enhance its relationship with your audit firm. This executive director wanted to expand the revenue sources of the organization to include federal grants. For example, a new executive director joined an organization we worked with.

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Candid

JUNE 28, 2023

In this blog, we will share his insights on how this initiative is growing support for groups that have historically lacked access to funding. Aligning funding with values The Donors of Color Network was established “to shift the center of gravity in philanthropy toward racial and economic justice.”

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Without that, the SOA can misrepresent the financial health of the organization and lead to future funding issues. Often, this leads to large audit adjustments, budget vs actual reporting difficulties, and other funding challenges. Broadly grouped expenses or revenues can obscure the allocation of funds across different programs.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 27, 2021

And even if you cannot imagine an endowment in your near future, adopting an endowment mindset can put you on a path to financial security. Adopting an Endowment Mindset Most small nonprofits live in the moment, fundraising today for programs happening tomorrow. When you adopt an endowment mindset, you prioritize saving for the future.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

Together, we are reducing the reporting burden on nonprofits and supporting the sector to better track funding disparities discernible in relation to race/ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, and ability status. For example, EGA has called on funders to commit to directing 30% of environmental funding to BIPOC-led grantees by 2025.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. Our intention is to understand whether grants have had the impact we envisioned. We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. But is this the right question? These convenings are often driven by the needs and goals of participants.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Below are the most common types of research needs people use the 990 to find: Grants data and patterns of giving. Demographics data—what do grant recipient and grant descriptions reveal about who benefits from the foundation’s grants? Who’s Funding What and Where, and Who Benefits? In 2017, Martha S. and Marion L.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

To meet demand, the foundation launched two rapid response funds for public health and social justice initiatives within a month of each other. The foundation needed to mobilize the funds and turn them into grants that would tangibly change the lives of Headwaters’ communities in real time. But that also presented a challenge.

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DipJar

JUNE 24, 2021

Beginning in April and continuing through the summer, thousands of community cats have litters that are taken in, cared for, and ultimately adopted. In the case of kitten season, FODAS funding provides support for mothers and their kittens, taking care of orphaned kittens, purchasing incubators, and the fostering/adoption process.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

One such data story is this: Though long suspected, we finally have the data to confirm that 39 percent of our grant applications are duplicative across funders. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Requested Grant Funding Related (20 percent). Miscellaneous (3 percent). Within each group are form fields (i.e.,

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Our long-term focus will be to address these barriers in ways that move the needle on the proportion of funding and support going directly to organizations which are BIPOC-led (Black, Indigenous, and people of color), serve rural communities, and/or may be small or newly emerging. Still, we know that our work is just beginning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Don’t be afraid to reach out to event sponsors, grant funders and major donors to see if they’d be willing to work with you on how unspent funds are allocated, such as event table sponsorships. Although this has been a big hit to our traditional operations, it has granted us the opportunity to strengthen our communications work!

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Nonprofit organizations are beginning to use indirect costs more frequently in their budgeting processes, whether or not they are pursuing government grants. the agency that provides it with the most funds). Organizations cannot get an approved rate until it is approved to receive funding. operating costs).

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Empathy I have had the honor of being both a grant researcher/writer/steward and a re-grantor. I have felt the frustration of completing horribly constructed online grant applications and experienced the exhilaration of being awarded significant funds. What would be possible if a grant application had some wiggle room?

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Candid

APRIL 19, 2022

My team of 12 and I wondered: how long would this go on and how long could we survive without our main funding stream? Getting creative to find crucial funds . Our grants manager, Dawn, was determined to maintain operations. It may sound simple but allow yourself to be creative and try new ways to fund your programs.

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Candid

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The nonprofit sector’s recognition and adoption of diverse revenue streams, including cryptocurrency, has increased significantly over the last year, but many still feel hesitant when it comes to crypto fundraising. In addition to attracting a younger donor base, crypto fundraising can help nonprofits to increase their average grant size.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

The Salesforce nonprofit grantmaking solution, foundationConnect, was created over 15 years ago on the belief that we could support better collaboration among stakeholders in the grants management process. Now it’s your turn to adopt the best new grantmaking tool available — Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud for Grantmaking.

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2022

Envisioning the changes needed to make grantmaking more equitable requires a level of empathy for those communities and organizations that are on the receiving end of funding. Knowing that applicants are also prioritizing DEI is important, and there are now questions to that end on the grant application.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

Allow you to time your appeals for the best results and spread your grant writing throughout the year, instead of cranking out a year’s worth of grants in the fall when you’re also planning your year-end campaign. That approach to grant writing doesn’t work, by the way. Engage your Board. You want to strive!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Like it or not, grants are a necessity for nearly all nonprofits to stay alive and do good work. One tip I could have used early on was to plan and design the grant project before writing up a query letter or proposal. Once you plan your project, it will be easier to evaluate specific funding sources (our next step!)

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Candid

JUNE 2, 2021

Last month, over 1,300 grants professionals gathered virtually for PEAK2021. LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, underscored a major theme during the opening keynote that carried through the rest of the conference: together. But for this to work best, it requires broad adoption and participation.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

To meet demand, the foundation launched two rapid response funds for public health and social justice initiatives within a month of each other. The foundation needed to mobilize the funds and turn them into grants that would tangibly change the lives of Headwaters’ communities in real time. But that also presented a challenge.

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