NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

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. . This is because grants are useful for a variety of funding opportunities. Let’s dig in!

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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? Most really good proposals and reports often better reflect an organization’s capacity to hire a great grant writer or marketing expert than their ability to do great work.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 24, 2021

Some foundations have open RFIs (Request for Information), open LOIs (Letter of Inquiry), RFPs (Request for Proposal) and others have open calls for applications around a campaign. Here are 13 tips for writing a grant proposal: Keep the narrative on how the world or community will be different as a result of the work.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. This transparency and accountability can help secure funding and support for ongoing projects and future endeavors. Create a request for proposal (RFP). Review their proposals. Set concrete guidelines.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Technology is something nonprofits want and often need, but typically aren’t prepared to adopt the latest and greatest with their budget. Adopting any new tech, in order to be successful with it, requires training, budget planning, and some supervision in the early days of implementation. Image courtesy of CauseView. Plan early.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

This crisis will only serve to exacerbate the effects of slight growth in traditional funding sources for nonprofits, already trying to do the best with what they have. Traditional funding sources will not be enough to respond to the long term negative economic effects of the health crisis impacting low-income communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups – whether nonprofit organizations or not – to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. At SXSW, there…. Crowdfunding Social Ventures at SXSW. Tech Talk at SXSW. I’ve been….

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Now, let’s say that, during a proposed budget review, you notice that the board has cut funding for a top-rated yearly educational program with your constituents. The report gives that board member empirical evidence that that proposed growth would likely be unattainable. This also works in the inverse.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 20, 2022

When does the Board adopt an annual budget? Step #5: Revise the bylaws with proposed language. Share with the full Board the proposed changes. Note on the new bylaws the date in which they were adopted. The post The Why and the How of Updating Your Nonprofit Bylaws appeared first on Get Fully Funded.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 15, 2021

Create an annual budget and work with your Board to adopt the budget. Are you entirely funded by donations? That’s not smart and you’ll end up frustrated and resentful when you have to miss a paycheck because there’s not enough funds in the checking account. If you don’t have a budget, well, that’s your first assignment.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

I had an exceptionally knowledgeable mentor who ran an office engaged in multiple types of fundraising activities: endowment (major gifts), special project fundraising (grant writing), annual fund (with a corporate slant), membership, database administration, special events, and volunteer management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

As the GEO gathering comes to a close, funders are spending their morning on the practical consideration of how adopting a network mindset will change our day to day work. Funders also considered the impact of adopting a network mindset on an organization’s brand and fundraising potential. Guest post by Adene Sacks.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. If the FCC lacks the funding and/or legislative authority to make this happen, then my recommendation is to seek that funding and authority, and then make it happen. Specific comments on the proposed Clearinghouse.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

One tip I could have used early on was to plan and design the grant project before writing up a query letter or proposal. You may be seeking funds for technology, training, capital improvements, planning, research, materials or other support. based on the types of projects they fund.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

They’ve been applying science to major gifts fundraising to help nonprofits raise funds more effectively. Have you allocated enough funding to support the stewardship efforts that have had the highest rate of success in the past? These stats were compiled by the team at Blackbaud, long-time stand-out providers of nonprofit technology.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2016

When your organization needs funding for a project, how do you approach the grants seeking process ? Do you begin planning before the need for funding arises? Fortunately, this post will offer tools and resources that can help your organization adopt a consistent and thoughtful process that will keep your grants pipeline full.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. If this proposal is enacted, it will, at a stroke, do more to close the U.S. Expansion of the FCC's Lifeline Service.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups - whether nonprofit organizations or not - to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. The threat to defund Planned Parenthood was bundled in a larger packaged proposal of funding cuts to be….

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Exploring funding source prospects. Check your organization’s website, recent RFPs, grant proposals, etc. Use this section as the “elevator pitch” for your fundraising proposal. Exploring funding source prospects. When examining and prioritizing your own funding sources , focus on building a diversified prospect pool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2016

I have two adopted children from Cambodia, and both these young women lived in the same orphanage as my daughter. Book royalties from the Happy Healthy Nonprofit will fund a fellowship through WAKE: Women’s Alliance for Knowledge Exchange Tech2Empower program in Cambodia.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Now more than ever, nonprofit boards need to adopt a technology strategy to help improve everything from communication to compliance. Now more than ever, nonprofit boards need to adopt a technology strategy to help improve everything from communication to compliance. Why technology? Why technology?

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 23, 2021

In this way, the nonprofit team members who wear many hats do have the advantage to adopt Lean thinking because they are more aware of the bigger picture of the project or service provided. This focus on funding first can be a dangerous rabbit hole for nonprofits. Lean, mean, problem-solving machine. The many hats of nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2017

Is a fund accounting software subscription overhead, even if it’s needed to accurately track and report back to funders of the organization? The reliance, and accompanying reporting requirements, on restricted program funds often leaves nonprofit organizations in a bind. I challenge the industry to adopt a new metric.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With any proposal, you need to explain why implementing your suggestion benefits whomever you’re persuading. Currently, auto-submission is still a new tool, and many corporations have yet to adopt it. For example, let’s say an employee wants to advocate for a matching gift program. Benefits breakdown.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. When I proposed the concept of “datamaking,” I was seeking to bring as many aspects of the organization together as possible.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2011

As long as the grantmaker keeps these quizzes fairly general, and they don't get too specific with their questions, I think this is going to be a wonderful new way for grantseekers to pre-screen their own organization before going through the process of writing a letter of inquiry, or even a full proposal. Hope you can join us!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 8, 2016

You need to fund a project. Developing a set of project descriptions to guide your funding research can help with this process. Adopting and consistently using a process is what makes all of this work. Always look at potential government funding sources first, even if you don’t want government funding.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

“We can identify threats and priorities and write a management plan with threat rankings that gives us the ability to say where the funding should be focused on first,” Elaina told us. “By Elaina says that Miradi helped her determine what knowledge was needed by local residents to adopt behaviors that promote clean water.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Whether it’s rethinking how they contact their donors, the language they use on donor calls, where they ’ re direct ing their funds, or even how they ’ re partnering with students to drive donor engagement. The API’s make it possible for you the seamlessly bring in fund disbursement data into your Student Information System.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

They use CSR software to track expenses, allocate funds, and assess the financial impact of CSR efforts. Given the numerous variables involved, it’s best to request quotes and proposals directly from CSR software vendors. You can go further than this to ensure seamless adoption, though. Submit volunteer grant requests.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

Technology has enabled rapid adoption of telework (also called telecommuting) since the turn of the century. During that time, our fund development team brought on a new staff member, whom I on-boarded and supervised remotely. It has transformed the workplace. In fact, nearly half of U.S. workers now have telework-compatible jobs.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

Social media adoption continues to grow and technology becomes more accessible. The Restart Romania challenge resulted in citizens proposing technological solutions to a range of real world problems such as corruption in the medical system. TechSoup hosted its first ever Nonprofits Live. on the Future of Fundraising back in 2011.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. While the app is only available for Washington voters, it could potentially be adopted for other states. School and Job Preparedness. iStudiez Pro.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). And the user-adoption numbers are ridiculously high.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

Say you want to create a monthly sustainer program to fund more kennel space for elderly rescue dogs. Your ultimate goal is to ensure that no elderly dog in your district goes without a warm and safe place while waiting for adoption. Let’s try it. To do: What’s your big vision? Have you translated it into a SMART goal?

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

Say you want to create a monthly sustainer program to fund more kennel space for elderly rescue dogs. Your ultimate goal is to ensure that no elderly dog in your district goes without a warm and safe place while waiting for adoption. Let’s try it. To do: What’s your big vision? Have you translated it into a SMART goal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Production Network: This type of network inspires and encourages collective action by members to create innovative practices, public-policy proposals, and other tools or products that lead to social impact. Resources: What is the network’s funding model? Governance: Who decides what the network will do, how do they decide?

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