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Telling a compelling story: Communicating program impact in a grant proposal

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But if you want to stand out in a crowded applicant field, it’s essential to communicate your impact clearly and compellingly. Funders seek a return on investment With so many applicants and limited funding to go around, foundations view a grant as an investment. The narrative of your proposal should be a story with a linear plotline.

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From Data Deluge to Impactful Decisions: Mastering Data in Grantmaking

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Applications, proposals, progress reports, impact metrics – the data collected throughout the grantmaking lifecycle is vast and ever-growing. The Data Deluge in Grantmaking: Drowning in Information Remember the days when grantmaking relied on paper proposals and handwritten reports?

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Investigating and Improving the Questions You Ask Grantees

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I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Those questions can be in an application, in conversations with program officers, or during the deliberation meetings with your board. When was the last time your application was given a solid review? The world was very different then.

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Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?

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You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Perhaps you’ll start by reading about other models , watching webinars, or developing ideas. Is this you?

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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

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In grant proposals and pitches, they want you to predict the future and show how, with your eloquent promises and plans for impact, you can best provide them the assurance of certainty. Many funders want to wait to see how new models, programs, and leaders will perform, and they often require other funders to buy in before they will.

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Navigating Nonprofit Data Warehouses: A Comprehensive Guide

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Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. Secure board buy-in for hiring a consultant by presenting them with your purposes for working with a consultant, your proposed budget for doing so, and the ROI you expect to see from the engagement. Review their proposals.

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Why we’re all burned out and what to do about it  

Candid

To this end, the Job-Demands-Resources model offers a simple equation: burnout = demands > resources. This model highlights three important things to understand about burnout: Burnout isn’t about too many demands but demands without enough resources. deadlines, reporting, grant applications) when possible.

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