Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
Start Your Grant Proposal with a Story. So, why would we not want to use this powerful communication tool when writing grant proposals? It never occurred to me that there was any other way to write a grant request. For decades, I have preached the importance of drawing the reader into your grant request by opening with a story.
Classy
JUNE 21, 2021
Livestrong has applied this approach to their Solution Grants Program, which focuses on funding solutions that solve everyday cancer problems. New in 2021, Livestrong opened up crowdfunding campaigns for each Solution Grant Partner with hopes to fully fund their five Solutions. Host a Contest With Multiple Ways to Participate.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 21, 2013
The second year we made changes and moved our event to a large park in Omaha and in doing so we were able to save the organization more than 25K in expenses and make it possible for us to retain more of our profits allowing us to provide larger grants and scholarships to help the local LGBT community! Social Media. Test your assumptions.
Get Fully Funded
JANUARY 1, 2024
It’s not enough to say you want to make sure children don’t go hungry. You want to provide X number of meals to X number of children for X amount of time. You might get really excited about restaurant nights, candle parties, t-shirt sales, or voting contests. So skip grants until you reach year 3 or 4 and are grant ready.
Get Fully Funded
JANUARY 17, 2022
The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. 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. Can you do it?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters. Time will tell, but the contest has given us a jump start on our social media strategy.
Have Fun - Do Good
SEPTEMBER 3, 2007
To celebrate their beta launch, they are offering a $10,000 Change Your World Contest Prize to the social change group or organization (this includes non-profits, student groups, volunteer networks, fundraising groups, or other networks organized around social issues) that starts a group on Razoo, and recruits at least 100 members by September 15th.
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