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10 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal

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Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. To help you better review submissions so that you are set up for success, here are 10 items you should look for as you evaluate your grant applications. Program Timeline. Measurement Plan.

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Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards to yield success

ASU Lodestar Center

Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards can be divided into three broad phases. Phase 1: Triple A’s - awareness, attitude and action. This awareness may need practical steps such as diversity trainings and workshops to build empathy and understanding for the need of the community. Phase 2: Implementation.

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The 10 roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit Board of Directors

Get Fully Funded

You see, your nonprofit’s Board is ultimately responsible for your organization, interfacing between your organization and the community. In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions.

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10 Strategies for Segmenting Donors for Communication

Greater Giving

A strong donor segmentation is much more than just breaking up your donor list into the basic demographic groups that define your community by age, location, or gender. When donors become part of your community, they typically move through five phases of involvement, landing on the one that best suits their level of commitment.

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What to expect when you’re expecting to rebrand your nonprofit

Candid

Before beginning a full rebrand, it’s worth evaluating why your nonprofit is considering this in the first place. Be prepared: the research phase may take weeks or even months to complete, but it’s important groundwork to lay for an effective nonprofit rebranding effort. Your audience’s perception of your nonprofit will change.

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Six Steps On The Leadership Journey Of Development Professionals

Bloomerang

The BIPOC or LGBTQ communities? Use social media as part of your communications strategy to promote your mission, foster connections, and increase visibility among secured and potential funders. Be able to state the relevant needs of your community and how your nonprofit is addressing them. Do you serve K-12 students?

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9 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal

Connection Cafe

Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. Are they subject matter experts or invested in the target community? If appropriate for the grant size, is an experienced independent evaluator involved to administer the outcomes measurement plan?