sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In a small, grant-funded organization, you might not have these skills and that’s ok! Working with a consultant (either your vendor’s or an external partner) will save time and money because the system will be set up for your organization’s exact needs. Determine the non-financial metrics you want to track.

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sgEngage

MAY 3, 2024

Using technology to streamline even some processes can free up a tremendous amount of time, so you spend less time on manual reporting and tracking and more time analyzing and elevating actionable information that drives bottom-line financial impact. Everything in the grant record is available in a dashboard or built-in report.

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2023

Grants can be a wonderful vehicle to fund a new program or expand an existing one; however, if your organization is new to the “grant world,” you may be unfamiliar with the work involved with both applying and managing grants. In other words, let’s look at the readiness to apply for grants and readiness to manage grant projects.

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Grant Organization Proposal Evaluation 84

Candid

MARCH 1, 2022

It seems like you have to answer the same questions over and over in every grant proposal. For more grant-related guidance, check out Government Grants 101: Readiness, Research, and Writing the Proposal , an eLearning course I created with Candid. May all of your grants be winning grants! I know, I’ve been there!

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Proposal Grant Tips eLearning 105

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds. Nonprofits have assets but instead of owners having equity in the balance sheet, net assets are tracked for a nonprofit. Raising funds and winning grants is difficult and requires significant staff time and resources.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2022

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. Organization Background and Experience.

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Proposal Evaluation Grant Application 84

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Successful grant management for your nonprofit, foundation, or federal grant recipient depends on doing the small tasks well, such as internal controls and risk management, while also understanding what opportunities (and threats) are ahead. Three Best Practices for Successful Grant Management. Not so much.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By Alan Tyson , CEO of DATABASICS – a software product that enables nonprofits to report, approve, and track employee hours, activities, and spending from anywhere, something that is especially important in an increasingly decentralized environment. 2) Online Document Sharing & Management. Recommendation ? DATABASICS.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Did you know there are more than 87,000 foundations that award grants? . That’s where the power of grants can come in. In this blog post, we’ll first explore why grants are important to nonprofits. Why grants are important to nonprofits. Grants can be a great way to diversify your nonprofit’s revenue. Let’s dig in!

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Did you know there are more than 87,000 foundations that award grants? . That’s where the power of grants can come in. In this blog post, we’ll first explore why grants are important to nonprofits. Why grants are important to nonprofits. Grants can be a great way to diversify your nonprofit’s revenue. Let’s dig in!

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

Grants are a fundamental source of revenue for growing organizations to accomplish large projects and receive financial support outside of individual donations. This guide to grants for nonprofits covers the basics of grants including types of grants, examples, where to find grants, and tips for grant writing.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Tip 1: Categorize your revenue types, such as fundraising, grants, and earned income. Make Sure You’re Ready for Your Next Government Grant Government grants are a great addition to any nonprofit’s balance sheet. If you are not prepared for the requirements, a government grant can create more problems than they solve.

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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

Measuring and learning at the intersection of donors, grantees, and systems Let’s look at how philanthropic collaboratives can equitably and effectively measure, evaluate, and learn in the pursuit of greater impact. Tracking feedback across the portfolio to improve grantee support. Tracking common outcome metrics across grantees.

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Measure Collaboration Effective Impact 52

Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

This is a time of accessible AI—anyone with an internet connection can use state-of-the-art tools to help with tasks like brainstorming ideas, generating art, and drafting documents. Ease of access means that with more people using these systems, the potential impact of unethical use grows.

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Tools Guidelines Model Grant 52

sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Ensure your team has a standard procedure for identifying any requests and activities within your system that are still assigned to departing team members. This document will help new team members absorb your unique grantmaking process and keep everyone on the same page. Does everyone get full access? Likely no.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Audit firms have now, however, transitioned to long-term partners, particularly for nonprofits contemplating transformative system or operational changes. Nonprofits would sometimes modify or overhaul their systems and controls without engaging their auditors. This was something that the organization had not done previously.

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Relationship Practice Build Evaluation 96

sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2021

Federal grants complicate the budgeting process. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Stacy Fitzsimmons and learn more about budgeting for Community Health Centers when grants are part of the picture. Topics Discussed in This Episode: The biggest challenge of grant budgeting. Documentation back-up.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I work with many grant funded nonprofits and often come across concerns and pitfalls in many of them that could have been avoided with the proper tools and policies in place. Effectively Track Grant Activity. Manage Budgets for the Grant. Easily Generate Grant Reimbursement. But, it doesn’t have to be.

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Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

PEAK Grantmaking’s “Reimagining Philanthropy” conference in March exploring these themes was a fitting setting for a session Candid organized about advancing systems change via data collaboration at scale. Candid helps us to be transparent and accountable to our community,” Dickenson said.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 30, 2019

With a distributed system a majority of database nodes would have to be hacked simultaneously for any records to be changed. It is the virtual equivalent of moving cash or a document directly from one safe to another, with each of the safe holders possessing the only key or combination to their individual safes.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

In addition to reviewing and updating your nonprofit operating budget each year, your financial team should also regularly evaluate your process for creating that document. Do you need to pull reports and CSV files from several different systems to get a holistic view of your income streams and expenses?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Here at Candid, we’ve been tracking those statistics for the last 12 years as part of our GlassPockets initiative to champion greater transparency in philanthropy. Yet, at most foundations, rarely does anyone with a communications background ever review the story this critical document shares with the outside world. In 2017, Martha S.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Not only can you re-use this explanation for future grants, but you should assume that funders will be reading your 990s. Mistake #7: Losing Track of Important Documentation Like tax documentation you would save for your personal tax filing, your tax-exempt organization should have a process for managing the documentation for your 990 filing.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For those familiar with the process, developing an application for any type of financial support (grants, corporate sponsorship , contract, etc.) Are you addressing each of these components in your narrative (and attachment documentation)? requires preparation, strategic thinking, technical writing, and research skills.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Your volunteer management system can facilitate more streamlined volunteer engagement and communication. What is a volunteer management system? A volunteer management system, or volunteer management software, is a platform with features designed to help organizations administer volunteer programs, events, and initiatives.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

Tip 1: Categorize your revenue types, such as fundraising, grants, and earned income. Tip 2: Prepare your fund accounting system for the audit. Make sure your internal control documentation includes the naming conventions, so your audit team doesn’t have to slow down the process by asking what specific entries are.

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Candid

MAY 13, 2021

You may need to designate certain expenses to a specific account, such as one related to a grant your organization has received. You need to document your internal controls that separate the receipt of income from the payment of expenses. Benefits of switching to an automated expense management system.

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Software Management Policy Track 111

Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Using your financials as an indicator of success perfectly all right—but there’s a problem here: If you’re only taking into account how much you raised overall or how much you raised from individual giving, grants, or corporate giving, you’re missing the big picture—and that could really mess you up. Here’s why.

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2022

But for organizations already doing more with less, documenting those results often takes time they don’t have. These repetitive tasks can be even more prevalent in nonprofit organizations, where updating donor profiles, entering gifts, or documenting grant applications are everyday occurrences. The average U.S.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2024

These professionals have the expertise necessary to set up your accounting system and work with you on nearly any aspect of financial management. Your accounting system , therefore, should be set up in a way that promotes transparency about how your nonprofit is using its resources to further its mission.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

As a CPA working with nonprofits of all sizes, I’ve encountered numerous errors in Board of Directors’ financial reports and Statements of Activities documents. How to Avoid: To avoid this mistake, organizations must develop robust systems for tracking and reporting on restricted versus unrestricted funds.

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Activities Active Activism Comparison 80

Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

By keeping careful documentation of all of this personal data, the museum was able to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from its major donors each year. You may have heard this software referred to by a few different names, including donor management software, nonprofit CRM , donor database, donor software, and donor tracking software.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

Tip 1: Categorize your revenue types, such as fundraising, grants, and earned income. Tip 2: Prepare your fund accounting system for the audit. Make sure your internal control documentation includes the naming conventions, so your audit team doesn’t have to slow down the process by asking what specific entries are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2014

In mid-March, I had a whirl wind day at the Grant Managers Network Annual Conference where I did the following: Panel Session : Outcomes, Impact, and Communication with Roberto Cremonini and Danette Peters. The session was about why it is important to track outcomes, some examples, and discussion. Organizational Amnesia.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. Even with the consultant’s help, they had to endure a lengthy implementation period; it was months before the system was set up. Software solutions keep the nonprofit sector in motion.

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Software Free Tools Adobe 86

DNL OmniMedia

JULY 1, 2021

Grant Management Software. Business and nonprofits both use CRMs, but while businesses use their software to primarily make and track sales, nonprofit CRMs are optimized for managing donor data. Grant Management Software. Researching, managing, and applying for grants is an intensive undertaking requiring both time and work.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In this guide, we’ll help you make sure you’re on the right track in getting your new nonprofit up and running. This document explains the purpose of your nonprofit and officially registers you as an organization in your state. Grants are typically used to fund a specific project or purpose for your nonprofit. Event revenue.

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