Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Amid all the talk about generative AI, fundraisers, especially grantwriters, may be asking themselves: Am I out of a job?  In fact, generative AI has been known to be trained on biased information. This is a good start, but to be usable in a grant proposal, it needs to cite sources. Will I be replaced by ChatGPT?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The site offers training for nonprofit staff that goes into more detail than we do in class. Anyone can access free on-demand and live trainings from experts who have experienced common challenges working in the nonprofit field. Candid Learning also hosts live trainings on topics such as corporate giving and starting nonprofits.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 16, 2021

For the last three years, I’ve devoted virtually every day to the challenge of training professionals and especially volunteer fundraisers to overcome the fear of asking for gifts for their favorite nonprofits. 5: Focusing on the proposal or other collateral material during the ask. Blunder No. Blunder No. Blunder No.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Through the execution of a range of administrative, communication, and managerial responsibilities, the development professional gains a thorough understanding of both fundraising strategies and organizational needs. Demographics: Foundations and corporate funders will want to know who is benefiting from your nonprofit’s services.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Grant writing tip: While the task of writing a proposal often falls on the shoulders of a project manager or grant writer, anyone—even an outside consultant—with the proper skills could write the proposal. The Awesome Foundation. New Earth Foundation. Cornell Douglas Foundation. Kellogg Foundation.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

It’s designed to consolidate and integrate data from various sources, including CRM systems, fundraising software, financial databases, program management tools, and more. Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. Strengthen your financial reporting efforts.

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

I’m often invited to speak with organizations about the latest fundraising and nonprofit trends. The first is to share my view on some of the latest fundraising and nonprofit trends. This trend poses two important questions: Will people embrace and use it to make complicated processes (like writing grant proposals) easier?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Have you noticed that when talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in fundraising , the conversation frequently mentions the lack of suitable candidates of color? Another aspect of the discussion is the business case for hiring for fundraising success. After all, is not the business of fundraising, well, to raise money?

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn is a major gift fundraiser and nonprofit communications expert who uses technology to amplify her impact and do more with less. She’s known for tackling seemingly impossible fundraising efforts and turning them into success stories. Do you need a lot of training, or just the basics? What classes are best?

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

I’m happy to report that there’s a way to learn the ins and outs of nonprofits and fundraising, and it’s way better than Googling each question. Candid (formerly Foundation Center and GuideStar) has been helping nonprofit newcomers for 40+ years. They’ve been coaching and skillfully assisting local nonprofits for years.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The Foundation Center and TechSoup Global have announced a new strategic alliance ! Our goal is to leverage our extensive and complementary networks of individuals and organizations to provide knowledge, training, and tools to nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs around the world. About the Foundation Center. About Our Alliance.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

We faced a global pandemic, resulting in oftentimes disastrous fundraising. Organizations relying on event-driven fundraising suffered. And one of the biggest event-driven fundraising models shuttered their doors. Then, once nonprofits recovered their wits and resumed asking, fundraising initially rebounded big time.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

Note when the project was approved, the proposed project start date, and when the project is expected to be completed. For example, you will be reviewing your expense management processes as part of this project, but any fundraising management topics will be reserved for a later initiative. out of scope).

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2012

After foundation endowments and many corporations were battered by the 2008 recession, the buzz moved away from grantseeking as a viable long-term income source. Eastern time for a webinar in which we’ll touch on how best to make your case, cultivate funders, and craft proposals. Register today for this free grantseeking webinar.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. This means look first at foundations that are located in your city and state before searching across the country. Ford Foundation. Mellon Foundation. The Shubert Foundation.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Ensure they agree with your proposed budget for consulting services and understand the potential return on investment of hiring a consultant. Create a request for proposal (RFP). Once you have narrowed down your potential consultants to a few top candidates, send them your RFP to compare their proposed solutions.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

Provide the tools Offer folks training to increase their skills so they can hold conversations about DEI. The foundation of this skill set is the ability to give and receive feedback. Organizations need to train people how to recognize, address (this is often during feedback conversations), and de-escalate the conflict.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The Foundation Center wants to help you meet that challenge. About the Foundation Center. The Foundation Center is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to connect people who want to change the world with the resources they need to do so. Try Out the Foundation Directory Online. Other Foundation Center Resources.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

Nonprofit consultants specialize in a number of different aspects of nonprofit management from fundraising and accounting to web design. After all, if you’re seeking technical help for your website and online fundraising , you wouldn’t hire a capital campaign strategy consultant. Fundraising consultants. Website review.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. This means look first at foundations that are located in your city and state before searching across the country. Ford Foundation. Mellon Foundation. The Shubert Foundation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

There is a saying among fundraising professionals that proposal writing is both an art and a science. Grant funding can be a great way for a nonprofit to boost its revenue, with giving by corporations and foundations in the United States in 2013 amounting to $67 billion.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Cynthia Adams, CEO of TechSoup donor partner GrantStation , recently did an important online training webinar on how rural charities and libraries can get grants. The gap is especially clear in private foundation giving. It is also a good resource on best practices for writing grant proposals. The Resource Gap in Rural Funding.

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Achieve

JUNE 7, 2021

“The only way to learn fundraising is to just do it!” Most training in the field was from professional associations like. Designs for Fundraising. ” For most people, fundraising was a sink or swim situation. But even then, training in fundraising could be effective and based on sound principles.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

ANNOUNCING THE FUNDRAISING QUICK START PROGRAM! The Fundraising QuickStart program is a 6-week webinar series designed to help you zero in on the strategies that are guaranteed to raise the funds your nonprofit needs NOW! It’ll be like having your own personal fundraising trainer to stretch you and help you grow!

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

For example, you could need assistance with: Fundraising strategy, including a wide range of specialized campaign types. Create a request for proposal (RFP). Review their proposals. Develop a basic scoring system for each key stakeholder to use when reviewing and ranking each proposal. Marketing strategy development.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Your nonprofit’s mission is the foundation of everything you do. They could be helpful in finding new ways to talk about your mission in your fundraising appeals, grant proposals, and more. What’s impressive about the High Fives Foundation ’s mission statement is its ability to briefly summarize its unique purpose.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2012

Foundation Center Resources. During this webinar, the Foundation Center's David Holmes walked us through various resources, including GrantSpace , a free information resource focusing on finding funding and grants. During both of these webinars, we heard about the Foundation Center's Cooperating Collections.

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

Capital campaigns are among the biggest fundraising undertakings that nonprofit organizations tackle, and they only come around roughly once a decade. But since they’re such big projects, capital campaigns bring inherent risks and challenges, and they require you to plan like you’ve never planned a fundraising campaign before.

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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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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2017

Or maybe your fundraising crew has identified current donor management software to keep track of your donors and fundraise more efficiently. For instance, having an inadequate donor management system costs the organization unnecessary staff hours, making for inefficient fundraising, and lost opportunities to engage potential donors.

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NTEN

AUGUST 24, 2012

In between rounds of Flukey Ball and deep fried sticks of butter, we've managed to wrangle some highlights for you: from a chance to win a $5,000 grant and an ebook collection to free and interactive fundraising tools, check out what your fellow NTENers have been up to lately.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Recruiting and onboarding new employees is far more costly than retaining existing trained employees. Before we go over how to implement new strategies to engage employees, let’s discuss the challenges many businesses and nonprofits face when it comes to employee engagement, such as: Insufficient training. Increased retention.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Fundraising & Grants/ @CASEAdvance. Jan 16 - 19.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the world of philanthropy, the coming year promises innovative corporate giving trends that can benefit both nonprofit fundraisers seeking support and corporations eager to make a meaningful societal impact. To get in on the action, nonprofits can take the following steps: Conduct internal matching gift training.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This problem is compounded by nonprofits’ lack of investment in manager training, leaving nonprofit organizations unprepared for the inevitable succession of leadership (Koenig, 2016). Although many nonprofits lack the resources needed to create comprehensive in-house leadership programs, training can be woven into daily work (Koenig, 2016).

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

writing assistant for fundraising? because this tool has transformed my life as a nonprofit fundraiser, and I believe it will do the same for you… Have you ever been faced with writing something and wished that you had an assistant to do the work for you? What happens when your nonprofit uses an A.I. Fundwriter.ai Fundwriter.ai

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Fundraising & Grants/ @CASEAdvance. Jan 17 - 19.

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