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. Is there a person on your team with the capabilities to create a solid proposal?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

“Where do I look to find grants for my nonprofit?” Getting grant funds is REALLY exciting! Also, getting a grant means a funder values your nonprofit and trusts you’ll put their money to good use. A Grant is What We Need (or is it?) Plus, grants are never guaranteed from year to year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Instead of generating a profit that can be disbursed to shareholders or reinvested in the business, nonprofits funnel their revenue into things like research funding, program expenses, outreach, and work that directly impacts their mission. Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Very general and vague words can generate very vague responses and language. This is a good start, but to be usable in a grant proposal, it needs to cite sources. You can also learn about how Candid plans to leverage AI to enhance data organization, streamline search processes, and facilitate intelligent funding connections.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. As they wait, organizations, ideas, and potential progress suffer, and the riskier and newer a proposal feels, the more it is placed in the wait-and-see category.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

Maybe you’ve even played around with ChatGPT or some other AI language tool. AI in Grant Applications Perhaps the most obvious place to start would be the application process. This would free a nonprofit’s resources to apply for more grants or focus on their other outcomes. Think of transactional or in-kind granting.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

I’m referring to ChatGPT , a revolutionary language model developed by OpenAI that’s changing the game in every industry. ChatGPT (Chat Generated Paragraph Techniques) is an advanced natural language processing tool to provide information and cobble content together based on prompts entered by a user. Well, there’s a solution.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

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. Your leadership may set some parameters or fixed criteria around grantmaking goals, grant use, or eligibility.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Simply put, the people who write grant applications may be surprised to discover how difficult it can be for respondents to understand and answer their questions.” Make small changes, perhaps tweak the language a little or edit the question into a simpler format. What if English is not their first language?

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 24, 2024

They ideally would like to surpass the 50% mark, at which point management could grant them voluntary recognition that would bypass the need for an election. Leaders of the nonprofit declined to speak directly with The NonProfit Times but said in a statement that they have not yet received a formal union proposal to which they can respond.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Have you had any major changes in funding? Next, ask about what language resonates with them. Be sure to use active voice and descriptive language. They could be helpful in finding new ways to talk about your mission in your fundraising appeals, grant proposals, and more. Do you offer any new programs?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Having a framework is the magic wand to writing a successful grant proposal. Most people don’t write grants with this in mind. Most grant writers just start with long responses to grant applications, instead of first setting up their own plan. This 6-step GRANTS Writing Formula can help!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

I’ve heard that to be a major gift officer you have to have access to people with money, be comfortable socializing with them, and speak their language. Prior to 2011, the majority of my career was spent at small and mid-size organizations, where a large part of the funding came from foundations, corporations, and government grants.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone. When building through the API For more advanced users, there are ways to better tune models with more variables beyond language. This helps the AI understand your requirements better and provide a relevant response.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2016

At the level of language, there is not. Nonprofits are preoccupied with writing what the funder wants to read or hear, and foundations are compliant with proposal templates that change little over years or even decades. The second is the equation of funding or delivering services with achieving results. The first is compliance.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 8, 2016

In the nonprofit world, the beneficiaries of nonprofit services usually provide little, if any, of the revenue to fund the services they receive. 5 Best Practices for Nonprofit Funding: 1. Your mission needs funding to be sustainable and successful. Negotiate While Nurture Your Funding Relationships.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Exploring funding source prospects. Check your organization’s website, recent RFPs, grant proposals, etc. for the most current language being used and incorporate it into your plan. Use this section as the “elevator pitch” for your fundraising proposal. Exploring funding source prospects. Let's get started!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The foundation plans to fund 20 plus projects with new ideas on how to increase participation in U.S. They'll be providing $3 million in grants to individuals and organizations working on civic participation. Grants typically range from $35,000 to several hundred thousand dollars. and James L. Be brief and be visual.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

If this isn’t practical for you, you can also suggest language callers can use in an email–especially if this is your donor’s preferred method of communication. Assume in your tone and language your donor simply has forgotten or has just not got around to it due to the busyness of daily life. Personal handwriting packs a punch!

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 19, 2013

Grant application feedback. You spend hours agonizing over the language for a grant application. You put it in, wait a couple months, and then you get a one-page form letter informing you that you did (or more likely, didn''t) receive funding. Opaque funding decisions don''t help anyone. Exhibition proposals.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 23, 2021

Empathy is the language of nonprofit donation requests, annual reports and case studies. Nonprofit professionals often wear many hats, being the grant writer as well as the volunteer coordinator and on the marketing team, for example. This focus on funding first can be a dangerous rabbit hole for nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2017

We have been learning from both front line fundraisers and the organizations that fund them that stating intended outcomes in your pitch conversations and in your grant applications is becoming increasingly important so that funders can clearly see what specific results your organization is driving towards.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In 2020, they set a goal of raising $40,000 for their combined #GivingTuesday/year-end fundraiser to raise funds for their virtual summer camp. Ask these questions: Is there a project you want to get funded for immediate use, before the end of the year or early into next year? Are you funding programs or operations or both?

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

It exists in the algorithms that govern your Facebook timeline, explains why YouTube always recommends the perfect video, or more recently, powers the Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s Chat-GPT , Google’s Bard , or Bing’s AI Chatbot , and others that have made headlines. Chat-GPT is a generative large language model.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

In the last post, we discussed how to find the perfect grant for your organization. This week, we’ll dive into how to write an effective application that will get you the grant. Since you’ve already done your research and determined that your organization is grants-ready , you should be confident you’re a good candidate for this grant.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Look for grants. Here are some branding elements you should keep consistent across your operations and include in your organization’s style guide: Overall mission and goals Audience Tone and language Colors Logo Fonts. Consider other media outreach. Plan exciting fundraising events. Conduct peer-to-peer fundraising. Get creative!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

If you all don’t know Marie, she is the lead consultant over at Funding for Good. If you don’t know Funding for Good, their principal, Mandy Pearce, has been on our webinar series many, many times over the last few years, recommended Marie as her top expert. You may be saying, “What do donors want to fund?”

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . So she talks a lot about how you can actually use better texting language to create a sense of community and an offering of listening. Adam Grant, his book is right next to me. .

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This AI writing assistant will help you write appeals, proposals, thank-you letters and a lot more. you should constantly be referring back to your case for support both for the logic and language you are using to talk to donors. Writing Is More Fun With A Robot. It can even help write your case for support. .

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

You’ve determined your organization is grants-ready , searched high and low to find the best grant , and written an application that would make your English teacher proud. When I served on a committee that reviewed grants, I learned a lot of things I wish I’d known as an applicant. You’re almost there! What will people see?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2007

Today the business plan was funded - and will continue to build on the work done in the past. in costs in grant proposals -some organizations in the sector doesn't see it as an important -premature - orgs don't know what is available -can't perceive any value - pay for what? Looking at sustainability of the network.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

Let’s look at how SMART goals can help you row your boat toward your destination of a fully funded budget. For example: “acquire 100 new donors this year” or “write 10 grant proposals before March.” Create a grant calendar by January 1 of the top 10 grants we’ll go after this year. Create a grant calendar.

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DipJar

APRIL 19, 2021

So, you would think that the most pressing skill to build is in revenue generation, like fundraising , government grants, or fee-for-service programs. This year more than ever, nonprofits will struggle to secure funding, and for many, even clients. No doubt that’s high on the list, but something comes first—marketing. You’re not.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Use robust profiles to manage information about your supporters, including their donation histories, volunteer hours, sponsorships, grants, and more. Organizations often struggle to create a concrete budget because of the highly variable nature of donations, grants, and other such funding. Segmentation.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

She said it can happen in one of two ways—either the organization is small enough that no one will notice, or has a director with such strong vision they can charm and fund the pants off of a new idea. One of the vendors made a proposal to us with the phrase: “It’s MySpace meets NASA." But we’re a non-profit. The way the Web 2.0

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

Personally, I have been futzing around with learning R (a statistical/data manipulation language) and have passing knowledge of a lot of the concepts that these fellows addressed—machine learning, natural language processing, etc. But it did feel like I was moved from first year high school French straight to an immersion class.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 31, 2022

Maybe a major funder reduced their donation or stopped funding your organization altogether. Sometimes funders change their priorities and you are left having no idea why they stopped funding you. But even when you are not overly dependent on a single funding source, losing a big donor can impact your nonprofit goal.

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