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The Future of Funding: Nonprofit Grant Management Software Trends

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As a nonprofit organization, securing funding is essential to fulfilling your mission and driving meaningful change in your community. It helps with everything from applying for money to showing how you spent it. It was a time-consuming process that was prone to mistakes, making it tough to stay organized and keep track of everything.

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Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

sgEngage

All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. While nonprofits will hopefully see an increase in unrestricted funds—and a decrease in burdensome reporting requirements—as part of this and other movements, good nonprofit accounting principles still apply. What Are Restricted Funds? What are Unrestricted Funds?

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Funding Faith: Raising Money For Religion-Based Organizations

Bloomerang

Nonprofit professionals working in this sector of philanthropy cite a strong belief in their organization’s mission and daily activities as critical to continuing to make an impact, even in challenging times. However, raising funds for these organizations can present unique challenges. Katzen agreed. .

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Doing Your Appeal In-house? 5 Tips to Save Time & Money

Get Fully Funded

Below are my 5 top tips to save you precious money and time when preparing your own appeal. Give yourself plenty of time to find the best deals — and to recover if the order is wrong or your package gets delayed. Puts color on the front of the letter and grayscale on the back to save money. from the bottom.

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Why Fund Accounting Software Beats Spreadsheets for Nonprofit Grant Reporting and Compliance

sgEngage

You’ve been grant shopping for some time now, but are you prepared for what’s next once you start to receive them? To meet those requirements, you’ll need to be able to successfully track and manage your grants and effectively report on how you allocated these funds. Tracking: Cut Out the Spreadsheets!

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12 Times When You Should NOT Look for Grants

Get Fully Funded

When most people think about funding a nonprofit, they think they should look for grants. After all, there are thousands of foundations out there that exist to give money away. In order to raise the most money for your cause and create a stable future for your organization, you need several different sources of funding.

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Which Fundraising Events Bring in the Most Money for Small Nonprofits?

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A very common “go-to” funding idea for small nonprofits is fundraising events. Events are a great way to bring like-minded people together and have a good time in the name of your cause. Other events are smaller, more intimate gatherings where guests are directly asked for money. BUT the flip side? Probably not!)

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