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Telling a compelling story: Communicating program impact in a grant proposal

Candid

Often, the reason a foundation declines a grant has nothing to do with you. Funders seek a return on investment With so many applicants and limited funding to go around, foundations view a grant as an investment. Food insecurity rates for your city are helpful, but national or global rates aren’t and might distract from your point.

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

We have identified 208 pledges and grants for Ukraine relief. This includes 34 pledges worth $241,773,200 and 174 grants worth $343,561,933 as of March 8. The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan account for 91% of total grant funding for Ukraine to date. Giving by funder type.

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An open grant report to MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett

Candid

It’s been one year since Candid received the email every nonprofit dreams of: confirmation of your $15 million grant. And we are embarking on a sector-wide campaign to support equity initiatives by updating our demographic survey, collecting data in a reusable form, and making it publicly and freely available. .

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Survey-Backed Insights to Keep Your Nonprofit Ahead of Changing Workplace Trends

Saleforce Nonprofit

In the trends report, 85% of those surveyed said staff retention will continue to be or increasingly become a challenge. In a 2021 survey by NonprofitHR , more than a third of those surveyed (35%) said they left their jobs due to dissatisfaction or disengagement with the current organization or culture.

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The Positive Social and Business Impacts of Employee Relief Grants During COVID-19

sgEngage

As we know all too well, the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has impacted far more than our health; COVID-19 has hindered personal, professional and economic vitality for many people as well. Earlier this year, we engaged our research partner, Canary, on a grant recipient survey of our clients’ employees.

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Post-Pandemic: Rebuilding Your Volunteer and Financial Base

Bloomerang

The good news was that the survey indicated seventy-five-percent of those questioned who stated they had pulled away from their pre-pandemic volunteering roles, were aiming to get back to the grindstone, once life returned to normality. . Rebuilding the financial base: resource opportunities for post-pandemic grants. based nonprofits.

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6 Donor Behavior Trends to Guide Your 2024 Fundraising

Allegiance Group

Our latest Philanthropic Pulse Survey results, released in April, outline how nonprofits performed quarter-by-quarter in 2023. The survey was held in January 2024, and 397 respondents participated. What’s more, between Q2 and Q4, about 63% of survey participants said they observed changes in their donor behavior.

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