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What to Do When Your Fundraising Methods Fall Flat

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It’s a horrible feeling when the tried-and-true fundraising methods that have worked in the past stop working. Even experienced fundraisers sometimes use fundraising methods that just don’t work for a particular organization or audience. Let’s back up and look at your methods of fundraising through the eyes of your donor.

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5 Ways Grantmakers Create Work- and Tech-Life Balance

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Given this new reality, how do you stay focused on your mission while also creating tech-life and work-life balance? . reviewing grant proposals, writing RFPs, etc.).? . Which hours will you be available for life outside of work? . It’s also an ongoing practice that shifts with the seasons of your life and work.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

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Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. Many readers asked How do you become a grant writer? Q: What kind of folks have asked about becoming a grant writer?

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Grantseeking Basics: Developing a Grant Project

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Like it or not, grants are a necessity for nearly all nonprofits to stay alive and do good work. One tip I could have used early on was to plan and design the grant project before writing up a query letter or proposal. To help you focus on why your grant project is needed in your community, answer these questions: a. Objectives.

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Post-Pandemic: Rebuilding Your Volunteer and Financial Base

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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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How to Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back

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But given the realities of today’s 24/7 world, you’re grappling with how to keep up, make a meaningful impact, and live a fulfilling life with so many things competing for your limited time, attention, and energy. It took me nearly coming face-to-face with a life-threatening health crisis to have this realization.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. And for everyone else, it can bring up feelings of boredom, overwhelm, and confusion. Successful datamaking helps us put equity and dialectics into practice.

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