Mon.Jul 14, 2025

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Grant Success Isn’t Guaranteed—Even With a Great Proposal

Bloomerang

Too often, nonprofit leaders view a grant as a guaranteed win when everything seems to align. But seasoned grant writers know better. This blog breaks down what’s in our control, what’s not, and how to communicate the unpredictability of grants with confidence and clarity. “Our mission perfectly aligns with the funder’s priorities, the program officer invited a proposal, our program is rock solid, and we have an amazing grant writer in place.

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6 Common Hurdles Nonprofits Must Overcome to Launch Texting

NonProfit PRO

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Your Online Nonprofit Fundraising Playbook Starts Here

Clairification

In Part 1 , we reframed what digital fundraising is really about: not just mastering tools, but learning to connect with heart and humanity — in the places your donors already live: online. Now, it’s time to turn insight into action. Whether you’re launching your first online campaign or refining what you’re already doing, these four essentials will help you reach more donors, raise more dollars, and deepen relationships — all while staying true to your mission.

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From Head to Heart: Teaching Board Members the Power of Emotional Intelligence in Fundraising

iMarketSmart

Many board members believe their role in fundraising is to open doors, approve budgets, or review campaign reports. All of that matters—but if that’s where their involvement ends, something vital is missing. Fundraising is not just strategic. It’s emotional. And if your board doesn’t understand the emotional journey of the donor—or their own internal resistance to asking—they’re likely to stay on the sidelines.

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Stop Budget Burnout: A Better Way to Grow Your Nonprofit in 2026

Speaker: Sean Yoder

Nonprofits are under more pressure than ever to demonstrate financial accountability while continuing to expand their impact. Traditional budgeting models often fall short, reinforcing silos, limiting flexibility, and stalling growth. Enter collaborative budgeting: a dynamic, team-driven process that enables smarter resource allocation and builds financial resilience at scale.

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Bolstering collaboration to protect legal aid amid new challenges 

Candid

From disruptions in federal funding streams and capacity constraints to emerging legal hurdles, nonprofits are confronting new challenges and increased uncertainty. At Equal Justice Works (EJW), we’ve maintained our mission of ensuring the justice system works for all through many changes in the field of public interest law. And one way to navigate these challenges is by becoming more collaborative and creative in expanding opportunities to provide legal aid services.

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The Best Google Ad Grant Management Agencies for Nonprofits in 2025

Elevation

Discover Top Agencies Specializing in Google Ad Grant Management Effectively managing a Google Ad Grant can transform how your nonprofit grows its reach and impact. With up to $10,000 monthly in free advertising, it’s a unique opportunity—but it comes with complex guidelines that require constant attention and expertise. That’s where the right agency can make all the difference.

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3 Strategies to Transform Community Insights into High-Impact Campaigns

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

3 Strategies to Transform Community Insights into High-Impact Campaigns Taking raw data and feedback from your community and turning it into campaigns that truly work often begins with understanding those insights, spinning them into real stories, and using channels that get people interested and ensure measurable results. Here are some solid strategies that can assist you in using community input in a way that leads to successful campaigns.

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3 Reasons To Have #CourageToLead With Optimism in Chaotic Times

Fundraising Leadership

Issue 2852— July 15, 2025 When you are confronted with disruption or chaos, which of these is your reaction? I ❤️ to create chaos & run away. I embrace chaos to advance new ideas and achieve my goals 🏆. It stresses me but I calm myself down 😌 and press on. I hide under my desk until it passes. I put my head in the sand and pretend it isn’t happening.

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Avalere Health Offering Pro Bono Services to Healthcare Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Avalere Health's pro bono committee is now accepting applications from healthcare nonprofits for the fall of 2025.

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IRS Opens Door for Churches to Endorse Political Candidates

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, the Internal Revenue Service said in a recent filing. By Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a church in Harlem during his failed campaign to become the Democratic nominee in the 2025 New York City mayoral race.

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Interactive Webinar: Recurring Giving Events That Keep on Giving

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement

There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how

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The Most Good Must Be the Only Goal

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Peter Singer & T. Alexander Puutio This is the fifth article in an SSIR series authored by T. Alexander Puutio and other global development experts and leaders on how the sector can chart a path forward in the face of government pullbacks. See “ Development in Retreat? ” for an introduction to the series. A retreating America, surging nationalist sentiment, donor fatigue, collapsing trust in multilateralism, and, even, perhaps, the suffocation of empathy under the weight of global crises