Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Writing a proposal for a project grant can feel like a daunting task, but with the right guidance, it doesn’t need to be a bewildering endeavor. In this blog, we will share the key elements of a typical project proposal and best practices for how to approach drafting each section to help you secure the grant you seek.

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Nonprofit Megaphone

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the vast and often overwhelming landscape of nonprofit funding, smaller organizations frequently find themselves navigating the shadows of larger, more established entities. Grants for nonprofits are among the most valuable sources of funding available, but also often among the most competitive.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

We hear from folks all the time who are looking for new fundraising ideas for nonprofits, especially fundraising ideas for a new nonprofit. They’re excited to get their fledgling organization off the ground, and they need the funds to do it. Broken Funding Models for Nonprofits Truly, it’s not your fault.

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The Charity CFO

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Nonprofits exist to meet a societal need or provide a public benefit. Unlike an organization whose primary goal is to make money, nonprofits exist to meet a community’s needs. That said, while it’s not your primary purpose, your nonprofit must find ways to make money. . How do nonprofits make money?

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 12, 2024

If you dream of devoting more time to a cause you believe in and taking it to the next level, you might ponder starting a nonprofit. The prospect of serving your community is certainly a calling worth pursuing, and nonprofits serve an essential role in their clients’ lives. 5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Start a Nonprofit 1.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 12, 2022

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on where to seek endowment funding for their local historic charity. . Any suggestions of where to seek funding? The best place to start is always in your own backyard. Your best donors are those with whom you already have a foot in the door.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to persuade leadership to get donor thank-you letters out sooner: Dear Charity Clairity, I just took a new job and have discovered they don’t get thank you letters out for two weeks. Trust is the foundation of all lasting relationships. I told my boss, the E.D.,

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

funding from foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors, the U.S. federal government, corporations, and donations through donor-advised funds (DAFs) and online platforms. . We invite you to dive into key findings from the report and explore granular data on our funding map. . In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Before it officially wraps, let’s take a look at the top articles of the year on the Get Fully Funded blog. Get ready to soak up all the goodness from these jam-packed 2023 fundraising articles. Through split testing, you can learn what types of subject lines appeal to your donors and get them to open your email and respond.

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The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Contrary to what many people envision, a nonprofit audit doesn’t usually start with a letter from the IRS. Instead, an independent nonprofit audit is something you choose to build trust in your nonprofit organization. An audit can be a critical step for a growing nonprofit that needs to raise increasing amounts of funds.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

Drafting a fundraising plan can be intimidating, especially if it’s your first time and you have no fundraising plan structure. But if you want to fully fund your nonprofit, you simply must have a plan. You can’t wing your way to success. I guarantee you that every nonprofit you see raising big bucks has a plan.

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 31, 2023

The IRS does not require nonprofit audits in most cases, however, they may periodically request an audit (examination) or a compliance check. Should My Nonprofit Obtain an Independent Audit? State Governments: Depending on the state you operate in and the funding you receive, you may be required to conduct an independent audit.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Its compelling aim promises to empower nonprofits to share vital information about their organizations, one time, on their Candid profile, where it can be accessed and re-used by all to reduce the inefficiency and reporting burdens faced when applying for funding.

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The Charity CFO

JULY 13, 2022

And charity watchdogs are a critical source of information for donors, grantmakers, and other funding sources when deciding who to trust with their money. . So if you want to do a better job of raising money for your cause, you’ll need to be in good standing with these organizations. Donor-Advised Funds. Sororities/Fraternities.

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Statement of Activities is the Income Statement of a nonprofit organization. Simply, it reports your organization’s revenue and expenses during a specific period and the difference between them. . As a nonprofit, you call the difference between revenue and expenses the change in net assets. . Or profit. .

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The solution is to have a recipe or rather, a plan, that maps out all your fundraising for the year. You see, your annual fundraising plan is a treasure map that leads you to the exact activities that will raise the most money for your nonprofit over the course of the coming year. Engage your Board.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Starting a Nonprofit: Basic FAQs What is a nonprofit?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 27, 2021

What does this have to do with someone who leads a small nonprofit? Some smaller nonprofits have endowments. And even if you cannot imagine an endowment in your near future, adopting an endowment mindset can put you on a path to financial security. Small nonprofits are scrappy like that. That’s right.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Have you taken the time to assess your expertise as a development professional from a leadership perspective? Due to this collective mastery, your work offers an invaluable skill set that uniquely positions development professionals for leadership at nonprofit and philanthropic agencies. Organized recordkeeping is key.

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Nonprofit Megaphone

JUNE 23, 2022

Your nonprofit does what you need to do to keep the core of your finances compliant. You set an annual budget and fill out your Form 990 on time each year. But this is often not enough for nonprofit organizations to get the most from their finances. Are you even sure your Form 990 is correct? Capital budget.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

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. “The said Cory Howat, Executive Director of the Catholic Community Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. “We

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 11, 2022

Corporate sponsors are the best way to add lots of money to the bottom line of your fundraising event. You’ll also gain credibility as you promote your event because the names of the businesses supporting you brings validity. Unfortunately, most small nonprofits aren’t good at getting sponsors. They either. What do they want?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Even foregoing that, hiring officers say that they are ready and eager to recruit diverse candidates , but they’re just not getting the applicants. Diverse candidates are not applying for fundraising positions through the traditional channels, and the hiring officers don’t know where to post their job listings in order to attract them. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. We surveyed over 700 nonprofits to find out what advice they’d give themselves and others about fundraising in the new normal. The bottom line: if you can’t reach your donors, you can’t solicit them.

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Fundraising Coach

APRIL 18, 2016

Grant seeking is a distinct form of fundraising - one that can seem like a complete mystery. She's not only written grants, she's successfully helped others write them. More importantly, she's even worked in a foundation that gave out grants. Tips & Tricks from the Foundation Side of Grant Seeking.

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Fundraising Leadership

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Jane Roig, vice chair of the board of directors of Helios Education Foundation, receiving the Leading Philanthropy Award at the recent Power Up conference. With this lineage of strong women informing her own educational journey, Roig says, “My personal story aligns with the foundation story and even with the grant programs.”

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Do a Google search on nonprofit bookkeeping, and you’ll find page after page of articles on nonprofit accounting. Because while nonprofit bookkeeping and accounting are related, they’re not the same thing. Furthermore, nonprofit bookkeeping differs in some critical ways from for-profit bookkeeping too.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Building an organization from the ground up is a challenge, but with the right nonprofit tools, the heavy lifting gets easier. There are SO MANY nonprofit tools out there, all promising to make your work easier as you grow your new nonprofit. Google products are widely used in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Leaders in many places facing economic decline—be they post-industrial cities in the Rust Belt or depleted communities in former coal mining towns—are increasingly looking to entrepreneurship as a means of revitalization. Image Credit: AMAL BEN SAAD on unsplash.com. Scale is not equivalent to size. A How-to Guide for Scaling Deep.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Writing job descriptions is essential to building your nonprofit’s organizational structure and ensuring that employees understand their responsibilities. These tips will clarify how to get started: Job Description vs. Job Posting: What’s the Difference? What is the Purpose of the Role? What is the Purpose of the Role?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2018

This article was originally published in Nonprofit Hub Magazine. Whenever I find myself with a few hours of free time, I like to consult nonprofit professionals to help make their organizations more robust and self-sufficient. And, almost always, grants are the driving force of that frustration and tedium. Let me explain.

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Lets Talk Nonprofit

JUNE 7, 2017

Alas, summer isn't always a picnic for nonprofits. And for many nonprofits, June 30 marks the end of their fiscal year. Regardless of where you are in your nonprofit's "year," there are five things you need to do now. IF JUNE 30 MARKS THE END OF YOUR FISCAL YEAR, Compare your year-to-date actuals to your budget.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

For many of you, this is your fiscal year-end. For those of you on a different fiscal year, skip down to “Cleaning up your Prospect Database” and save this checklist for whenever the time is right for you. There’s nothing more important to your bottom line and long-term sustainability than donor retention.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

But are you ready? More importantly, are your staff and volunteers ready and trained to perform productively in their roles? More importantly, are your staff and volunteers ready and trained to perform productively in their roles? Step 1: Assess your position. How about your revenue sources?

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 26, 2023

Nonprofit leaders have an especially hard time understanding, preparing and filing their returns. You see, a 501 nonprofit corporation is recognized as tax-exempt by the IRS but this doesn’t mean they are exempt from filing taxes. Fortunately, filing taxes for a nonprofit doesn’t need to be stressful.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 31, 2024

Build vendor databases with caterers, A/V tech suppliers, graphic designers you’ve worked with successfully before that understand your brand and expectations. From there, map out detailed project timelines spanning pre-event promotion to post-event follow up. The truth is, we’ve all been there as newbie planners.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Do you know what your retention rates are or how to increase donor loyalty? Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. . After all, an average customer retention rate for for-profit businesses range from 54% to 84% , which is well above the nonprofit average of 43%. .

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