Thoughts on Nonprofit Leadership

Grant Writing: How Will You Sustain Your Efforts? grant writing

In What Foundations Want to Know we discovered the eight questions grant reviewers want answered. Grant Writing: What Need Do You Meet? gave us insight into how to describe the needs our program meets.  Grant Writing: How Do You Meet the Need You Describe? gave us pointers on how to write...

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Grant Writing: How Much Does Your Program Cost? grant writing

 In What Foundations Want to Know, we presented the eight questions grant reviewers want answered. In Grant Writing: What Need Do You Meet? we explored how to present the needs you are meeting in your proposal. In Grant Writing: How Do You Meet the Need You Describe? we discussed present the...

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Grant Writing: How Do You Measure Success? grant writing

 In What Foundations Want to Know, we presented the eight questions grant reviewers want answered. We talked about writing your needs assessment in Grant Writing: What Need Do You Meet? and writing about the program you want funded in Grant Writing: How Will You Meet the Need You Describe?...

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Grant Writing: How Do You Define Success? grant writing

 

In What Foundations Want to Know, we presented the eight questions grant reviewers want answered. Two weeks ago we explored the question What Need Do You Meet? Last week, we talked about answering the question How Will You Meet the Need You Describe? Today, we delve into how you can...

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Grant Writing: How Will You Meet the Need You Describe? grant writing

 

In What Foundations Want to Know we presented the eight questions grant reviewers want answered. Last week we explored the question What Need Do You Meet? Today, we discuss how to write about the program you want to implement that meets that need. In other words, the program you want the...

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Grant Writing: What Need Do You Meet? grant writing

 Last week in What Foundations Want to Know we presented the eight questions grant reviewers want answered. Today, we discuss how to present the needs your proposal is describing.

Your needs statements are the crux of your proposal. What needs you choose to meet shapes your proposal’s...

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What Foundations Want to Know grant writing

Grant funding is a crucial part of many nonprofits’ fundraising strategies. According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, 17 percent of all charitable giving is given through foundations. Foundation also tend to give bigger gift amounts than many individuals, often in the $5,000 to a...

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How to Get Your Community Eagerly Involved with Your Nonprofit building community support marketing and communications

Do you want to recruit more volunteers? Donors? Good board members? Motivated staff? Advocates? Do you want the community to get excited about being involved with your nonprofit? Of course, you do. The question then is “how can I position my nonprofit so that I find good people eager to...

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