Gratitude is an important “X Factor” in grant funding. You may have heard me talk before about grant “winning” versus grant “writing”. I believe you could write lots of grants with the belief that the philanthropic community owes you something …
Now may be the best time in recent history to get new foundation grants. Foundation grants are up right now and fewer “usual” nonprofits are applying. Now is the best time to get your foot in the door with new …
Often, people ask me about the difference between individual giving and foundation giving. They want to know if they can focus on individual giving only instead of foundation grants. What I say is that for most nonprofits, individual giving is …
Are you begging for grant money? In the past, I have talked about the importance of positioning your organization for success in your grant applications. A lot of nonprofits I work with approach funders like Oliver Twist, begging for money. …
Often, people ask me what foundation grant funding will do in the future. I dust off my crystal ball, check my gut, synthesize my ongoing research, and make a prediction. I have predicted before that foundation grants will be tighter …
The most important thing you can do when you want grant funding is to position your program for grant success. What does that mean? It means to think about your program from a funder’s perspective and to make it easier …
Where are foundation grants going in 2021? Let’s look into the crystal ball. The difficult part about foundation grants is that all of the data we have on foundation giving is often 18 to 24 months old. Foundations file their …
The most common foundation fiscal year is January 1 to December 31. This means that many foundations are approaching the end of their fiscal year and their deadline for foundation grant distributions. The time to apply is now! The time …
To win more grants, you need to persuade funders. Persuasive grant applications win more money. In the second part of this micro-learning, I will walk you through the final three elements of persuasion and why you should be including them …
Organizations helping child abuse survivors have a mission that resonates with most of the general public. You have to be heartless to not want to help child abuse survivors. Protecting children is something instinctual within most of us. Yet, many …
