Grants

In my role of Network for Good's Jumpstart Collective Impact Program, I'm privileged to regularly brush shoulders with our sector's preeminent funders, all working at the forefront of progressive, next-generation grantmaking practices...

Nonprofit organizations all over the world are fighting for change in the name of social good, and a great way to help these nonprofits reach their goals is by applying for grant funding. Grants take up plenty of time and resources, and with everything that you and your team need to accomplish on a day-to-day…

You’re here because you work for a nonprofit organization. Maybe its next endeavor is going to be a very expensive one—and we’re not talking about a $100,000 project; maybe it’s a $1 million project or a $5 million project. In any case, your nonprofit wants to embark on a brand new journey (say, a new…

Grants. You’ve most likely heard the term thrown around the nonprofit field, but do you (and your nonprofit organization) know what they are? And if you do, do you understand the grant process and the benefits of acquiring a grant? Grants can come from foundations, corporations and government agencies. Sure, you hear the word “grant,”…

In a nation of over 1.5 million nonprofit organizations all striving for significant change, it can be challenging to find a grant worth the application process. Grants take up plenty of time and resources, and with everything that you and your team need to accomplish on a day-to-day basis, the last thing you need to…

Where do you even begin? Don’t fret! Grant writing is not intimidating and provides plenty of benefits for your organization.

A growing number of nonprofit funders participating in the “effective philanthropy” movement have embraced the idea that grant dollars can’t change everything. They steep all aspects of their work and staff in the belief that effective foundations don’t exist to grant money...

Do you believe the idea that “money can’t change everything?” I certainly believe this (and heck, I’m a career fundraiser). Money will never solve all problems. Now, how do you describe what your foundation does? Would you say identifying, funding and evaluating grants to nonprofits that do good work (within your focus) is a fair […]

Nonprofits owe it to themselves to regularly and systematically assess the health of its grants management program, as doing so will help ensure success in this critical realm going forward. Many factors affect grant writing success...

Although it’s tempting at times to think of the nonprofit and the business worlds as completely separate, they actually rely on each other in a number of significant ways. In a socially conscious age, businesses genuinely want to support good work in their communities to be rewarded with positive public image...