Raising Money for Your Nonprofit Organization
Every nonprofit organization needs to raise money. Whether applying for grants, searching for donors, or throwing fundraising events, you’re always going to be looking for new ways to bring in funds. These [more…]
12 Annual Tasks for Every Nonprofit Manager
As a manager at a nonprofit organization, your job is to make sure that each of the following 12 organizational tasks is completed every year: [more…]
Securing Nonprofit Status in Ten Fairly Easy Steps
The most important aspect of being a nonprofit organization is having nonprofit status in the eyes of the IRS, or Internal Revenue Service. Take the following steps to gain nonprofit status for your organization [more…]
Nonprofit Kit For Dummies Cheat Sheet
The key elements of running a nonprofit organization include securing nonprofit status; managing your budget and the day-to-day work of your staff; and raising money, also called fundraising. [more…]
Creating a Successful Fundraising Strategy
Fundraising is a never-ending task for most nonprofit organizations. Although you may raise money with various campaigns for different programs within your agency, your overarching fundraising strategy [more…]
How to Write a Great Case Statement
The backbone of your fundraising campaign is a strong case statement. A case statement outlines what need your agency addresses, how you address it, what makes your organization unique, and how others [more…]
Monitoring Your Nonprofit's Cash Flow in a Changing Economy
As if a fundraiser’s job weren’t hard enough, sometimes the economy takes a tumble, causing contributions to your organization to slow down. You may need to revamp your fundraising message to make it clear [more…]
Fundraising For Dummies Cheat Sheet
No two fundraising campaigns are the same, but they all share the same goal: to raise money that nonprofit organizations can use to fund programs and help others. When you start a fundraising campaign, [more…]
How to Create a Funding Plan for Your Organization
Laying out a funding development plan is the first step to becoming proactive in grant seeking and grant writing. Both non-profit and for-profits organizations can benefit from a good plan for getting [more…]
How to Present Your Organization's Qualifications when Applying for Grants
Any funding source you approach will have questions about your organization's legal name and overall structure as applicant qualifications. Understanding exactly what qualifications the application is [more…]
What Attachments to Add to Your Grant Request
When you submit an application for funding through a grant, include any information about your organization, in the form of attachments, that isn't covered in the main the application. Here are some of [more…]
How to Find State Grants
Individual states in the U.S. receive their money from the federal government, so they provide grants from those funds. Congress votes to send money to the state-level government agencies in one of three [more…]
How to Figure Out Differences among Types of Federal Grants
You can apply for federal funding for your organization in a variety of ways. Federal government grant monies are available in two forms: direct grants and pass-through grants. [more…]
How to Find Grants through Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
You can find all sorts of information about grants offered by the federal government in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). The CFDA contains information about every competitive and formula [more…]
How to Register as an Organization on Grants.gov
In order to apply for a grant from Grants.gov, your organization must complete the (not so easy) Grants.gov registration process. To get your organization registered to submit grant applications on the [more…]
How to Register as an Individual on Grants.gov
If you want to apply for a grant from Grants.gov as an individual, you must complete the (not so easy) Grants.gov registration process. Individual registration can take up to one business day to complete [more…]
How to Download and Upload Grant Applications on Grant.gov
Since the arrival of the Grants.gov e-grant system, all the federal grant application forms that you need are available on that Web site. You can find, download, fill out, and upload an application electronically [more…]
Good Online Resources for Grant Funding
The Internet can be a great tool in your search for grant funding. Online resources for information about grants abounds. Here are some of the better Web sites for grant funding information: [more…]
How to Read a Request For Proposal for a Contract Bid
When a company issues an opportunity to bid on a contract for funding, often referred to as an RFP (Request For Proposal)or RFQ (Request for Quote), you must be able to quickly scan the technical proposal [more…]
How to Find Federal Resources to Help You Write Your Grant Applications
Most government agencies that award grants or contracts produce publications that can give you a leg up on writing all types of grant applications and RFP narratives. You can find these valuable resources [more…]
How to Write an Application That Wins Grants
The opening section of your application for funding is a key ingredient of your winning grant, cooperative agreement, or contract bid recipe. When you write your application, focus on the problem you want [more…]
How to Write Your Grant Application's Program Design Section
When you write the program design section of your grant application, cooperative agreement, or RFP narrative, remember that the point is to explain what you want to do with the grant, agreement, or contract [more…]
How to Complete Grant Application Cover Forms
Many groups of grantmakers, from foundations to corporations, have created their own customized common grant application forms and formats. Look for these types of common forms and formats on the [more…]
How to Complete Federal Grant Application Cover Forms
The electronic Grant Application Cover Form (also known as Form 424) has four pages (it used to be just one page). When you fill in the Grant Application Cover Form at [more…]
How to Present Your Organization's Capabilities in a Grant Application
When writing the organizational capability section of your application, you need to tell the grant reader, clearly and concisely, just enough information about your organization’s experience and accomplishments [more…]
