Foundant Blog
Foundant Technologies' Blog on Philanthropy and Technology
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Read ArticleFunders - Take a Tip from Michelangelo
How foundations can use organizational learning to evaluate their impact.
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Read ArticleYear-End Fundraising: 2018 Practical Lessons Learned
With each passing year, we learn something new. This guide is designed to teach new strategies you might implement for year-end fundraising next time around!
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Read ArticleCultivating an Attitude of Gratitude: Why Giving Back is Our Culture
Workplaces that encompass a culture of appreciation, positive energy, and a sense of value give organizations purpose, direction, and a standard of behavior that motivates teams to aspire to greatness
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Read ArticleGrantmakers: Listening Leads to Improvement
Listening is the key to improving your relationships, your processes, and your organization.
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Read ArticleGrant Readiness Assessment: What it is and how to use it effectively.
I have been writing grants for over two decades and decided to put together a Grant Readiness Checklist to use for myself and with clients. This list has saved me so much time over the past few years.
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Read ArticleWho Knew Stephen King Was a Grant Writing Tipster?
After reading On Writing by Stephen King, I created a workshop surrounding tips from Stephen King and how they can be applied to grant proposal writing. Here are a few of the highlights.
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Read ArticleHow to Develop a Realistic 2019 Grant Calendar
Based on our real-world experience in grant writing our team is sharing how we create realistic grant calendars for our clients.
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Read ArticleFaith-Based Organizations: Getting Good Grants
No matter what your mission is, there is a donor somewhere in this world who is just as passionate about your cause as you are. You just need to figure out who it is!
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Read ArticleIn 2019, Choose Kind
We can choose. We can choose to be kind or mean, we can choose to give great service or bad service, we can choose to set a positive or negative example for others.
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Read ArticleTop 5 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Grant Writing Success in 2019
What are the top 5 things you can do to improve your grant writing success in 2019? Find out from Jana Hexter - writer and The Grant Writer's Well workshop teacher.
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Read ArticleLet's Talk About Grants, Baby!
Sylvia Redic and Amanda Day, GPC brought back the grant rap duo for GPA 2018 with a Salt-N-Peppa classic, Let's Talk About Grants, Baby!
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Read ArticleIs One of Your Professional Goals for 2019 to Serve as a Grant Reviewer?
Serving as a grant reviewer provides several benefits to your work as a grant professional.
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Read ArticleCultivating Culture, One Meeting at a Time
Bad meetings suck the life out of people and can also lead to bad decisions, reduced motivation, and conflicts - yet, for many, meeting time continues to increase.
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Read ArticleDon’t Go It Alone: Owning and Proposing Your BIG Idea
Discussing how to bring your big idea to the table when you've found something you're fired up about and need to get everyone else on board.
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Read Article5 Annual Fund Strategies to Reach (& Exceed!) Your Goals
Every nonprofit knows the importance of a successful annual fund campaign. Your annual fund helps your nonprofit set up plans for the coming year and gives your organization stability by assuring you
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Read ArticleYour Community Foundation Year-end Checklist
Year-end is an exciting time for community foundations, with a flurry of donations and grants by donors. Here are a few items to consider as we head into year-end.
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Read ArticlePut On Your Magic Grantmaker Goggles... and Let's Look at Proposal Budgets!
Ever wish you had x-ray vision into the mind of grant reviewers and grant decision-makers, so you could see your proposal the way they see it?
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Read ArticleCreating Your Nonprofit's Website: The Essential Guide
Your nonprofit's website is often the initial point of contact between you and your supporters. Maximize its effectiveness by following this essential guide!
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Read ArticleHow to Engage the Right Person, at the Right Time, In the Right Way: A Framework
Scaling your fundraising efforts are the key to effectively managing your donor relationships AND your organizational mission activities. Strategies to help narrow your approach to fundraising can hel
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Read ArticleOn Relationships: Recalling the Heart & Mind of Philanthropy
Often as funders and consultants, we’re distant from the work on the ground and it seems easy for us to stand up, out and above to advise on what should be done, and how it could be done.
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