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Project Budgeting for New Grant Writers

Peak Proposals

Grant proposals have at least two parts: the project narrative and the budget (aka cost proposal). There may not be a division of responsibilities between the cost and narrative proposals at a small nonprofit, leaving the project lead (or the grant writer) to both write the proposal narrative and prepare the budget.

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Trust-Based Philanthropy: Both Sides Need to Do Their Part

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

They spend money on fundraising and overhead activities to secure individual donations, increase marketing, host fundraising events, and submit and manage grants. An accounting of every penny is necessary. But foundations never want to fund 100% of a nonprofit, which means nonprofits must diversify their funding streams.

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The Power of Relationships for the Lonely Grant Writer

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

If you listen to the Fundraising HayDay podcast or know me some other way, you will quickly learn that I am an EXTRA extrovert. In the latest Fundraising HayDay episode, we spoke with Andrew Olsen about building healthy cultures in the nonprofit sector and various other topics. People are my passion, my jam, my lifeblood.

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Grant Professional: We Are Strong & Mighty

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

We handle funder site visits, write reports, spend the money, account for said money correctly, and ensure everything we promised in that grant application is delivered on time and managed on budget. No stress there.) Then we do it again. Anyone who took that leap into a new job, business, product launch, etc., I know you can do it!

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Writing Grants When You’re NOT a Grant Writer

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

They are firefighters, teachers, administrative assistants, program directors, accountants, and even elected officials and board members. I suggest you start small when it comes to fundraising goals. According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, more than 1.5 million nonprofits are registered in the United States.

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4 Software Tools For Better Nonprofit Grant Management

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Accounting Tools. Creating user accounts with limited access can help ensure your nonprofit maintains effective data security. . DNL OmniMedia’s guide to nonprofit consulting firms recommends factoring consulting costs into your overall budget when purchasing new software. Accounting Tools. Grant Management Software.

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Stop Soldier Suicide partners with Pariveda, AWS on mission to reduce suicide rates among US service members and veterans

AWS Public Sector Blog

To optimize for SSS’s budget and modest data volume, we’ve developed a custom AWS Lambda image capable of running Apache Spark within the runtime. For the other use case, we use Fivetran to ingest data from external sources (clinical, marketing, and fundraising data).