AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Public sector organizations often use third-party software-as-a-service (SaaS) for project management, human resources, event registration, web analytics, donor management, marketing, and more. The fundraising and membership platform SaaS host open APIs. Select members-test-event from the event name dropdown.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 9, 2023

Conference navigators typically email first-timers before the event, sharing advice, and offering to answer any questions. DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services, LLC is so excited to be season 6 sponsors for Fundraising HayDay , a podcast about grants and such.

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Grant Training Center

MARCH 9, 2020

The key to maintaining a successful nonprofit organization is to have a diverse fundraising strategy that builds upon your organization’s core strengths and resources. Likewise, a solid market analysis is essential in developing a diversified and successful fundraising strategy. Collect emails at public events.

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A Library Writer's Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

The Journal of Advancement, Communication, and Development in Academic Libraries (open access journal) publishes articles that offer strategies and case studies for practical application of strategic fundraising and communication in academic libraries. Events Roundup Section —Did you plan an amazing event? Tell us all about it.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 27, 2022

And that’s from the polite Fundraising HayDay cohost. If you listen to the Fundraising HayDay podcast, you know that my cohost Kimberly would have more to say. . Special events. Any chance you know of other funders who love this type of project? Options to consider include: Other grant funding sources. Individual giving.

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Grants4Good

JUNE 24, 2024

The Scene A very skilled, experienced, enthusiastic person accepts a fundraising position at a nonprofit. Watch here for an exclusive online event at Grants4Good, where Charles Lewis and Margit Brazda Poirier, delve into the transformative power of Bloomerang‘s software for nonprofit organizations. The passion is there.

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2020

In fact, we’re going to begin with tips for working remotely, because if you can’t collaborate online, you won’t be able to prepare a grant application or launch a successful fundraising or crowdfunding campaign. The foundations that have signed the pledge agree, among other things, to: Loosen or eliminate the restrictions on current grants.

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GovLoop

APRIL 11, 2023

Starting May 1, the Federal Employee Education & Assistance (FEEA) Fund, an independent, nonprofit 501c3 organization, will launch their virtual exercise fundraiser, where participants can log 37 miles of exercise in 37 days, in celebration of 37 years of “Feds Helping Feds” at FEEA.

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Being a finalist has helped startups accelerate fundraising, facilitate partnerships, and even drive customer acquisition! The community : Once you are nominated, you become part of the GSV Cup Startup Academy — a monthly virtual event and community series dedicated to providing valuable insights around early-stage EdTech startups.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® is a leading customer relationship management (CRM) software used by nonprofits to communicate with donors and drive fundraising programs. Cloud-based CRM tools are routinely used to collect, analyze, and leverage data that can help accelerate fundraising.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 3, 2023

To get the details of how to best lean into working with elected officials, check out the latest episode of Fundraising HayDay. When you have big events (groundbreakings, grand openings, fundraising galas, and the like), invite the staff member as your guest. As grant professionals, we want every advantage we can manage.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly using videos to fundraise, raise awareness, and attract new members or donors. A fictitious customer, the Example Educational Fund of AnyTown, supports schools in its area by organizing fundraising events and creating programs for students.

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Grant Central USA

JULY 20, 2023

Most certifications require an online or in-person course that covers topics such as proposal writing, fundraising principles, project management, and budgeting. With this certification, you can also take advantage of professional opportunities such as speaking engagements and networking events.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The application uses AWS Lambda for a performant event-driven, serverless photo resizing and video conversion processing tool that helps support a smooth user experience as they upload large videos and photos. Unifying data to boost nonprofit fundraising outcomes. How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 18, 2024

Unemployed with a graduate degree in sports biomechanics (next time we meet, ask me anything about running or running shoes), I answered a tiny little ad in the newspaper that said “Fundraiser Wanted – Fax Resume (715)867-5309.” No company name or what they meant by fundraiser. Full speed, nonstop, 30+ fundraising events a year.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 13, 2022

As I was reading Jess Pettit’s book “Good Enough Now” in preparation for our interview with her on the Fundraising HayDay podcast it hit me – being my own boss doesn’t mean I have the best boss ever if I am always saying yes to everything but not stopping and thinking about what saying yes means in terms of time, commitment, and stress on my life.

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A Library Writer's Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

We are looking for dynamic, original proposals that demonstrate your best practices applied to library fundraising and communication. By listening to a speaker, participating in a panel discussion, or talking with colleagues, you may discover at ALADN a new idea or approach to getting to the point of fundraising.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

On Tuesday, March 14 at the Capital Turnaround in Washington, DC, this no-cost, in-person event brings together the nonprofit community to learn and engage around how innovation in the cloud can drive positive change for people and the planet. View the full agenda.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Upon the file’s arrival in the S3 bucket, a Lambda function is triggered by the Amazon S3 event notification, which initiates an AWS Step Functions workflow to begin processing the uploaded data. For the other use case, we use Fivetran to ingest data from external sources (clinical, marketing, and fundraising data).

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A Library Writer's Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Have you implemented a new (or old) technology, hosted an event, partnered with others in your community, or just done something really cool? We’re looking for seven 50-minute presentations and four 10-minute “lightning round” presentations. Submit your proposal by Friday, December 16, 2022.

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Super Library Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2023

OWWL Library System posts regularly to LinkedIn, spreading awareness of its many services, especially its outreach events. LinkedIn is also a place where your library can build partnerships, fundraising, and legislative support. They speculate that many Twitter/X users have moved over to their platform. Don’t share links in your posts.

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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

An example of using benefits before features is illustrated by a current fundraising campaign launched by Uber. The activities section describes the interventions you will undertake, such as holding events, conducting training sessions, or creating a tool. The campaign is raising money to purchase ambulances for Ukraine.

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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

An example of using benefits before features is illustrated by a current fundraising campaign launched by Uber. The activities section describes the interventions you will undertake, such as holding events, conducting training sessions, or creating a tool. The campaign is to raise money to purchase ambulances for Ukraine.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Foundations Are Not All Alike Another exception to the rule that foundations give out grant funding is the case of a not-for-profit institution, such as a hospital, that has an affiliated foundation that operates as the institution’s fundraising branch and applies for grants and solicits individual gifts on its behalf.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 25, 2022

I always say that small nonprofit leaders should spend 50% of their time fundraising and grantseeking. Do you rely too much on individual donations or fundraising events (that are often expensive to put one)? #2: I can’t tell you what the plan is because it should be highly specific to your organization.

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The Whistle Post

APRIL 11, 2022

All are invited to a fun spring event on the water featuring a silent auction including premier purses donated by local community leaders. Dress for Success Mid-Fairfield County offers all services to clients at no-cost and relies on donations and fundraising events for support.

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Grant Central USA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Moreover, some grant writing courses facilitate access to local networking events, conferences, and professional associations related to grant writing, opening doors to a broader community of professionals. Facebook Groups: There are numerous Facebook groups dedicated to grant writing, fundraising, and nonprofit work.

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Grant Consulting Services, LLC

AUGUST 29, 2024

And sometimes, the best opportunities are off the beaten path, i.e. researching funders of similar organizations in your field, exploring corporate giving programs of local businesses, or even attending local community foundation events. A well-rounded approach to funding research means: a.

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Peak Proposals

APRIL 3, 2023

Many funding gaps are ultimately filled by unrestricted funds the organization has generated through traditional fundraising activities (e.g., While any budget is somewhat of a guess because projects can face unexpected events and higher-than-predicted costs, there is a difference between educated guesses and fiction.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 28, 2023

Many organizations perform direct mailings, designed to support fundraising or assist with other efforts to help further the organization’s mission. The items labeled GET_INVOLVED, EVENTS, DONATE, etc. Likewise, if a member has a recommendation of EVENTS, I likely want to provide information about upcoming events.

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Grant Consulting Services, LLC

JUNE 13, 2024

For example, nonprofits can partner with businesses to support their events and programs in exchange for sponsorship opportunities and fundraising. As we’ve seen and noticed in the grant profession, relationships are critical to success.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

OCTOBER 30, 2022

You can also save news clippings about relevant events to a file. As the political, social, and economic landscape changes, you will want to update your statement of need to reflect these changing circumstances. One way to accomplish this is to spend an hour every month or so searching for stats. 8: Learn to love revision.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

I’ll also describe an architecture for deploying CiviCRM in a way that is highly available and resilient to service disruptions or events. Nonprofits can use CiviCRM to store contact data, send personalized messages, plan events, manage membership programs, organize advocacy campaigns, and more. Choose Update.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The university’s $6 million plan looks good so far, with a fundraising campaign on the way. Instead of a river of concrete running its entire length, State Street should become an urban park catering to walkers, shoppers, sidewalk cafes, art, music, small business kiosks, trees, public events and more.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Arts Festival and fundraiser, Uintah Elementary School, Salt Lake City. Although many of the schools do art festivals in the Spring, doing great projects as fundraisers. Most figure that PTAs suffice, but again, PTAs are mostly comprised of parents of schoolchildren, not interested parties without children. It dates to the 1980s.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 27, 2024

There is also a special event variant of special night time illumination (Georgetown BID's Glow, Austin's Waterloo Greenway's Creekside Festival, Oakland's Lakeside Gardens Autumn Lights Festival, traveling shows), often as a fundraiser. From " He's not hot, he's just buzzed by the public art in Bridgeville."

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For example, a nonprofit organization’s fundraising application might only need an RTO/RPO target of hours. Every organization and workload are different. Some public sector organizations might have workloads that can tolerate a higher RTO target (e.g., longer time to recovery).

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