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AWS re:Invent 2024 recap for government agencies

AWS Public Sector Blog

Watch the session to learn how adopting services like Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) and Amazon Q enabled Bonterra to drive more impact across fundraising, grant management, and strategic philanthropy.

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Opportunities to Connect Urban Conservation and Vacant Land Stewardship

Center for Community Progress

In September 2024, Community Progress convened a learning exchange in Cleveland for leaders in land conservation and their partner land banks and local government agencies from four cities: Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit.

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Where in the Organization Chart Does Your Grant Professional Belong?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

We are fundraisers, so nonprofits often place us in the development department. We might report to city managers, executive directors, development directors, finance directors, vice presidents, assistant superintendents, or any number of titles found in nonprofits, universities, local governments, K-12 schools, and other organizations.

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Twitter, Reading, and a Grant Conference; How I Found My People

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

For an extrovert who was the lone grants administrator of a local government, this sounded too good to be true. My Fundraising cohost, Kimberly, is one of my fellow Grant Pro Book Club members, and we share how reading makes us better writers on the latest episode of the podcast: Readers Make Better Writers (podbean.com).

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What Does True Collaboration Look Like?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

We all like to think we collaborate with our fellow nonprofits, local governments, and other neighbors, but do we really? On the latest episode of the Fundraising HayDay podcast, Kimberly and I interviewed Art Serna, CEO of City on a Hill Milwaukee. True collaboration, simply put, is so much more than support.

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Summer Reading and Federal RFPs

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

While not the kind of thing I dream about while reading on the beach, it is vital reading for my work with nonprofits, local governments, and other organizations. If you want to learn more about how to read a federal RFP, I highly recommend you check out the latest Fundraising HayDay podcast episode: [link] how-to-read-a-federal-rfp /.

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Improve Your Grant Success with the Help of Elected Officials

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

For more details about local government grant seeking, check out this blog post. But as I moved into work with nonprofits, I realized that outside of local governments, many organizations do not take advantage of the assistance provided by their elected officials. They can help with support letters.