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How one nonprofit commemorates enduring sibling relationships with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

The private and supportive SibsForever community is made up of hundreds of surviving siblings, totally separate from any major social media platform. Finally, Amazon Relational Database Service ( Amazon RDS ) supports a managed configuration for historical and user-entered data.

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An Introvert’s Top 3 Tips for Approaching Grant-making Foundations

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Seriously though, in my 25+ years in nonprofit fundraising, I have met many more introverts than extroverts who gravitate toward grant writing and management versus individual donors or special events. Many people become grant writers because they’re better with words than people. And by many, I mean me. You too, maybe?

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The 11 Best Conferences in 2024 for Anyone Looking To Learn More About Library Promotions and Marketing (and Some Are Completely Free!)

Super Library Marketing

One of the best ways to find your library marketing soulmates… the ones who will nod sympathetically when you talk about how hard it is to get engagement on your social media posts or how your co-workers expect you to make a flyer for every single program is at a conference.

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Grant Professional: We Are Strong & Mighty

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

My buddy Lisa works for Westcare, which offers programs across the continuum of health and human services, programs that treat substance use, manage mental health disorders, and help those dealing with HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, and homelessness. We match the right funding programs to our organization’s programming. Then we do it again.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Nonprofits and Grant Making

Peak Proposals

In addition to coping with the threat of illness or managing an active case of the coronavirus, many families are also bracing themselves for an uncertain financial future. Although we often think of social media users as falling largely in the younger age bracket, it depends on the social media platform.

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Perfection is the Enemy of Successful Grant Writing

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Back in the aughts, I was a newly hired manager of corporate and foundation relations at a food bank with the directive to aggressively grow grant funding—by at least 25% in my first year. The same is true for social media and other forms of communication. I had to get it done and get it out there.

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NonProfits & Branding – The Paradigm Shift

Public Policy Blog

Many nonprofits use their brands primarily as a fundraising tool, but a growing number of nonprofits are developing a broader and more strategic approach, managing their brands to create greater social impact and tighter organizational cohesion ( Kylander & Stone, 2012 ) attempting to act as catalysts of change in the world.