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Searching for Grant Opportunities Using Google

Peak Proposals

While a grant database is ideal for conducting prospect research, many non-profits lack access to a subscription database and instead rely on free sources such as Google and other search engines. Finding grant opportunities to apply to is of central importance to most non-profit organizations. Search web pages for keywords.

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Does Revenue Diversification Actually Work for Nonprofits?

Peak Proposals

Some diversification is going to be required if your organization depends on grant funding because funders typically cap the amount of money that can go toward general operating expenses. its general operating expenses). Prospect research is the term used for researching potential funders using tools like a funder database.

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Dear Private Funders, Take a Cue from the Feds, Pretty Please

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

I do not claim to have all the answers, but after two decades of grant writing, I know a thing or two about how funders operate. Our friends at grants.gov have created a FREE central clearing house for grant prospect research related to federal grants – both current and days gone by.

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CFP: Journal of Advancement, Communication, and Development in Academic Libraries #OpenAccess

A Library Writer's Blog

The journal seeks to represent the significant variances in advancement operations from small, single-staffed offices to more expansive and complex library advancement environments. This journal will be published twice annually, fall and spring.