Grants

Some nonprofits had to endure weeks or months—10 months and counting for Illinois—without a budget this fiscal year. With budget impasses becoming more common, what can you do to prepare if or when one affects your state and your nonprofit?

States have faced record-breaking budget impasses this year, with nonprofits having to do their best to continue their missions without much-needed funding. Tensions increasingly are occurring in some states with political battles between governors and opposite party-controlled general assemblies, resulting in reduced or withheld funding that limits social service agencies’ abilities and could have dire effects on the communities they serve...

Grant writing is a time-consuming process. It can also be nerve-wracking if you’re inexperienced or working on a particularly important grant. Jeff Kutash, the executive director of the Peter Kiewit Foundation in Omaha, Neb., deals with grants on a daily basis. What does the head of a foundation that gave $18 million in grant money…

Philanthropy is the name of the game. Especially for Super Bowl 50 and the San Francisco Bay Area. This year’s host committee raised $12 million for local nonprofits, more than any other host committee has in years past, Fast Company reported...

Peekskill, N.Y, Mayor Frank Catalina is pushing to establish new rules nonprofits must follow before the city selects them to distribute federal and state funds, including a ban on awarding grants to elected officials. In an email Saturday afternoon to council members, Catalina wrote that he plans to work with the city manager and city…

That’s how many nonprofits view the topic of grants. But foundation-grant seeking is a strategic process, not a one-time grant submission. So, how does the nonprofit organization that is brand new to grant seeking begin laying the groundwork for successful foundation-grant funding? Begin by following these basics...

A New Hampshire nonprofit is making the unusual decision to turn down tens of thousands of dollars in federal aid. Keith Howard, the executive director of the Liberty House in Manchester, N.H., a transitional house that helps homeless veterans, said he is choosing not to seek a nearly $40,000 grant from HUD (Housing and Urban Development)…

If you don't have Marvin Teitel's book, "The Ultimate Insider's Guide to Winning Foundation Grants: A Foundation CEO Reveals The Secrets You Need to Know", you'll want to give it a spot right on your desk when you are grappling with a grant proposal. Teitel gives us the view from the other side of the…

While individual giving should form the backbone of every nonprofit’s fundraising strategy, grants from foundations and corporations play an important role in many organizations’ fundraising plans. In the past, we’ve talked about the grant-writing process, as well as different places to find grants for your organization. We went into even more detail in our two-part…

At a time when small grassroots, advocacy and watchdog nonprofits are desperately fighting to maintain their precarious budgets, two recent million-dollar grants to two established, well-financed organizations seem inappropriate and a waste of philanthropic resources. It is hard to tell why the Ford, Hewlett, Packard, Kresge and Robert Wood Johnson foundations and the Rockefeller Brothers…