Data Insights

How Grantmakers Can (and Should) Get Started with Research

Now is an important time for small and mid-sized foundations to engage in research activities. Institutional foundations are fighting to [...]

June 17, 2025| 6 min Read

Grantee Partnerships

4 Common Pitfalls in the Grant Review Process (and How to Avoid Them)

May 5, 2025| 5 min Read

Community Engagement

How to Leverage Your Grants Management System to Elevate Grantee Well-Being

April 14, 2025| 4 min Read

Grants Strategy

Grant Distribution Best Practices: 5 Tips for Funders

March 31, 2025| 5 min Read

Grants Strategy

Best Practices for Creating an Effective Eligibility Quiz in Grant Applications

January 31, 2025| 4 min Read

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    Community Engagement

    Ensuring Community Health Initiatives Are Built to Last

    Explore several steps that will help your organization create effective community health initiatives.

    August 5, 2024 | 6 min Read

    Grants Strategy

    5 Considerations When Updating Your Grant Application

    Change may be inevitable, but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. No one wants to live in a [...]

    July 22, 2024 | 4 min Read

    Budgeting

    Finance Best Practices for Your Grantmaking Organization

    As a grantmaker, you expect organizations you support to manage their awards effectively, accurately, and responsibly. Those same expectations should [...]

    July 16, 2024 | 4 min Read

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    Internal Controls

    How to Secure Your Grantmaking Processes with Effective Internal Controls

    Your grantmaking system is one of your organization’s most valuable assets. It contains a history of past grant requests, payment [...]

    July 2, 2024 | 5 min Read

    Data Management

    5 Steps to Strengthen Your Grantmaking Organization’s Data Governance

    A grant management system is no place for your garbage. And yet, many grantmakers leave duplicate records, incomplete contacts, and [...]

    June 24, 2024 | 5 min Read

    Change Management

    Beyond the RFP: How to Choose Technology Partners for Impact

    Grants managers are adept problem solvers. We conduct equivalency determinations and set up expenditure responsibility reporting. We review wire transfer [...]

    June 4, 2024 | 4 min Read

    Data Health

    From Data Deluge to Impactful Decisions: Mastering Data in Grantmaking

    Grantmakers are swimming in a sea of information. Applications, proposals, progress reports, impact metrics – the data collected throughout the [...]

    May 16, 2024 | 4 min Read

     

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    Change Management

    Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

    In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. The goal was to become [...]

    May 15, 2024 | 4 min Read

    Internal Controls

    How to Minimize Risk Throughout Your Grant Cycle

    There are millions of wonderful nonprofit organizations working to make this world a better place. And as a grantmaker, you’ve [...]

    April 23, 2024 | 4 min Read

    Grants Strategy

    Blackbaud Grantmaking: Examining the Past, the Present, and the Future

    If you are a grantmaker, you know how important it is to have a reliable and efficient software system that [...]

    April 15, 2024 | 5 min Read

    Internal Controls

    Don’t Let Staff Turnover Affect Your Grantmaking Data Quality

    Working in the nonprofit sector is hard. You and your grantees are driven by a passion for your mission that [...]

    April 2, 2024 | 5 min Read

    Grants Strategy

    What Are You Really Asking? A Checklist for Grantmakers

    As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. They help you gather information, assess needs, measure outcomes, and build relationships with [...]

    March 19, 2024 | 4 min Read

    Diversity Equity and Inclusion

    Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

    The very nature of philanthropy is based on empathy, compassion, and a strong conviction to improve overall human welfare and [...]

    March 18, 2024 | 3 min Read
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