Grantmaking

Data Health

5 Ways Good Technology and Data Improve Our Community Foundation’s Morale

The efficiencies gained by technology can make a significant impact in the funds that nonprofits and community foundations deliver to improve social good.

Grants Strategy

Grant Seeking 101: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding and Winning Grants

Learn the keys to finding, applying for and managing grants that will help your nonprofit or social good organization get a piece of the grantmaking pie!

The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 103: Ramping Up for High-Impact Philanthropy

Cynthia Schaal, Chief Program Officer at Exponent Philanthropy, takes you step by step and helps your organization understand the obstacles you might face after taking a fresh look at your goals, strategies, and outcomes, and helps you determine what you can do differently to achieve a greater impact with your grants.

Outcomes Measurement

4 Steps to Implementing Your Social Change Strategy: A Case Study with SEFCU

What would achieving your organization’s mission look like? This case study shares how to become a results-focused funder and be able to measure the real impact you're having.

Disaster Response

Best Practices in Disaster Philanthropy

Donors often contribute toward disaster relief when the news of the disaster is fresh, but months or even years later, the recovery is still in progress and a variety of needs still require funding. Bob Ottenhoff joins The sgENGAGE Podcast to discuss disaster philanthropy challenges like this and more.

The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 74: Increasing Civic Engagement Through Philanthropy

Hear Javier Alberto Soto of The Miami Foundation talk about what they are doing to increase civic engagement in the community.

Manager Skills

5 Tips for Grant-Gazing: How to Determine Whether It’s a Star or a Black Hole

When determining whether or not a grant is worth pursuing, it’s important not lose focus on your primary objectives - both strategic and operational.

Budgeting

Establishing a Grant Office at a Healthcare Organization

The decision to establish (or restructure) a grant office is one that requires human and capital resources as well as diligence in execution. So, it’s crucial to the ongoing success of your grant office that there’s clarity within the organization

Fund Accounting

3 Steps to Get More Grants

In order for nonprofit accounting departments to elevate their role in the process, here are three keys to building grant funding that lasts

Disaster Response

2011 Online Giving Trends

Blackbaud released its 2011 Online Giving report today. The report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with [...]

Disaster Response

Blackbaud Index for July 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising [...]

Digital Marketing

5 Questions for Pamela Grow

This is a continuing series of 5 Questions for experts from across the nonprofit sector: Author, coach, copy-writer, nonprofit marketing [...]

Disaster Response

Blackbaud Index for April 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising [...]

Disaster Response

25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising [...]