Resources to Learn Fundraising

One funder’s great guidelines, timeline and communication. Last month, our regional community foundation posted a grant opportunity that had a fantastic process. Curious how that can look? Read on. Fast Funding Decisions Here’s the timeline for the Marin Community Foundation’s Community Power Initiative: February 20 – RFP posted and applications open. April 5 – Applications due. (Why at 2pm? I’d like to think they were hoping to deter a late Friday night for nonprofit staff perfecting their submission.) May Read more…

Melanie Hamburger and the team at Community Grantwriters create unique tools – many of them are free! – to help you build revenue for your nonprofit’s important work. Proposals to Make Your Nonprofit Shine Telling your story succinctly in a way that conveys the impact you create isn’t easy. But a well-written proposal is key to making a funder’s job easy to say Yes! to your grant request. Use these free tools to create compelling language that Read more…