Grant Writing & Funding

How Nonprofits Can Use YouTube to increase Donations How Nonprofits Can Use YouTube to Increase Donations YouTube is a popular platform that is being used to increase donations for nonprofit organizations. But how do you as a nonprofit leverage this platform? If your nonprofit organization has a tie to an influencer on YouTube, then don't be shy to ask that channel to support your nonprofit with a fundraiser. In this specific podcast, Sydney Stelmaszek reached out to me (she's a student of the grant writing master course, so it's always great to showcase student's journeys too!) and shared with me how her and her husband have utilized his YouTube platform to raise money for her nonprofit. —------------------------------------------------------ ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨ 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: Get sample grants, logic models, videos, and more. Start to write winning grants! https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 🖥️🔥 👉 Want to get paid to write grants? Join the Freelance Grant Writer Master Course to launch and grow a freelance grant writing business: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 🤗☕👉 Want to increase funding strategies for your Nonprofit? Join the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Master Course to schedule out your year and to increase diverse funding strategies: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ —------------------------------------------------------ So you get to hear firsthand how the Stelmaszeks utilized a different sector (technology) on YouTube and raised money for SynGAP1 (a rare disease their son suffers from) research. What I absolutely loved about what Sydney shares is how thinking out-of-the-box can really help nonprofit organizations come up with ideas that are unique and align with their missions. I also love the tenacity that Sydney and her husband have with helping raise funds for a disease that has impacted their lives so personally. Their can-do attitude and drive will surely help their son and so many other people. What We Discuss in this Episode about YouTube Donations Raising Funds for International Nonprofit Organizations How to leverage YouTube for fundraising Working at an international NGO SynGap1 Research How to find Influencers to work your fundraising events How a Tesla drive across the country was live-streamed How much money Sydney and her husband raised via YouTube for a nonprofit Find out more at: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/207 Favor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener?

I get a lot of questions about nonprofit financial management, cashflow planning, and fiscal software. Some common questions are: How do we plan out our nonprofit's budget? Who should review our finances? Does our nonprofit need an audit? Should our nonprofit use QuickBooks for our financial accounting? In this week's video and podcast, Ansley Fender goes into detail answering these questions and more! —------------------------------------------------------ ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨ 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: Get sample grants, logic models, videos, and more. Start to write winning grants! https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 🖥️🔥 👉 Want to get paid to write grants? Join the Freelance Grant Writer Master Course to launch and grow a freelance grant writing business: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 🤗☕👉 Want to increase funding strategies for your Nonprofit? Join the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Master Course to schedule out your year and to increase diverse funding strategies: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ —------------------------------------------------------ Ansley discusses the basics of how your nonprofit organization can eliminate red flags with simple financial strategies. For example, she recommends having an internal eye, treasurer, and auditor review your nonprofit's fiscal books. She also touches on the intersection of a nonprofit's administrative, programmatic, operations, and fundraising strategies. What Ansley and I Discuss: If your nonprofit should use QuickBooks The 3 roles of auditing your financial books How to handle grant writing management for your financial reports Cashflow planning The role of a CPA How to set up your financial books The importance of 990s And more... Find out more about Ansley at https://grantwritingandfunding.com/206-financial-management-cashflow-planning-and-quickbooks-for-nonprofits/

Asking donors to give money to your nonprofit may cause some people stress. Many nonprofit leaders, volunteers, or board directors may not know: 💰 how to approach the subject of giving, 💰 what specifically to ask for, or 💰 who to approach. The thing is, nonprofit organizations should ask for donations! But the how, who, and what is not something that comes natural to all. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨ 🍾🍾Join Omotola's 100 Perfect Donors Challenge by visiting: https://bit.ly/34tkdtp 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: Get sample grants, logic models, videos, and more. Start to write winning grants! https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 👉 🖥️🔥 Want to get paid to write grants? Join the Freelance Grant Writer Master Course to launch and grow a freelance grant writing business: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 👉💡 🖥️ Want to increase your nonprofit’s sustainability? Join the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Master Course: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Omotola Akinsola of The Funding Magnet shares with you her ASK Formula! In this ASK Formula she shares how to get donors to give! A: Ask family and friends S: Seek those family and friends to round up more donors K: Knock on doors with your extended network She also shares with you an overview on how to develop and implement a funding plan for your nonprofit. This is also a great takeaway for grant writers, funding developers, and board directors! 🍾🍾Join Omotola's 100 Perfect Donors Challenge by visiting: https://bit.ly/34tkdtp Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com/205 for all of today's show notes! Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author https://www.grantwritingandfunding.com/ Favor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener? ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨

To Move Mountains is an U.S. IRS tax-exempt nonprofit organization developed to facilitate education development in the conflict area of Nuba in Sudan. I had the pleasure of speaking to the founder of To Move Mountains, Ryan Boyette in this episode. He shares with you how this nonprofit has been able leverage resources and international funding. But first, they started (and remain) at the community level. They asked the pivotal question to the community, "What do you want?" A resounding voice was Education. _____________________________________________________________________ Want Resources on grant writing and funding? ✔️ ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨ 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: Get sample grants, logic models, videos, and more. Start to write winning grants! https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 👉 🖥️🔥 Want to get paid to write grants? Join the Freelance Grant Writer Master Course to launch and grow a freelance grant writing business: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 👉💡 🖥️ Want to increase your nonprofit’s sustainability? Join the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Master Course: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ ________________________________________________________________________________ What Ryan and I discuss on the Show ✔️ Why grassroots program development works better than top-down approaches ✔️ What the conflict has been in the Nuba Mountains ✔️ Why grassroots education is so important to Nuba people ✔️ How to get grants for organizations in other countries ✔️ Why large state grants might not be the best fit ✔️ How to get donors to engage in long-term projects Find out more about To Move Mountains: https://www.tomovemountains.org/ Find out more about this episode on https://www.grantwritingandfunding.com/204

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every particle of our lives. From our mental health to our physical health, we have been impacted. Nonprofit organizations and freelance grant writers are no exception to this impact. As we navigate through the ongoing pandemic, there has been many changes when it comes to employment. However, since 2020 the funding and human resource landscape has continued to evolve for nonprofit organizations and freelance grant writers. Which leads us to the conversation about how nonprofit leaders and freelance grant writers can leverage opportunities in the Great Resignation. ------------------------------------------FREE ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨ -----------------------------------------Nonprofit Strategic Planning Course 🤗☕👉 Want to increase funding strategies for your Nonprofit? Join the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Master Course to schedule out your year and to increase diverse funding strategies: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/no... _---------------------------------------Other Grant Writing & Funding Courses 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: Get sample grants, logic models, videos, and more. Start to write winning grants! https://grantwritingandfunding.com/gr... 🖥️🔥 👉 Want to get paid to write grants? Join the Freelance Grant Writer Master Course to launch and grow a freelance grant writing business: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/fr... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How Nonprofits Can Leverage the Great Resignation If your nonprofit is looking to fill positions, you have opportunities! ✔️ Consider Freelancers or Consultants vs. Employees ✔️ Don't Require Previous Nonprofit Experience ✔️ Conduct Strategic Planning to Revisit Your Mission and Hiring Needs If you are freelance grant writer looking to leverage the Great Resignation: ✔️ Leverage the fact that working remotely is now mainstream ✔️ Leverage your needed skill in grant writing! For your nonprofit to really gain speed, it is time to re-evaluate what you do and why you do it. Getting clear on your mission and vision statements and really embracing them can be the thing that keeps your nonprofit afloat. Conducting strategic planning will boost team morale, give needed guidance, and attract those from the Great Resignation who are longing to work with meaning. Breaking out your strategic planning can be as simple as conducting a SWOT analysis, evaluating your mission and vision statements, aligning your funding matrix, and mapping out your year. By doing this, your nonprofit will also be able to evaluate what types of skills are needed to advance your nonprofit. Furthermore, you will know what your budget is to either hire an employee or freelancer. These are critical decisions, but without doing the planning you will continue to operate in confusion and overwhelm. Want help for your strategic planning? Join the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Master Course to schedule out your year and to increase diverse funding strategies: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/no... Thanks for watching! Let me know what you think about the Great Resignation (Redistribution) for nonprofit organizations and freelance grant writers in the comments below! Please subscribe to get more on grant writing and funding! ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨ Warmly, Holly

Grant writers cannot get paid to write grants on commission. This is one of the most popular urban myths of the grant writing world. It might sound like a win-win situation, but it's not. ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨ 🖥️ Free Training on January 24th 2022: "How to Identify 50 Nonprofit Clients in Less Than an Hour" https://grantwritingandfunding.com/get-clients ✨ 5-Day Challenge: Confidently Pitch Your Grant Writing Services to Nonprofit Clients: (may be closed after Jan. 21st, 2022. Join our Hub Haven for the next challenge update at www.grantwritingandfunding.com): https://grantwritingandfunding.com/5-day ----------------------------------------------------- Courses at Grant Writing & Funding 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: Get sample grants, logic models, videos, and more. Start to write winning grants! https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 👉 🖥️🔥 Want to get paid to write grants? Join the Freelance Grant Writer Master Course to launch and grow a freelance grant writing business: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 👉💡 🖥️ Want to increase your nonprofit’s sustainability? Join the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Master Course: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ ------------------------------------------------------- #1: Writing a Grant on Commission is Against Best Practices & Is Unethical Getting paid a percentage of the grant award is against the best practices of the grant writing community. Some of the leading associations who prohibit writing grants on commission include the Association of Funding Professionals, Grant Professionals Association, and Grantsmanship Center, and here at Grant Writing & Funding. #2: Writing Grants on Commission is Against Federal & Accounting Guidelines According to the OMB Super Circular Uniform Guidance proposal costs are aligned with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and pre-award costs are very specific. The GAAP standards state that fundraising services should be paid “at the time services are provided.” #3: Grant Budgets Cannot be Allocated For Pre-Award Costs When creating a budget for a grant program, you design a budget for costs to (generally) create, operate, or expand a nonprofit's program. These budgets are generally for future projects (or expansion of programs). Once the grant is submitted, it goes through a review process. If your grant makes it to the top for approval, you then enter into a grant agreement (contract) with the funding source. They are approving your budget from time of signature forward. #4: Writing Grants on Commission is Unethical because a Grant is a Product Once a grant writer has written a grant, they have created a product. This product is a business plan that can be used for multiple funding advancements. Plus, this takes a grant writer's time, technical writing experience, and grant writing knowledge. Many grant writers invest in grant writing courses and hone their skills over years. Even if the grant proposal does NOT get awarded, it is still a product that can be repurposed for the following items: ✨ Resubmit to the same funding source next funding cycle ✨ Submit to other grant funding sources ✨ Submit for funding to corporate sponsors, etc. ✨ Use the copy from the grant for fundraisers, on websites, fliers, social media, etc. Thanks for watching! Be sure to subscribe and check out the full article here: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/4-reasons-why-a-grant-writer-cannot-get-paid-on-commission/ Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨

Why the Nonprofit World Has a Bias Against Women and How to Break the Bias It's true. Ask any woman who has worked in the nonprofit world if there is a bias against women and you will get head nods. ---------------------------------------- ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨ 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: Get sample grants, logic models, videos, and more. Start to write winning grants! https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 🖥️🔥 👉 Want to get paid to write grants? Join the Freelance Grant Writer Master Course to launch and grow a freelance grant writing business: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 🤗☕👉 Want to increase funding strategies for your Nonprofit? Join the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Master Course to schedule out your year and to increase diverse funding strategies: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ ------------------------------------------------ Gender Bias isn't a new topic to Grant Writing & Funding as we have also brought up why women grant writers charge less for nonprofit service compared to men (https://grantwritingandfunding.com/female-grant-writers-struggle-pricing-rates/). But this topic is one we want to highlight more and more! That's because nearly 66% of grant writers in the United States are female. We hear so many stories of female grant writers, nonprofit consultants, development directors, etc. that have faced discrimination. This is outrageous and needs to end. Gender bias is not a new topic to Mazarine Treyz, either. In fact, she is a huge advocate to end patriarchy, especially in the nonprofit space! That's why it is so amazing to connect with her and have her on the Grant Writing podcast and YouTube show this week. What Mazarine and I Discuss ✨Women and sexism in the nonprofit field ✨White supremacy culture affecting freelance grant writers ✨The 40 hour work week - why that isn't set in stone and what rhythm might work better ✨How women can negotiate and ask for what they want ✨And much, much more! 🔗 Mazarine mentions A LOT of links in this podcast. For all the links, please click over to: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/201 Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author https://www.grantwritingandfunding.com/ Favor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener? ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨

Identifying what to charge as a grant writer can feel difficult. It's one of the most frequent questions that I get. So this week, I asked Mandy Pearce from Funding for Good (https://fundingforgood.org/) to come on the YouTube show. ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨ 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: Get sample grants, logic models, videos, and more. Start to write winning grants! https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 👉 🖥️🔥 Want to get paid to write grants? Join the Freelance Grant Writer Master Course to launch and grow a freelance grant writing business: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 👉💡 🖥️ Want to increase your nonprofit’s sustainability? Join the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Master Course: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ What we identify is there is no magic number, but there is a formula for you to discover what that rate is for you. Because the most important constant variable in this situation is...You. To identify what you should charge to write grants depends on some of the following: ✔️Your experience in writing grants ✔️Your experience in securing grants ✔️Your geographic location ✔️Your business expenses ✔️Your sense of worth and value ✔️Your self-confidence ✔️Your understanding of the importance of what you do and the impact What We Talk About: ✨How Mandy got started with Funding for Good ✨How to structure how much to get paid as a freelance grant writer ✨Why freelance grant writers think nonprofits can't pay fees ✨Why consultants should also offer free content ✨Why free scholarships to access consultants don't work ✨How to know what you're worth as a freelance consultant ✨Why mindset is so important for freelance grant writers ✨When hiring a freelance grant writer (outsourcing) is better for a nonprofit than hiring an employee ✨How to increase your prices as a freelance grant writer Why discovery calls should be vetted and only 15 minutes Visit the website to see a full list of show notes and how to connect with Mandy: https://www.grantwritingandfunding.com/200 Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author https://www.grantwritingandfunding.com/ Favor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener?

Your nonprofit organization may struggle with keeping ongoing donors and in the everlasting search of new donors. Sound familiar? This is called donor churn. Most nonprofits churn 55% of donors annually! Holy Smokes! The thing is, it can cost 50-100% more to get new donors compared to the donations they will give. Yikes! Enter Bonjoro! "Bonjoro is building the world's first Customer Delight platform to help great teams build real relationships with their customers at scale." Simply put, Bonjoro is an amazing platform where your nonprofit can easily connect with donors via video. I use Bonjoro and I love it. It's been a great way that I have been able to send videos to customers and create a personalized relationship with them. In fact, an epiphany came to me one day where I thought... "OMGEE...This would be excellent for nonprofits to build donor relationships!" Clearly I am not the only one who thought this! When I reached out to Bonjoro to have a chat, they pointed me to their amazing nonprofit platform where they do this! Just imagine as soon as a first-time donor gives a donation you get a notification on your phone. ✨ You take a super quick video to thank them by name. ✨ With a tap of the finger the video would be emailed over to them. ✨ All in all, you might have spent two minutes to run a quick thank you video. But the power of that video is HUGE! No downloading the video to upload somewhere else, to only get rejected by their email because the file is too large. Everything is streamlined. There are definitely other ways that your nonprofit can use Bonjoro to boost donor retention. What Matt Barnett and I discuss to Boost Donor Retention ✨How nonprofit organizations can use Bonjoro for fundraising campaigns ✨How nonprofit organizations can utilize video for monthly giving ✨What Bonjoro is and how to use it ✨Why Matt Barnett created Bonjoro ✨Why building relationships is vital for nonprofits ✨The culture at Bonjoro (and the story behind the bears) ✨Bonjoro's 1% pledge and why that inspired me ✨How to work with virtual teams (I know. Seems random, but so GOOD!) ✨How your nonprofit can apply to be considered for a Bonjoro pledge Check out the full episode and where to find Bonjoro: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/199 ✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨ 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: Get sample grants, logic models, videos, and more. Start to write winning grants! https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 🖥️🔥 👉 Want to get paid to write grants? Join the Freelance Grant Writer Master Course to launch and grow a freelance grant writing business: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 🤗☕👉 Want to increase funding strategies for your Nonprofit? Join the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Master Course to schedule out your year and to increase diverse funding strategies: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author https://www.grantwritingandfunding.com/ Favor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener?

✨💌 Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com for the Hub Haven Grant Writing Resources 💌✨ 👉💰🖥️ Grant Writing Master Course: Get sample grants, logic models, videos, and more. Start to write winning grants! https://grantwritingandfunding.com/grant-writing-master-course/ 👉 🖥️🔥 Want to get paid to write grants? Join the Freelance Grant Writer Master Course to launch and grow a freelance grant writing business: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-course/ 👉💡 🖥️ Want to increase your nonprofit’s sustainability? Join the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Master Course: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/nonprofit-strategic-planning/ Writing grant proposals can feel overwhelming, defeating, and just plain stressful. However, it doesn't need to feel that way when writing a grant proposal. When you understand the basic grant writing structure, then you start to: ✨ Put grants together more quickly ✨ Feel more confident when starting the grant writing process ✨ Start to see your grant award success rate improve Follow these simple steps to write a grant to eliminate overwhelm, defeat, and stress! ✔️ ​Step #1 Grant Proposal Process - Get the FOA/RFP ✔️ Step #2 Grant Proposal Process - Research the Needs and Design ️✔️ S️tep #3 Grant Proposal Process - Articulate the Goal ✔️ Step #4 Grant Proposal Process - Narrow the Objectives ✔️ Step #5 Grant Proposal Process - Timeline Your Activities/Tasks ✔️ Step #6 Grant Proposal Process - Strategic Budget ✔️ Step #7 Grant Proposal Process - Submit Early For the full article, visit: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/7-steps-to-write-a-grant-proposal/ Favor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener? ✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to join the free Grant Writing & Funding Hub Haven ✨✨