The Nonprofit Sector And Community Solutions Act, H.R. 5533 I.R., was proposed June 16th, to Congress, by Minnesota's

From The Foundation Center...[If you are interested in this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post.] Deadline: October 1, 2010 (Online Pre-qualification Form) Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation Offers Instrum

My husband is a techie and on Mashable , this weekend, he spotted a new online fundraising tool that combines fundraising software, a donations/donor database, and a social media fundraising system combined into one "easy to use" online fundraising tool called

From The Foundation Center...[If you are interested in this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post].Deadline: October 1, 2010 (Letter of Inquiry) Grammy Foundation Accepting Applications for Music Pres

Some suggested resources considered standards in American philanthropy that are just good for any professional working in the nonprofit sector and professional fundraising of any kind to know about:The Foundation Center's

From The Foundation Center...[Note: If you would like more information on this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this blog post.]Deadline: January 5, 2011 Wildlife Conservation Society Accepting Applications

Every nonprofit must take stock, each year.  Usually an organization's leadership sits down, at least once a year, and formally discusses: how have programs and services done this year; how has the organization, itself, operated this year; what needs improving (for both programs and services, and the organization's ope

From The Foundation Center...[If you are interested in more information about this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" below.] Deadline: September 10, 2010 Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Accepting Applications for 2011 National Grant Program

Volunteering with a nonprofit (in whatever capacity one wishes, for whichever organization a person wishes) is not only very healthy for you; a recent study found; more Americans are volunteering than ever before and the increasingly higher numbers than before, another recent study found!  Given the finding

The National Science Foundation has a grant application process that allows for a speedy grant application process (including an expedited grant application review, expedited response to grant request, and an expedited granting of the money (if awarded)) in the situation of extraordinary na

I was recently asked to review the book, Careers in Grant Writing (2009, Cats Pajamas Press Houston, Texas) written by Caroline S. Reeder. In the interest of full disclosure to yo

From The Foundation Center...[If you are interested in more information on this grant, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post.] Deadline: March 10, 2011 Nominations Open for the 2011 Purpose Prize Honoring Older Social Innovators

If you are researching or are about to research (or prospect) for possible grant opportunities for a nonprofit, but you are not sure what each different type of grant is or what each is used for (i.e. capital campaign, general operating, etc.); then the following list will help you out.

From The Foundation Center...[If you are interested in more information about this grant, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post.]Deadline: Open Morris Animal Foundation Announces Establishment of Betty White Wildlife Rapid Response Fund

Each nonprofit, in order to receive its community's trust and support, must always be effective, relevant, and efficient in all of its operations, but especially in the services and programs it provides in order to achieve the goal of its mission statement.  This is how any nonprofit not only thrives and then grows, ov

From The Foundation Center...[If you are interested in further information about this grant, click "Link to RFP" at the end of this post].Deadline: June 25, 2010 (Pre-applications)Susan G. Komen for the Cure Invites Applications for Breast Cancer Research Grants

How can a nonprofit that is brand new to grant writing be as effective and efficient in its grant writing work as possible?  The following four tips will help.First, be certain that the entire grant writing effort has been

From The Foundation Center...[If you are interested in knowing more about this grant, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post.] Deadline: June 15, 2010M·A·C AIDS Fund Accepting Grant Applications for Housing Services and ProgramsThe

These are some of our best blog posts on Seeking Grant Money Today that explain how to plan for a new grant writing fundraising program within your nonprofit including, what action items to include, the entire time line, assignments, benchmarks, budgeting, and fundraising for

From The Foundation Center...[If you are interested in learning more about this grant, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the bottom of this post.] Deadline: July 1, 2010 (Pre-proposals) National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Invites Application

This is a case study about writing a strong and compelling grant proposal regarding, in a fair manner, but not overly stating emotion, to create an excellent grant application.  This is grant writing ala Red Riding Hood.  We too are aiming for porridge that is 'not too hot and not too cold'.  For example, peo

From The Foundation Center...[If you are interested in more information about this grant, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post.]Deadline: July 1, 2010 Applications Invited for Best Buy's @15 Community Grants Program

Eco conscious clothing company, NAU, is offering it's annual grant, Grant For Change, to any legal U.S. resident (or n

Exempt organizations officially recognized by the I.R.S. as such, must allow people who request them to see the organization's tax return forms 990 or 990-T or the nonprofit's tax exemption application materials (i.e. anything that the nonprofit provide

From The Foundation Center...Deadline: July 31, 2010 AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation Announces Connections for Cardiovascular Health Grant ProgramThe AstraZeneca HealthCare

This post explains general writing tips for all kinds of different fundraising writing such as grant writing, appeal letter composition, sponsor solicitation letters composition, and more.  The formats are different, as is the solicitation or request, but the need to describe what is needing funding and why is universa

From The Foundation Center...[If you are interested in more information on this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post]Deadline: June 1, 2010 (Concept Papers) Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation Offers Support for Programs B

As many as one quarter of 1.6 million American nonprofits, including trade associations and membership groups, will lose their official "charity" status with the Internal Revenue Service, at midnight on May 15, and thereby lose their tax exemption status.  They will lose their ability to raise tax free donations. 

From The Foundation Center...[If you are interested in more information about this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this blog post.]Deadline: Contact Funder National Geographic Society Announces Big Cat Grant Opp

Grant writing, as a process, can help a nonprofit: understand, in real world terms, what grant donors (and logically, also other types of donors) hope to achieve in the community, by donating; can help a nonprofit get its program designed, budgeted, and further planned (and hopefully implemented); and grant writing can help