Here in New England, there is fall in the air, thinking I need to put away my shorts, as it has been a bit chilly…Hope everyone is ready for the businesses to get back into gear! Here are my picks for the week. 1. Why isn’t anyone sharing your nonprofit’s content? by John Haydon: [...]
As surprising is it may seem to all of you who have endured this challenging winter, I found a silver lining in the clouds that have been so abundant. With snow blocking the front door and the driveway covered in ice, I wasn’t tempted to venture out very much so spent more time than usual [...]
A lot of nonprofit organizations look at Foundations and Grant Makers as their fairy god mothers. They can really help but they can be really difficult to understand at times. Blue Avocado posted a great article to help nonprofits better understand grant makers and their affinity groups, Grantseeker’s Guide to Foundation Affinity Groups this week. Here are some of the areas covered:
My daughter and I were having coffee at Starbucks and reminiscing about ten years ago when we lived together and both wrote a lot of materials to help nonprofits raise money to achieve their missions. Whether it was a lengthy grant proposal or a two page annual fund letter, neither of us would ever send the piece out unless the other had first edited it for spelling, grammar and word usage. We often would go even further and comment on the content, suggest changes, and generally improve the document.