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- Fundraising HayDay
Why Professional Development and Curriculum Matters to Your Nonprofit
Nonprofits all over the world include curriculum standards for their training and programming, but are they doing it well? Danielle Gines, a Learning &…
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The Differences Between Federal and Foundation Site Visits
Grant funders often conduct site visits. It’s a great way to ensure funds are being spent properly, programming is on track, and grantees are following…
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Making the Most of Your Nonprofit’s Financial Statements
For small to medium nonprofits, board members and executive directors are often left juggling everything – strategic planning, programming, fundraising…
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Dealing with Difficult Client Situations
If you’re going to work as a consultant, you need to be comfortable with having uncomfortable conversations. Clients will have unrealistic expectations, strong…
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Standard Attachments: The Paperwork That Makes or Breaks You
Grant writing is such a misnomer. As grant professionals, we spend about 80% of our time working on a million other things. One of the most time-consuming…
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AI in Grant Work: Our Two Hot Takes
Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be taking over the world, especially when the written word is involved. But is it the end-all, be-all answer to your…
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Ripped from the Headlines: Is the Administration Weaponizing Grant Fraud?
When money is involved, fraud is a possibility. It’s one of the reasons we have so many rules, regulations, and reporting requirements surrounding grant…
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Advocacy for Your Organization, Profession, and Self
Many nonprofits don’t participate in advocacy for fear it will jeopardize their nonprofit states. The truth is, there is a big difference between lobbying and…
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Proposed Changes to Uniform Guidance
The Office of Management and Budget proposed many changes to 2 CFR Part 200 (also known as Uniform Guidance) in early June. If approved, changes will…
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Getting the Information You Need, Part 2: Tools to Get the Job Done
Grant professionals require access to subject matter experts and information to develop successful grant proposals. We often lament about the hardest aspect of…
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Understanding Annual Versus Single Audits
If your agency receives grant funding, chances are you’ve been asked to share said organization’s most recent annual audit. And if enough federal funds are…
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Capital Campaigns Demystified
If you’ve worked at a nonprofit long enough, you’ve been involved with a capital campaign. Whether you’re raising capital for a new building, large piece of…
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Capacity Building: A Funder's Perspective
It’s rare to find a funder fully invested in nonprofits - not just funding their work, but also investing in their growth and development. The Tracy Family…
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Getting the Information You Need: How to Gather Grant Content from Co-Workers, Clients, and Partners
If you’re a grant professional, you need information from other people. Grant proposals require data, stories, documents, and so much more. It’s never a solo…
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Beyond Nonprofits: Organizations Transforming Communities
When we talk about nonprofits, most of us assume we mean the 501(c)3 varieties. But that’s not the only mechanism available to organizations looking to build a…
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Grant Writing is Fundraising
Fundraising and Grant Writing – people often think they are two different things. But the truth is simple: grant writing is one aspect of fundraising, along…
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Building Successful Funder Relationships
Spoiler alert: grant writing is so much more than writing. Building and maintaining funder relationships is a big part of your role as a grant and/or nonprofit…
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Why Commission Based Fees are Unethical for Grant Writers
Can I just charge you a percentage of the grant once it gets awarded? If you’ve worked long enough as a consultant, you’ve gotten that question at least once…
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Navigating Grant Writing as an Employee
When you are an employee charged with fundraising through grant proposal development, what are your roles and responsibilities? Your position in the org chart…
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Navigating Banned Words in Federal Grants
What is a grant proposal other than a string of words that describe, show, influence, educate, and move mountains? In 2025 we started to see a dramatic shift…
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The State of Federal Grants, Part 2: Implications & Moving Forward
In part 2 of the state of federal grants, we’re focusing on the implications of 2025 and how we can move forward. Tremendous cuts to federal research…
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The State of Federal Grants, Part 1: What Went Wrong
When it comes to federal grant funding, a lot went wrong in 2025. We’re kicking off a two-part series, with this episode focusing on how we got here. Policy…
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Mistakes Were Made – A Sneak Peak
NOTE: This month, we’re sharing our mistakes were made episode with all our listeners – the free podcast community and our patreon subscribers. If you’re not a…
- Fundraising HayDay
December Book Club – A Sneak Peak
NOTE: This month, we’re sharing our book club episode with all our listeners – the free podcast community and our patreon subscribers. If you’re not a member…
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Top Ten Things That Helped Us Survive 2025
Between DOGE taking over grants.gov, a freeze on federal grant funding, executive orders attacking nonprofits and the grants profession, and a government shut…
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Unscripted Rant-o-Rama
Sometimes a good rant is cathartic. In 2025, whatever you can do to get thoughts and feelings out in meaningful (and unharmful) ways, we say go for it! And…
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Ripped from the Headlines: Federal Funding Scandals Across the Country
Nonprofits and grant funding programs exist for public good. But sadly, not all individuals and agencies tasked with the responsibility of safeguarding grant…
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Advocating for Change: How Nonprofits and Grant Pros Can Push for Better Practices
Many in the grant community have been calling for reform for years. We’re frustrated by inefficient processes, inequitable practices, and systems that waste…
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How to Run Fundraising Events Without Burning Out
You may find this hard to believe, but fundraising events aren’t always the money-making events people think they are. Let’s take a deep dive into how to run…
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Unapologetically Profitable with Julie Boll
It’s often a touchy subject for consultants and employees in the nonprofit sector – how much should you charge/be paid for your work? Truthfully, the answer…
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Permission to Fail
Leadership is vital to the success of any organization. We often talk about it. We often dream about good leadership. But who actually takes the time to study…
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Building Your Grant Management Team
To ensure the proper checks and balances of an organization, it takes more than one person to manage your organization’s grants, particularly when federal…
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Educating Up!
You’re the grant expert for your organization, but chances are you are not the executive director, city manager, superintendent, or other titled leader. And…
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The Big Not-so-Beautiful Bill and You: Preparing for the Storm
What is known as the Big Beautiful Bill was signed into law on July 4, 2025. While this is not a budget bill, its legislation includes tax changes and spending…
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Fundraising Everywhere
Professional development (or learning and development as it is referred to in the UK) is often the first thing cut when budgets are tight. But what does that…
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How To: Tracking Down Data for Needs Statements
Any experienced grant professional will tell you: if you don’t have a need for the grant, there is no need to write the grant. A needs assessment (or problem…
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Unrig the Game
2025 has been a year, and it’s only June. For those working in the nonprofit space, it’s time to unite our voices and lead with courage. Today we’re speaking…
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Grantsmanship, Resilience, and Celebrity Philanthropy
Today’s guest said that her career culminated during the pandemic when she was working on her doctorate around nonprofits and organizational resilience during…
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How To: Grant Readiness
What’s the first step of the grant writing process? In what might be a shocking turn of events, it’s not grant writing. So many organizations skip the grant…
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Grant Professionals Collaborating
Collaboration comes in so many shapes and sizes, especially when grant professionals are involved. You can sub-contract for consultants, develop a joint grant…
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Grants for Awards & Prizes
Does your organization have an award or recognition program for your members? Did you ever consider using grants to fund those programs? Well, maybe you…
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Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever experienced imposter syndrome? Our cohosts have. Heck, many grant professionals have. We’re sharing our own experiences, the many types of…
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Ageism Mother&%^$$
Have you ever been treated as if you couldn’t do a job or a skill because you were too old or too young? Have people stereotyped you because of your…
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Changes to OMB’s 2 CFR Part 200
In October 2024, the latest changes to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements…
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Inclusive Language
When communicating with anyone, language matters. Language is especially important when you serve as grant and/or fundraising professionals who use the written…
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Coaching Up!
Professional coaching can go a long way to improve your work, your team, and your organization. But what does it even mean? We’re talking with John Hall…
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Volunteering Your Way to Professional Development
A great way to spread your wings, learn new skills, and gain leadership experience is to get involved with a professional organization. For grant and…
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Federal Appropriations – They’re Back With a New Name!
If your organization is looking to meet community needs for the benefit of the public, whether it be infrastructure or programming, you can ask your federal…
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Communication is Key
As grant professionals, communication is the root of our work. Not only are we responsible for conveying information through the written word, but we must…
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Top 10 Things We’ve Learned About Grants Throughout Our Careers
Amanda and Kimberly have a combined 50+ years of grant work. To say our cohosts have learned a few things along the way is an understatement. They are sharing…
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Morphology: How to Build and Grow Your Grant Consulting Business
For many grant professionals, the leap from working for an organization to starting your own grant and/or fundraising consultancy is a scary one. There are so…
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IRS 990s
Foundation and corporate grants are a funding source for many nonprofit organizations, but since these funders are not required to have a website, your best…
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Pro Tips for When You Wear All the Hats
Have you ever worked at an organization where you were expected to bring in all the funding plus a million other things? Your title might be Development…
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Mentoring, Faith-Based Funding, and More
People come to the grant field from a variety of backgrounds and their work varies depending on their clients, focus, and experience. Dr. Janelle Harvey’s…
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How To: Letters of Support
Many grant proposals allow, and sometimes require, letters of support. Whether you call them support letters, letters of endorsement, or commitment letters…
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Right Sizing Your Agency for Grant Funding
The fastest road to burnout is overloading your staff. Boards, elected officials, executive directors, and other leaders must understand the capacity of time…
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Unlocking Courageous Leadership with Julie Boll
It’s a bonus episode! In January 2024, Kimberly and Amanda (your Fundraising HayDay cohosts) attended Courageous Leadership training led by Julie Boll. Over 8…
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I am ADMIN
What two things are necessary for a sustainable nonprofit? Fundraising and administration. What two things are nonprofits often judged for spending money on?…
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How To: Logic Model
Logic models: you either love them or hope you never have to create one. But the truth is, you should not be intimated by one. Simply put, it is a flowchart…
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Disrupting the Development Hierarchy
In 2023, today’s guest (Laura Chynoweth) penned the blog post “Disrupting the Development Hierarchy” in which she spells out why grant writing so often is…