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- Fundraising HayDay
The Why in Grants is Silent - Part 1
If you have spent any time preparing a grant proposal, managing a grant program, or dealt with the many requirements centered around grant funding, you have…
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When Should You Write a Grant?
Everyone wants grant money for their organization, and why not? It helps fund programs, staffing, infrastructure, equipment, and so much more. But to be…
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Ask Me Anything
On November 5, cohosts Amanda Day and Kimberly Hays de Muga joined Lucy Morgan (aka My Fed Trainer) for an "Ask Me Anything" workshop at the 2021 Grant…
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Season Four‘s Transformative Top Ten
As tradition goes, Kimberly and Amanda share the things that brought them joy throughout the year. Join our annual top ten favorite things, and see what made…
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Getting the Most from Professional Conferences
Whether virtual, on-site, or a hybrid model, professional conferences are a great way to find tips on raising more through grants and fundraising. But they can…
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Fundraising Leadership: Giving with Joy, Caring, and So Much More
Fundraising leaders are required to do so much: help donors give with joy, manage the programs, write quality grant proposals, direct their staff, and so much…
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How NOT to Start a Nonprofit
Tax exempt organizations in the United States are the third largest employment sector behind manufacturing and retail. Nonprofits do a lot of good. They help…
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Tips for Helping Boards Succeed
Join co-hosts Amanda and Kimberly for the ups, downs, and all-arounds of working with Boards of Directors as a board member, staff, or consultant. Successful…
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Top Ten Tech Tools for Grant Pros
From productivity tools to social media management, there are a plethora of tech tools to help grant and fundraising professionals with saving time and keep up…
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Nonprofit Productivity with Less Stress
Learn how to make productivity tools work for you, not run your life in this fun, fast-paced interview with Scrum and Agile expert Avi Schneier, the Principle…
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Starting and Growing Your Own Consultancy
For some fundraising and grant professionals, consulting is the ultimate end game. For others, they fall into it through no fault of their own. Either way, one…
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Paths to and Beyond Fundraising: The Road Less Traveled
On this season's episode of the road less traveled we are talking to Simon Scriver, cofounder of Fundraising Everywhere. A backpacking trip in Australia led to…
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Earmarks, Quality Data, and Difficult Conversations
Today we're talking with Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers, cohosts of the Pantsuit Politics Podcast. They're known for their grace-filled political…
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Employees: To Give or Not to Give
Employee giving is a touchy subject. Don't believe us, check out the conversations on Twitter. We're talking to Ephraim Gopin, Founder of 1832 Communications…
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From Novels to Grants, It's All Research and Storytelling
To write a clear and compelling grant proposal, we need accurate data and a convincing call to action, woven throughout a persuasive narrative. At the heart of…
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Prospect Research: What's Old is New Again
Before you write the grant, you need to find the grant. Grant prospect research is a pivotal component of a grant professional's work. So where do you find the…
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You Want a Statewide, Streamlined Grant Department? Move to Illinois!
Join our cohosts as we talk with Carol Kraus, former Director of Illinois’ Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit. With backing by the state’s legislature…
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Don't Hate, Collaborate: Social Grant Responsibility
The grants and fundraising arena has always been a competitive endeavor. If you have spent any amount of time in the fund seeking world, you understand that…
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Better Budgets Win More Grants
Getting comfortable with understanding and developing program/project budgets is essential for winning grants. Most grant professionals do not have a finance…
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Ripped from the Headlines: Grant Fraud Ain't No April Fools' Prank
This season's ripped from the headlines episode highlights three instances of grants gone wrong. Join our cohosts as we discuss grant fraud from both a grantee…
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Expert Opinion: Tribal Nations
There are many varying specialties for grant professionals. So how do you choose the right one for your career? We recommend learning as much as you can about…
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Apples & Oranges: Comparing Public and Private Grant Applications
Grant applications vary from application to application. Public and private funding processes are often at two ends of the spectrum, from the level of detail…
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Burnout: Has It Happened To You?
Burnout is a reality in the grant profession. So how do you recognize the signs? And how do you learn to successfully move past the stress to get to the other…
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Winning Grants: Write a Real Page Turner
At the end of the day, we'd like funders to read our proposals with an eye towards funding our programs. So how do we keep them focused and excited to hear all…
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Monthly Giving: It's All That
The often overlooked and underappreciated source of nonprofit funding is monthly giving. Join our cohosts as we talk to Erica Waasdorp, author of Monthly…
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Let's Fix This Mess: Improving the Grant Process
We're kicking off season 4 with a heartfelt discussion about grant application processes and funding practices. Sometimes it's enough to drive even the most…
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Season Three's Transformative Top Ten
Season Three wraps with a top ten list of the cohosts' favorite tips, organizations, and helpful things. Join Kimberly and Amanda as they chat about all the…
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How Philanthropy Should Be
Join our conversation with Janay Richmond, Director of Marketing and Membership for the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP). NCRP believes…
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Do all the cool kids do it? Giving Tuesday and Other Campaigns
December 1st is Giving Tuesday, a day set aside to promote the spirit of giving through social media sites. It sounds like a brilliant fundraising tactic for…
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The Road Less Traveled: The Path of a Grant Professional
There is no clear trajectory for a grant professional. So where do you start, and how do you move up the ladder? The truth is, everyone's ladder is different…
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Ripped from the Headlines: Scary Bad Stories to Tell Round theGrant Cubicle
Sadly, horror stories abound of individuals and organizations not following the rules, regulations, and requirements set forth by grant funders. These stories…
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The Real Scoop on Self-Care in the Workplace
Work-life balance. Healthy work environment. The happy, health nonprofit. Let's face it. We have all heard the buzz words about having a healthy work…
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What's Your Problem? A Needs Assessment Deep Dive
Why do we seek grant funding in the first place? It is simple: we serve communities with needs. Without a need, there is no reason to write that grant proposal…
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Growing Your Loyal Donors
We are talking to Pamela Grow about individual giving. Nonprofits should have a diverse portfolio of funding, and believe it or not, grants are not the biggest…
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Recognizing the Signs of Career Burnout
Pat Duboise is a seasoned grant professional who recognized the signs of burnout after attending a national conference. Rather than giving in or ignoring it…
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The Enneagram: What's Your Type?
The Enneagram is a tool, complete with nine personality types, used to understand your way of relating to the world around you. Understanding how you and your…
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Storytelling, Marketing, and Social Media, OH MY!
Every organization has a story. The stories of our work and people served shape our fundraising, grant proposals, and communities, but how do we find them?…
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What's the Difference? Sub-recipients vs Contractors
Sub-recipients, contractors, fiscal agents, partnerships, collaborators - and the list goes on when it comes to potential relationships developed as a result…
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Grant Writers, Fundraisers, and Marketers: We're ALL Storytellers
Storytelling is at the heart of our work. We communicate with donors and grantors. We share the successes of the people and communities we serve. Join our…
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Break the Stress Cycle: What We All Need to Know
Sisters Emily (PhD) and Amelia (DMA) Nagoski, authors of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, join our cohosts in a conversation about stress…
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Anti-Racism and You and Me
As protests continue against the violence and racism that African-Americans experience every day, it's important to use our voices and actions to stand up to…
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Let's Get Ethical
Every professional organization associated with grants and fundraising has a code of ethics members must agree to uphold. As professionals we are responsible…
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A Lesson for Nonprofits: The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Thernos
Elizabeth Holmes built a billion dollar biotech health business in Silicon Valley, but the board, investors, employees, and the public were all mislead…
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COVID-19 Grants, Loans, and Other Assistance
The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act was signed into law in early March. Since then, private and public funders alike have…
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Facing COVID-19: Staying Healthy & Helping Grantees
As grant professionals and fundraisers, we look to data, information, and resources to determine the best course of action when meeting the needs of the…
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Transformative Top Ten: A List of Our Season 2 Favorites
Cohosts Amanda and Kimberly talk about their top ten favorite things discovered during Season 2 of the podcast. From books to technology to professional…
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Keeping You Out of Jail One Procurement Discussion at a Time
Grant funding requires that you not only stick to your approved budget, but you also follow the funder's procurement and conflict of interest requirements. The…
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GrantAdvisor: What the Yelp?
When you love or loathe a product or experience, you go online and write a review. It's the American way! GrantAdvisor applied the online review process to…
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Ripped from the Headlines: Grants Gone Bad
Grants are not free money. As stewards of someone else's money, whether the tax payers, a family foundation, or corporation, we are always responsible for…
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OG Productivity Tools
There are so many technological tools for assisting professionals in their grant writing and management processes, but technology is not the only solution in…
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I Survived an OIG Audit & Lived to Tell the Tale
For individuals managing federal funds, a visit from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is basically your worst nightmare. Hear from cohost Amanda Day…
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Getting it Done with SCRUM
Today's guest is Diane Leonard, GPC, President of DH Leonard Consulting. She is a Certified Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Product Owner through Scrum…
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Educate Up: Managing Above Your Paygrade
Grant professionals often find themselves in an awkward position: they are knowledgeable about grant rules and regulations, but they are not the official…
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Behind the Philanthropic Curtain with Edgar Villanueva, Part 2
Fundraising HayDay continues the interview with Edgar Villanueva, author of Decolonizing Wealth. Hear about collaborating with funders, sharing your stories…
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Behind the Philanthropic Curtain with Edgar Villanueva, Part 1
Ideally, grant seekers and grant makers should work hand in hand to better the communities they serve. Sadly, this does not always happen. Take a peak behind…
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Other Duties as Assigned: Conference Planning
Most job descriptions have that dreaded line: other duties as assigned. Sometimes your boss throws something new your way, and sometimes you take on new roles…
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How the Sausage is Made: Becoming a Grant Reviewer
Learn the process of becoming and participating in federal grant/peer reviewing as we interview Ericka Harney, GPC, CFRE, CAE, and CVA. Highlights include how…
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What Downton Abbey Can Teach About Fundraising Events
Fundraising is one of many ways nonprofits raise funds to support their mission. But fundraising takes a lot of behind the scenes work, and that work is not…
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We're All Unicorns: Transforming Philanthropy with Nonprofit AF's Vu Le, Part 2
Part 2 (of 2) continues last episode's interview with Vu Le, best known for his blog Nonprofit AF. In front of a live audience they continue discussing funding…
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We're All Unicorns: Transforming Philanthropy with Nonprofit AF's Vu Le, Part 1
Fundraising HayDay starts Season 2 with a bang! Enjoy Part 1 (of 2) of an interview with Vu Le, best known for his blog post NonprofitAF. In front of a live…