Fundraising Breakthroughs

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Knowing that I’ve worked on US government-funded grants for over 15 years, a friend recently asked me for advice on how nonprofits can secure federal funding. Below is my advice on how to get started in identifying federal grant opportunities. 1) Go to Grants.gov ( [link] ), a clearinghouse for federal grant opportunities, where you can do individual searches or subscribe and have notifications e-mailed you. 5) Perform a competitor analysis.

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Non Profit Marketing 360

AUGUST 24, 2011

AT&T’s proposal discussed opportunities to bring 3G and next-generation LTE network speeds to almost 90% of its (and hitherto T-Mobile’s) customers, and the creation of jobs required to meet that goal. This week, Daily Tech’s website reports that though the document was not redacted as its notations suggest it should have been, other documents made available demonstrate that some thirty four passages of other parts of the internal review of the proposal were redacted.

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Social Marketing and Social Change

JUNE 9, 2009

Members of Congress are seriously considering proposals to rein in the growth of health spending by taking tens of billions of dollars of Medicare money away from doctors and hospitals in high-cost areas and using it to help cover the uninsured or treat patients in lower-cost regions reports Robert Pear in the NY Times today. An analysis of Medicare payment data support his contention.

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Seeking Grant Money Today

DECEMBER 12, 2011

In the New York Times February 13, 2010 article, Southern Oregon Historical Society looks to the Past for a Future by William Yardley the Southern Oregon Historical Society "which controls five of the most prominent historic properties in [sic Jacksonville, Oregon] a town that is itself a historic district, has proposed selling some of the sites as a way to prevent the organization’s own economic collapse".

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Seeking Grant Money Today

AUGUST 1, 2010

As nonprofits by definition do not make any profit whatsoever, most states and municipalities (like the federal government) have not taxed nonprofits operating in their jurisdiction because these organizations provide services, products, and other benefits in the public's interest (arguably adding to any state or town's infrastructure, economy, and quality of life) at no profit. These are difficult times verging on a recession.

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