by Tony Poderis | Dec 8, 2011 | Funding Sources & Donors |
Reaching out to foundations that have predetermined your organization is outside their area of interest can be challenging, and doing it wrongly can close doors forever. Private foundations are mandated by law to give away a certain percentage of their assets each...
by Joyce Braun Poderis | Nov 13, 2011 | Development Team, Fundraising Policies & Practices |
Let’s pretend you’re the person in a nonprofit organization charged with seeking grants and that your boss is going to hold you accountable to one or more of the following standards. You must get _____ proposals “out the door” every_____. You must get...
by Tony Poderis | Oct 3, 2011 | Blog |
I was greatly saddened recently to learn of the death of a key foundation official in our area whose generous and caring philanthropy was instrumental in giving me a running start as the new and first development director of a major non-profit organization. In my...
by Joyce Braun Poderis | Apr 12, 2011 | Blog |
Why is it that the new and emerging non-profits all too often see foundations and other grant-making entities as their first and best source of funding? Why do they think that’s where the easy money is to be found? Is it because foundations are required by law...
by Tony Poderis | Apr 2, 2011 | Blog |
April 2, 2011: The other day I came across yet another instance of a non-profit’s leadership huffing and puffing about a potential funder’s request for the names of their top ten individual donors to support the organization’s grant proposal....
