Sample: A Successful Grant Application From a Local Arts Nonprofit
A strong relationship with a foundation helped Elders Share the Arts secure $10,000 for their program for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender seniors.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Sample Project Budget for a Grant Proposal
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine recommends breaking down program income into three categories.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Big Bets: Help for the ‘Forgotten Worker’
Inside JPMorgan’s $250-million pledge to help people get the skills they need for jobs in high demand.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
How to Get Started with Foundation Grant Seeking
Here’s what you need to keep in mind when applying for grants from foundations.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
6 Common Ways of Working with Companies
From corporate foundation grants to cause marketing, how your nonprofit can partner with a corporation to advance your mission.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
Contributor
What to Do Before Pitching a Potential Corporate Supporter
It all starts with research and a good story about how your organizations can help each other, experts say.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
Contributor
Sample Annual Operating Budget for a Grant Proposal
An example of an annual budget that Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine includes with grant proposals that ask for general operating support.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Seeking Grants: Key Terms and Concepts
The lingo you need to know to apply for -- and win -- grants from foundations.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
5 Suggestions for Writing Better Grant Proposals
Experts offer tips for grant seekers preparing proposals for foundations.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Letter of Inquiry for Grant Seeking
A Grand Rapids, Mich., childhood hunger organization uses this template as a starting point with foundations.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How One Nonprofit Creates Streamlined One-Page Budgets for Grant Proposals
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine explains what it takes to produce their operating and program budgets.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Giving Is Expected to Rise Nearly 5% This Year and Next, Study Predicts
Grant making, fueled by foundations’ market gains, likely to see the biggest growth, say researchers.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Green Group Helps Citibank on $100-Billion Climate Effort
Citibank pledged Wednesday to pump $100-billion in loans and investment over the next decade into projects that reduce the impact of climate change under a plan co-developed by the Boston environmental nonprofit Ceres, The Boston Globe reports.
Gates Foundation Divests From McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Exxon
A Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spokesman would not comment on why the world’s largest philanthropy sold its stake in three companies in the last quarter of 2014, Bloomberg reports.
MacArthur Fund Pledges $75-Million to Reduce Local Jail Populations
The grant maker wants to reduce the length of stays for nonviolent offenders and expedite court action.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
2015 Gates Letter Foresees Unprecedented Gains for Poor
The lives of the world’s poorest people will improve more in the next 15 years “than at any time in history,” Bill and Melinda Gates assert in their annual letter laying out priorities for their $42-billion foundation, the Associated Press and The Washington Post report.