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The Flexible Funding Campaign: Grant Seekers’ Call to Action
Foundations love applicants with potential.
Jul 8
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Susan Schaefer
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June 2025
Why Foundation Relationships Matter More Than Ever
As the gulf between modest and major grants widens, you’ll want to spend your limited time acting in line with the award sizes you seek:
Jun 3
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Susan Schaefer
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May 2025
Give Your Nonprofit this Competitive Edge
Grant seekers love to ridicule funders’ questions about sustainability: “If foundations offered annual, flexible grants, they might not need to ask…
May 13
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Susan Schaefer
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April 2025
How to Disrupt Foundation Power Dynamics
Foundations can make you feel like you’re approaching royalty.
Apr 8
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Susan Schaefer
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How to Disrupt Foundation Power Dynamics
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March 2025
The Truth You Need for Grant Success in 2025
Tired of bad news about nonprofit funding?
Mar 4
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Susan Schaefer
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The Truth You Need for Grant Success in 2025
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February 2025
It's Time for Offense
I’m more March Madness than Super Bowl fan, but everyone likes a good offense.
Feb 4
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Susan Schaefer
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It's Time for Offense
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January 2025
Grants Planning in Uncertain Times
In this unpredictable year, your nonprofit’s plans matter more than ever.
Jan 7
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Susan Schaefer
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December 2024
Nuance Is the Gift We Need
Nuance enables a civil society.
Dec 10, 2024
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Susan Schaefer
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Nuance Is the Gift We Need
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October 2024
Our Field’s Separation of Gifts and Grants Is Obsolete
Throughout my career, fund development has been organized around three areas: major gifts, modest-to-moderate gifts, and grants.
Oct 29, 2024
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Susan Schaefer
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Our Field’s Separation of Gifts and Grants Is Obsolete
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Rethinking Nonprofit Scale
Chris Anderson’s book, Infectious Generosity, has been haunting me.
Oct 2, 2024
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Susan Schaefer
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September 2024
Avoid an “Utter Waste of $1 Million”
We are living through historic growth in charitable giving vehicles, which might tempt you to pursue some big requests.
Sep 4, 2024
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Susan Schaefer
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August 2024
Writing Is No Longer a Grant Professional’s Most Important Skill
Maybe you lurched toward a grants career because you felt its writerly pull.
Aug 7, 2024
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Susan Schaefer
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Writing Is No Longer a Grant Professional’s Most Important Skill
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