Foundation funding is extremely beneficial to nonprofits. It can sustain an organization’s work, and is often the driver of growth. Foundation grants should be a healthy proportion of any nonprofit revenue portfolio. Grant-seeking is a complex process with many moving parts. Success requires, among other things, a healthy pipeline of funder prospects, proposals in production. Keeping the pipeline full…
How are those New Year’s resolutions working out for you? If you’ve already thrown in the towel, you aren’t alone. A study by Richard Wiseman from the University of Bristol involving 3,000 people showed that 88% of those who set New Year resolutions fail, despite the fact that 52% of the study’s participants were confident of success…
When one receives a gift, there are certain rules of etiquette that must be observed when writing a personal thank-you note. Miss Manners very graciously clarified all of that for us in our formative years. We are grateful for her illuminating guidance which continues to serve as a beacon of proper personal and professional protocol…
