By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS A good grant manager provides professional, high-quality services beyond what a typical bookkeeper, program director or grant writer can offer. The right grant manager for your nonprofits needs to: 1. Keep Your Nonprofit Out of Trouble With Funders and the IRS This is...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Grant reporting has always been a tool for ensuring that nonprofit organizations use funding in the way they said they would. Ideally, grant reporting offers insights that benefit both the nonprofits and their funders, but, in practice, reporting can be...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Developing a new program takes some effort but will be rewarding—in terms of attracting grant funding--and impactful for your community, if you do it right. However, if your program is poorly designed, you risk creating grant management issues, ranging from wasting...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Funding from government contracts and foundations play a prominent role in the health of nonprofits, but it can be challenging to navigate your way through their application and management processes. Government and foundation funding generally comes with strict guidelines that...
By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS Many nonprofit organizations are exploring social enterprise business models as a way to enhance their programs and services, deliver on their mission more effectively and generate new revenue that allows them to stabilize and diversify their funding bases. With this...
The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is...