Archive for June 2025
Why Your Nonprofit Should Care About the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals
By: Heart for the Community Let’s dive into it: If you’re a community-based nonprofit—especially one led by Black or Brown folks—you’re probably juggling a lot. Grant deadlines, programming, maybe a leaky roof. So when someone brings up the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it’s easy to be like, “We’re just trying to get kids…
Read MoreWriting Proposals That Move Funders to Act
By: Heart for the Community Consulting You’ve done the work behind the scenes—tightened up your finances, clarified your mission, made peace with the IRS. You’re officially grant-ready. Then, you researched your way through a sea of foundations, filtered out the ones who only fund legacy orgs in zip codes you’ve never been to, and came…
Read MoreJuneteenth, Joy & Justice: A Real Talk Reflection for Black Grant Writers and Nonprofit Leaders
By: Heart for the Community Consulting Let’s be real. Juneteenth is not just another federal holiday where your inbox goes silent and your coworkers send out that one awkward email about “reflecting.” It’s the celebration of Black liberation, joy, resistance, and yes — endurance. And for Black folks in the nonprofit and grant world? That…
Read More🧭Finding the Right Fit: How to Research Grants That Align with Your Mission
By Heart for the Community Consulting In our last post, we talked about grant readiness—the essential behind-the-scenes work to prepare your nonprofit for funding success. Now it’s time for the next step: finding the right funding opportunities. Grant seeking isn’t about casting the widest net—it’s about connecting with funders who truly align with your mission,…
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