Posts Tagged ‘Black Grant Writers’
Fundraising Events for Small Nonprofits: Beyond Galas and Golf Tournaments
Galas and golf tournaments can be powerful fundraisers—but they’re also expensive, staff-intensive, and often out of reach for smaller, community-based nonprofits. The good news? There are plenty of fundraising events that are low-cost, high-impact, and designed for small nonprofits. These events bring in dollars, strengthen relationships, and keep your mission front and center. Creative…
Read MorePeer-to-Peer Fundraising: How to Let Your Community Fundraise for You
What Is Peer-to-Peer Fundraising? Peer-to-Peer (P2P) fundraising is simple but powerful tool your donors, board members, volunteers or other community members can use to: 👥 Ask their friends, family, and networks to support your organization💸 Encourage those friends to give because someone they trust asked them❤️ Educate your community that people give to people—not just…
Read MoreLeveraging Corporate Partnerships Without Losing Your Mission: How to Partner with Brands – Without Letting Them Write Your Love Story
By: Heart for the Community Consulting If you’ve been following our series here at Heart for the Community, you know we’ve been dishing out relationship advice—with a nonprofit twist Last time: building a loyal donor base.Next time: peer-to-peer fundraising (aka, getting your friends to brag about you). But today? We’re talking about something that can…
Read MoreDiversification Series #3: Earned Revenue – Building Independence from the Inside Out
By Heart for the Community Consulting Rekindling the Spark In Blog 1, we laid the groundwork: nonprofits must diversify funding in 2025 or risk heartbreak when a single source of support disappears. In Blog 2, we asked the hard questions: is your nonprofit in a risky relationship with its funding—too dependent, too one-sided, maybe a…
Read MoreDiversification Series Blog 2: Don’t Let One Funder Hold All the Power
By Heart for the Community Consulting In our last blog, we talked about why funding diversification matters—especially now, with shrinking federal dollars. Less than a year into the Trump administration’s second term, many nonprofits are waking up to a harsh reality: the government funding they once relied on isn’t seeking to expand support, it’s disappearing…
Read MoreSurvival or Success? Why Funding Diversity Is Non-Negotiable in 2025
By Heart for the Community Consulting If you’ve ever heard the saying “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” you already understand the first rule of nonprofit survival. The truth is, the nonprofit sector doesn’t run on passion alone — it runs on resources. And in 2025, with the political winds shifting hard under…
Read MoreWho We Are, Why We Serve: The Story of Heart for the Community Consulting
I’ve always believed in the power of people. Long before I became a grant writer, consultant, or founder, I was just a young Black girl growing up between two worlds—D.C. and the Bay Area— with my siblings and mom, learning how to find community wherever I went. That instinct to build, to connect, to serve?…
Read MoreFeeling Ghosted by Donors? How to Win Their Hearts Back Before the Next Giving Tuesday
By: Heart for the Community So you matched with a donor once. They liked your Instagram post, maybe slid you a $10 gift through your GiveButter campaign… but then? Silence. Crickets. Ghosted! If this feels familiar, don’t panic. You’re not unlovable — you might just need to put a little more heart and consistency into…
Read MoreSmall But Mighty: Giving Tuesday Campaign Strategies That Work
By: Heart for the Community Let’s be honest: we all love big romantic gestures — fireworks and love songs. But when it comes to Giving Tuesday, most small nonprofits are working with more cupcakes and Canva than skywriting and stadium billboards. And guess what? That’s more than enough. Here are real, low-cost, high-heart Giving Tuesday…
Read MoreHow Small Nonprofits Can Leverage the Biggest Fundraising Day of the Year
By: Heart for the Community So you’re sold on Giving Tuesday… now what? In our last blog, we broke down the history of Giving Tuesday and why smaller nonprofits absolutely deserve a seat at the donor table. Now it’s time to move from theory to action, because buzzwords don’t build budgets. This second post in…
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