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Thanks for your article in F&P (Fundraising & Philanthropy) magazine, Steven. Valuable advice for #charities. Do you have advice about admin + overheads for grant-seekers? In my experience, non-profits - especially those new to grant fundraising - can feel uncomfortable requesting a high funding amount. Your advice to people who are "shy" about asking for what they need is spot on: "describe what you would do with more funding if available". Sometimes organisations undervalue the costs associated with a grant. Applicants request funding that is not enough to cover the cost to deliver the program, forcing them to use reserves or other funds (donations, bequests) to make up the difference. Charities should request an amount that covers all the "hidden costs" required to write, deliver, measure and acquit the grant, including staff time, and a percentage of the organisation's running costs. This amount should also make allowance for the funds needed to ensure the organisation is sustainable - investment in capacity, governance, innovation, staff development and raising the next dollar (fundraising). The sector is becoming more aware of the need for greater flexibility in grant funding. More funders are awarding grants with less restrictions so the money can be directed to where it will have the most impact. Initiatives such as Reframe Overhead + Pay What it Takes are encouraging charities, funders and donors to change the conversation. Could programs like Penfolds' help to educate grant-seeking non-profits to account for the cost of being sustainable in their approach? This could help reverse the dominant "hand-to-mouth" attitude in the sector. I'd love to hear your perspective. #nonprofits #fundraisers #fundraising #grantmaking #grantfundraising #forpurpose

New S4C Blog is live! These few months have been whole lot of fun and it's not over! Read up on what we've done and what's to come. #S4C #Sabacc #SabaccforCharity #SabaccCardGame #Community #Charity

It's important to make every guest at your event feel included and appreciated. One simple way to do that is by providing non-alcoholic drinks. We love this article that gives great ideas and suggestions for fun and creative drink options. #eventplanning #fundraising #nonprofit #missionmomentsevents #nonprofits #nonprofitfundraising #events #nonprofitleadership

Retain 70% of donors after 3 gifts?!?! 👀 I saw this video a while back (sorry, GaryV and language) where if you get a customer from one visit --> third, the likelihood of them returning after the 3rd visit is 70%! The same is true according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, 3-6 donations retain at 72%; and if you get to 7+, you are at 88% 🔥🔥 Keep at it, and enjoy the video; some ideas translate into the nonprofit space.

It’s Tea-rrific! New data reveals Brits’ obsession with the perfect cuppa https://lnkd.in/eHwHqxQX via @Charity_Today #charity #charitytoday #ukcharityweek #charitynews #charities

🌟 Introducing Brid O'Connell - a remarkable entrepreneur and CEO of Guaranteed Irish, a non-profit business membership organization promoting Irish-made products and services. Learn more about her inspiring journey and how she's been championing Irish businesses here: @learningmole

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A throwback to see how the magic is made: hummingbird cake 🎂 Thank you, WBRC, for having us in the place where it happens! Watch the whole video here: https://loom.ly/ykBX0mM #shopwemade #wemade #southernstapleswithapurpose #creativerecipes #socialenterprise #productswithapurpose #hummingbirdcake #wbrc #birminghamal #nonprofit

This is just up the road from Dufftown, in Elgin. A Foodbank. Are the people of Moray not embarrassed that a SINGLE Firm, (yet just 8% of the entire Scotch Whisky Industry), can take out HALF A BILLION DOLLARS, from the clearly impoverished area, in just a year? Why ON EARTH do we have a Foodbank here? It's only 18 miles drive, between Dufftown and Elgin. Have you been to Elgin? Have you been to Dufftown? There nothing much paved with Gold! It's a similar story, all over Scotland. If you go to most Scottish Foodbanks, they're usually beside a Distillery, Maturation Shed, Cask Manufacturer or Bottler. When are we having a Scotch Whisky Tourism Strategy and Budget? One that gives back, to the areas of Scotland who make the stuff and doesn’t just take. The Scotch Whisky Association knows it's ridiculous, that why they won't let me tag them, on here! There's an App to tell you where the nearest Foodbank is, there's NOT one to tell you where the nearest Distillery is... Does ANYONE care? Visitscotland? #ScotchWhiskyTruths #ScotchWhiskyAssociation #Visitscotland #ScottishTourismAlliance