Articles by CharityChannel Members
CharityChannel members who have years of experience in their field may apply to join a Contributor's Panel. Once accepted to a panel by the panel's editor, the member will work with the editor to determine article topics and to prepare an article that is ready for publication. With tens of thousands of colleagues in the CharityChannel professional community, this is a key opportunity to give back to your profession by sharing your hard-won expertise and wisdom.
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Strategic Planning as Fuel for Grants Development Contributed by:
Sheila LischweWednesday, April 14, 2004 (9 years 31 days ago)
Too often in this field we find ourselves writing grant proposals in a vacuum just to satisfy immediate needs...This approach to fund development ignores the importance of linking grant requests to the larger organizational mission. Not only is it difficult for the grantwriter to persuasively convey the need and rationale for such disparate projects, but even more difficult for the foundation trustees to understand how their gift will be an investment, not just a short-term bailout. What can we do to avoid this? Develop a strategic plan.
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Introducing a Grants Program at a Small Non-Profit: Opportunities and Challenges Contributed by:
Sheila LischweTuesday, September 30, 2003 (9 years 228 days ago)
Many of us are one-person development shops in small non-profits that typically rely on annual appeals as our main sustenance. Integrating a grants process into fundraising activity more than supplements these annual appeals -- it can take the organization to the next level of development. Before sending off that first proposal, however, there are some fundamental tasks that must be addressed before a full-fledged grants program can take off. Each of these tasks comes with their own opportunities and challenges.
CharityChannel's WE REVIEW
CharityChannel members who have been admitted to the WE REVIEW Contributors Panel are eligible to receive recently-published books from a variety of publishers (and some self-publishers) to review. Reviews are not limited to books published by CharityChannel Press, the publishing project of the CharityChannel professional community. If you are interested in reviewing books, you are welcome to apply. Note that, even though WE REVIEW has been publishing reviews for over a decade, it has recently been reorganized and re-launched. We took the opportunity to remove prior reviews, since our focus is on newly published books.
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