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Are you showing your funders the love?

Author Jennifer Cowman

Published February 14, 2025

While it’s true that a well-written grant application with a robust project plan that meets funder criteria is a huge part of the grant application process, a positive relationship with … Continued

15 learnings we’re sharing from 15 years of working with grant-seekers and funders

Author Jennifer Cowman

Published September 30, 2024

As we take a moment to pause and reflect, we’re sharing 15 learnings from our work in strengthening the charitable and philanthropic sectors through grants and partnerships best practice.

Getting the grants gold

Author Jennifer Cowman

Published July 29, 2024

Anyone else have Olympic fever? While we are always ‘on our game’ when it comes to funding best practice, we thought we’d share our top tips for writing a gold … Continued

Where passion meets purpose: FIA conference 2024 wrap-up 

Author Jennifer Cowman

Published March 7, 2024

Were you one of the over 1,200 delegates who travelled across the ditch to Queensland for the 2024 Fundraising Institute of Australia (FIA) conference? It was officially the biggest FIA … Continued

Grants Knowledge Centre

Author Jennifer Cowman

Published February 20, 2024

Grant-seeking for your non-profit doesn’t have to be hard. In fact, it’s easier than ever with the Grants Knowledge Centre, the latest feature of our acclaimed Grants Expertise Management System … Continued

Meet our new General Manager – Strategy & Growth

Author Jennifer Cowman

Published August 9, 2022

We’re thrilled to welcome Lindy Fentiman to Team SG as our General Manager – Strategy & Growth! We’re committed to building the capacity of for-purpose organisations to establish sustainable, cost-effective … Continued

Grants best practice

Author Jennifer Cowman

Published June 16, 2022

Our Director Jo Garner sits down with Mike Davis, host of Humans of Purpose, to chat about how Strategic Grants came to be and all things grants best practice. Have … Continued

Grants solutions for the busy NZ fundraiser 

Author Jennifer Cowman

Published April 14, 2022

There’s no doubt that the grants and funding landscape in New Zealand continues to be challenging. The good news is that there are many resources out there to support the … Continued

Meet our newest Grants Strategist Pasanna

Author Jennifer Cowman

Published March 22, 2022

Meet Pasanna – she’s recently joined the Strategic Grants team as a Grants Strategist! We’re committed to building the capacity of for-purpose organisations to establish sustainable, cost-effective grant-seeking and associated … Continued

New funding service to support New Zealand philanthropic sector 

Author Jennifer Cowman

Published March 10, 2022

An exciting, new funding service is about to land in Aotearoa New Zealand.  Meet Match | Te Puna Taurite (MTPT). Developed by our long-time friends and partners at Philanthropy New … Continued

Working together for the greater good

Author Jennifer Cowman

Published November 26, 2021

The article “Working together for the greater good” first appeared in Pro Bono Australia. If there is anything that we have learned from the organisations we work with on fundraising … Continued

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