9 Common Grant Application Mistakes
Here are 9 Common Grant Application Mistakes and how to stop making them. We’ve come across a few common weaknesses when it comes to grant applications. Is your organisation addressing … Continued
Q&A with a Local Council client
Author: Kate Sunners Gladstone Regional Council has been working with Strategic Grants to centralise and streamline their grant-seeking. We pulled the wonderful Tegan McDonald away from her two roles as … Continued
Brilliant videos and podcasts for fundraisers
Author: Kate Sunners I have seen so many fantastic podcast and video resources for fundraisers in the last few months I wanted to share my little library with … Continued
International Fundraising Congress 2018: What a buzz
Author: Kate Sunners Being at the International Fundraising Congress (IFC) is like being in a room filled with thousands of mosquitos. The buzz was audible from the … Continued
Reaching the Ultimate Grants KPI: When Funders Approach You!
Author: Kate Sunners We’ve recently had two of our nonprofit partners achieve the ultimate KPI of a grants program: being approached by their Funders for repeat funding, resulting from their … Continued
It’s ALIVE! Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks
Author: Kate Sunners Last time I wrote about not letting your data die in a dusty old corner without being analysed. By the same token, the most horror-inducing thought for … Continued
Where data goes to die…..
Author: Kate Sunners Does your organisation have methods in place to capture data on your programs? Great! What about processes to analyse and use that data? One of the … Continued
Mythbusters – grants and funding myths busted!
Author: Kate Sunners Grants and funding myths busted! Disclaimer: This blog does not blow up nearly as many cars, empty quarries, crash test dummies or moustaches as Jamie and … Continued
JB Were Support Report: Giving trends of the past, present and future
Author: Kate Sunners The launch of JB Were’s Support Report: The changing shape of giving and the significant implications for recipients held in Brisbane late … Continued
Strategic Thinking: your best friend in 2018
Author: Kate Sunners It’s 2018! 100 years ago, the Spanish flu was hitting New Zealand; the people of Mackay in Queensland were rebuilding after a cyclone; and World War … Continued
Weasel Words Are Not A Grant Writer’s Friend
Author: Kate Sunners Weasels. They can be adorable (or terrifying, depending on your stance on rodents). But one weasel that’s never good is the weasel word. Weasel words … Continued
The Role of Evaluation in Social Change
Author: Kate Sunners I was lucky enough to attend the AES 2017 International Evaluation Conference this month in Canberra, and wanted to share some of my key … Continued