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9 Common Grant Application Mistakes

Author Kate Sunners

Published June 1, 2022

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

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Published May 16, 2019

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

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Published December 12, 2018

  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

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Published November 6, 2018

    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!

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Published August 29, 2018

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

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Published August 24, 2018

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…..

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Published August 9, 2018

  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!

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Published June 13, 2018

  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

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Published April 4, 2018

         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

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Published January 15, 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

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Published October 4, 2017

  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

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Published September 12, 2017

    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

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