2 months ago
FoundationSearch Success Story: Kansas Council for Economic Education
In the second of a series of interviews with FoundationSearch members, Jim Graham of Kansas Council for Economic Education explains why the statewide nonprofit chose FoundationSearch on the eve of its 60th anniversary as the best option among charity fundraising sites.
Next May, the Kansas Board for Monetary Training (KCEE) will praise an achievement birthday. Approaching sixty years of age, the 501(c)3 charitable keeps on giving projects and administrations that endeavor to guarantee each kindergarten through grade 12 understudy in Kansas is monetarily and monetarily educated.
Presently facilitated by the W. Candid Barton Institute of Business at Wichita State College, KCEE has procured a noteworthy standing thanks to its connection with Kansas' six state funded colleges, long haul associations with Kansas business, magnanimous and government pioneers, and a center enthusiasm for furnishing educators.
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In the second of a series of interviews with FoundationSearch members, Jim Graham of Kansas Council for Economic Education explains why the statewide nonprofit chose FoundationSearch on the eve of its 60th anniversary as the best option among charity fundraising sites.
Next May, the Kansas Board for Monetary Training (KCEE) will praise an achievement birthday. Approaching sixty years of age, the 501(c)3 charitable keeps on giving projects and administrations that endeavor to guarantee each kindergarten through grade 12 understudy in Kansas is monetarily and monetarily educated.
Presently facilitated by the W. Candid Barton Institute of Business at Wichita State College, KCEE has procured a noteworthy standing thanks to its connection with Kansas' six state funded colleges, long haul associations with Kansas business, magnanimous and government pioneers, and a center enthusiasm for furnishing educators.
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2 months ago
Growing Non-Profit Foundations By Metasoft Systems Support
Metasoft Systems Inc. is an award winning technology company established in 1988 as a software development consulting company.
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FoundationSearch, which provides market-leading funding services, fundraising education and consulting services to a growing list of over 5,000 clients
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Technology Services
Silkstart is a leader in providing cost efficient enterprise software to non-profits and associations including web design and development, donor management and communications, electronic donation processing, content management human resource recruiting and much more.
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Metasoft Systems Inc. is an award winning technology company established in 1988 as a software development consulting company.
Funding Services
FoundationSearch, which provides market-leading funding services, fundraising education and consulting services to a growing list of over 5,000 clients
And
Technology Services
Silkstart is a leader in providing cost efficient enterprise software to non-profits and associations including web design and development, donor management and communications, electronic donation processing, content management human resource recruiting and much more.
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2 months ago
Crowdfunding Campaign|Key Aspects by Foundation Search
Online crowdfunding has exploded in popularity among non-profits of all sizes and types in the past few years. And it’s easy to understand why: an estimated $5.5 billion was donated through online crowdfunding sites in 2015.
While online crowdfunding dollars are not a replacement for foundation grants, FoundationSearch clients wanting to diversify their contributed income have a flexible and powerful tool with crowdfunding.
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Online crowdfunding has exploded in popularity among non-profits of all sizes and types in the past few years. And it’s easy to understand why: an estimated $5.5 billion was donated through online crowdfunding sites in 2015.
While online crowdfunding dollars are not a replacement for foundation grants, FoundationSearch clients wanting to diversify their contributed income have a flexible and powerful tool with crowdfunding.
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2 months ago
Grant Development Service | Fundraising | Foundation Search
The clearest advantage to hiring a fundraising consulting group lies in cost savings and better stewardship of resources. The annual cost to contract for specialized fundraising services through Grant Development Services is approximately 30% less than maintaining an employee’s salary, overhead and benefits.
Beyond the direct expense, an in-house individual fundraiser is still only one individual. Working with a consulting group multiplies your fundraising advantage by drawing on the skills and experiences of an entire department of experts.
Grant Development Services (GDS), a division of Metasoft Systems Inc., is a team of skilled and experienced consultants, grant writers and researchers committed to helping clients realize their fundraising goals. GDS offers a portfolio of fundraising services and support to non-profit and charitable organizations throughout North America. GDS helps clients realize their fundraisin
The clearest advantage to hiring a fundraising consulting group lies in cost savings and better stewardship of resources. The annual cost to contract for specialized fundraising services through Grant Development Services is approximately 30% less than maintaining an employee’s salary, overhead and benefits.
Beyond the direct expense, an in-house individual fundraiser is still only one individual. Working with a consulting group multiplies your fundraising advantage by drawing on the skills and experiences of an entire department of experts.
Grant Development Services (GDS), a division of Metasoft Systems Inc., is a team of skilled and experienced consultants, grant writers and researchers committed to helping clients realize their fundraising goals. GDS offers a portfolio of fundraising services and support to non-profit and charitable organizations throughout North America. GDS helps clients realize their fundraisin
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2 months ago
Decoding the Foundation Funders|Foundation Search Blog
A sizeable number of the more than 121,000 foundations in the US -19,888- indicate that they do not accept unsolicited proposals.
We also know that a significant number of current and past FoundationSearch members (more than 16,000) do not approach them for that reason. Is there a missed opportunity here?
Many grant seekers believe that these funders are “captive funders” that act to support a single non-profit such as a school or hospital; or they have a small list of charitable organizations they wish to support and are not receptive to solicitations from new charities. In fact, many of our FoundationSearch users “tag” these foundations in order to exclude them from searches and prospect lists altogether.
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A sizeable number of the more than 121,000 foundations in the US -19,888- indicate that they do not accept unsolicited proposals.
We also know that a significant number of current and past FoundationSearch members (more than 16,000) do not approach them for that reason. Is there a missed opportunity here?
Many grant seekers believe that these funders are “captive funders” that act to support a single non-profit such as a school or hospital; or they have a small list of charitable organizations they wish to support and are not receptive to solicitations from new charities. In fact, many of our FoundationSearch users “tag” these foundations in order to exclude them from searches and prospect lists altogether.
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3 months ago
Funding Grant |Special Olympics Florida |Foundation Search
Describe a significant project or campaign funded (or is receiving funds) by foundations.
Janice points to two programs made possible by foundation grants. First, the expansion of the Healthy Community program to Jacksonville was launched with a $10,000 grant from a local family foundation with the only condition that the funds be used within the county. With the foundation happy with the success of the program, they renewed their commitment for another year. The Young Athletes program doubled the number of athletes served to 16,000 in just one year thanks to a $10,000 grant from another foundation that allowed Special Olympics to focus on outreach to young parents, not only children.
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Describe a significant project or campaign funded (or is receiving funds) by foundations.
Janice points to two programs made possible by foundation grants. First, the expansion of the Healthy Community program to Jacksonville was launched with a $10,000 grant from a local family foundation with the only condition that the funds be used within the county. With the foundation happy with the success of the program, they renewed their commitment for another year. The Young Athletes program doubled the number of athletes served to 16,000 in just one year thanks to a $10,000 grant from another foundation that allowed Special Olympics to focus on outreach to young parents, not only children.
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3 months ago
7 Reasons Why Foundation Fundraising Should be Focused
Low risk / low cost
– unlike high, upfront expenditure fundraising campaign efforts like golf tournaments and galas, foundation fundraising requires very little upfront investment, typically $5,000-$10,000, and with the average foundation grant amount of $66,300, it provides a cost efficient method of fundraising – all that is required to start is a foundation online database which identifies good funding prospects, a good letter, and stamps and envelopes.
Stable Giving
– Foundations must make charitable grants – in good times and bad – of at least 5% of their assets, averaged over five years. Importantly, foundations frequently INCREASE their donations in challenging times to attempt to compensate for the financial difficulties their recipients may face.
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Low risk / low cost
– unlike high, upfront expenditure fundraising campaign efforts like golf tournaments and galas, foundation fundraising requires very little upfront investment, typically $5,000-$10,000, and with the average foundation grant amount of $66,300, it provides a cost efficient method of fundraising – all that is required to start is a foundation online database which identifies good funding prospects, a good letter, and stamps and envelopes.
Stable Giving
– Foundations must make charitable grants – in good times and bad – of at least 5% of their assets, averaged over five years. Importantly, foundations frequently INCREASE their donations in challenging times to attempt to compensate for the financial difficulties their recipients may face.
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3 months ago
Foundation Directory Online | Best Foundation Center
A post on TheGrantPlant, a blog site, directly addresses foundation funder ask amounts and suggests the following: do your research for appropriate funding prospects, check the foundation’s giving history, and don’t expect the entire amount to come from a single foundation funder. All of which makes sense in a very basic and time consuming way. Cataloguing a foundation’s giving history can take time, even when you have tools from the best charity fundraising sites like Foundation Center’s Foundation Directory Online and Metasoft’s FoundationSearch available.
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A post on TheGrantPlant, a blog site, directly addresses foundation funder ask amounts and suggests the following: do your research for appropriate funding prospects, check the foundation’s giving history, and don’t expect the entire amount to come from a single foundation funder. All of which makes sense in a very basic and time consuming way. Cataloguing a foundation’s giving history can take time, even when you have tools from the best charity fundraising sites like Foundation Center’s Foundation Directory Online and Metasoft’s FoundationSearch available.
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3 months ago
Charitable Giving Trends | Fundraising Trends | Foundation Search
Between 2016 and 2017, total annual charitable giving in the US rose about 9.85 percent, reflecting steady solid growth in most giving categories and major recipient subsectors. foundation giving was up 6.0 percent, to an estimated $66.9 billion in 2017.
All research and sector forecasting reports indicate that foundation giving will continue to grow steadily in the US for the foreseeable future. Although foundation giving is closely tied to behavior in the stock market and total economic health, it has continued to increase independent of variances in both S&P and GDP over the past five years.
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Between 2016 and 2017, total annual charitable giving in the US rose about 9.85 percent, reflecting steady solid growth in most giving categories and major recipient subsectors. foundation giving was up 6.0 percent, to an estimated $66.9 billion in 2017.
All research and sector forecasting reports indicate that foundation giving will continue to grow steadily in the US for the foreseeable future. Although foundation giving is closely tied to behavior in the stock market and total economic health, it has continued to increase independent of variances in both S&P and GDP over the past five years.
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3 months ago
An Introduction to the Form 990PF
The Form 990-PF serves two essential purposes. First, it provides information that helps government agencies (the IRS and state charity regulators) enforce the laws that govern nonprofits. For example, it helps government regulators learn whether groups have been spending their funds in a way that might cause them to lose their charitable and tax-exempt status. Second, the Form 990-PF provides a great deal of financial information about the filing organization's financial condition, about its financial strength or weakness and about such things as the sources of its income and its mandate or funding interests.
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The Form 990-PF serves two essential purposes. First, it provides information that helps government agencies (the IRS and state charity regulators) enforce the laws that govern nonprofits. For example, it helps government regulators learn whether groups have been spending their funds in a way that might cause them to lose their charitable and tax-exempt status. Second, the Form 990-PF provides a great deal of financial information about the filing organization's financial condition, about its financial strength or weakness and about such things as the sources of its income and its mandate or funding interests.
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3 months ago
Best Fundraising Courses At Metasoft Online Education
Our team of highly experienced professional educators has developed a suite of online fundraising courses that are designed to help you learn key fundraising techniques and concepts - quickly, flexibly and affordably.
Since 1988, Metasoft Systems has worked with over 13,000 nonprofits worldwide to raise more than $22 billion in funding. This considerable success has been captured in our online education courses in a way that will produce results for all types of learning styles.
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Our team of highly experienced professional educators has developed a suite of online fundraising courses that are designed to help you learn key fundraising techniques and concepts - quickly, flexibly and affordably.
Since 1988, Metasoft Systems has worked with over 13,000 nonprofits worldwide to raise more than $22 billion in funding. This considerable success has been captured in our online education courses in a way that will produce results for all types of learning styles.
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3 months ago
BIG Online provides:
Funding Resources : a comprehensive, keyword, and field searchable database with detailed information and profiles on 25,000 foundations, corporate donors, matching gift programs, in kind donations, and government grant makers.
Writing Tools: a step-by-step guide and award-winning templates for the writing of highly professional funding proposals and letters of inquiry. Also includes the World Proposal Championships!
Client Support: product training sessions and guidance for maximizing the usage of the BIG Online database.
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Funding Resources : a comprehensive, keyword, and field searchable database with detailed information and profiles on 25,000 foundations, corporate donors, matching gift programs, in kind donations, and government grant makers.
Writing Tools: a step-by-step guide and award-winning templates for the writing of highly professional funding proposals and letters of inquiry. Also includes the World Proposal Championships!
Client Support: product training sessions and guidance for maximizing the usage of the BIG Online database.
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3 months ago
ADA Compliance Websites & Their Importance
These organizations are among a fast growing group caught in ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) non-compliance lawsuits involving their websites’ failure to meet standards of accessibility. According to Seyfarth, 2018 saw a record 2,258 ADA lawsuit cases filed in federal court, nearly triple 2017’s number and 2019 saw a similar increase.
Companies are not the only targets of ADA lawsuits, however – Harvard University and MIT’s legal losses in their attempts to seek dismissal of pending ADA cases – illustrate the increased liability non-profits face if they do not comply with ADA legislation. The digital era has transformed how businesses and non-profits interact with society, and how we interact with each other.
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These organizations are among a fast growing group caught in ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) non-compliance lawsuits involving their websites’ failure to meet standards of accessibility. According to Seyfarth, 2018 saw a record 2,258 ADA lawsuit cases filed in federal court, nearly triple 2017’s number and 2019 saw a similar increase.
Companies are not the only targets of ADA lawsuits, however – Harvard University and MIT’s legal losses in their attempts to seek dismissal of pending ADA cases – illustrate the increased liability non-profits face if they do not comply with ADA legislation. The digital era has transformed how businesses and non-profits interact with society, and how we interact with each other.
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3 months ago
Best Funding Services for you By Foundation Search
Get the best funding Services information for non-profits and technical services by Foundation Search. Click here to explore the best fundraising education online. Metasoft employs a diverse and talented team on three continents through two award winning and synergistic businesses that provide the essential elements for non-profit organisations to survive and thrive. FoundationSearch, which provides market-leading funding information, fundraising education and consulting services to a growing list of over 5,000 clients
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Get the best funding Services information for non-profits and technical services by Foundation Search. Click here to explore the best fundraising education online. Metasoft employs a diverse and talented team on three continents through two award winning and synergistic businesses that provide the essential elements for non-profit organisations to survive and thrive. FoundationSearch, which provides market-leading funding information, fundraising education and consulting services to a growing list of over 5,000 clients
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3 months ago
Get Best Keyword Search Results at Foundation Search
A result of many years of research and development, FoundationSearch is breaking new ground by being the first completely keyword searchable database of IRS Form 990PF information. What sets FoundationSearch apart from any product currently available is that all parts of the document are fully searchable including the preprinted data and the manually entered information.
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A result of many years of research and development, FoundationSearch is breaking new ground by being the first completely keyword searchable database of IRS Form 990PF information. What sets FoundationSearch apart from any product currently available is that all parts of the document are fully searchable including the preprinted data and the manually entered information.
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3 months ago
Growing Non-Profit Foundations By Metasoft Systems Support
Metasoft Systems provides the best growth strategies to non-profit software companies. Tap into the world of non-profit donor management. Click here for more.
Today, Metasoft employs a diverse and talented team on three continents through two award winning and synergistic businesses that provide the essential elements for non-profit organisations to survive and thrive.
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Metasoft Systems provides the best growth strategies to non-profit software companies. Tap into the world of non-profit donor management. Click here for more.
Today, Metasoft employs a diverse and talented team on three continents through two award winning and synergistic businesses that provide the essential elements for non-profit organisations to survive and thrive.
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3 months ago
7 Reasons Why Foundation Fundraising Should be Focused
In the course of speaking with almost 20,000 non-profits each month about their nonprofit fundraising needs and plans, we sometimes hear that “foundation funding is not part of our focus”. We believe that there are some very compelling reasons to introduce or re-visit foundations as a potential source of funding for your organization. Those reasons are:
Growth– the most recent GIVING USA report from Indiana University indicates that foundation funding was the fastest growing giving source in 2015, growing at a rate of 6.5%, compared to 3.8% for giving by individual donors. Foundations gave $58.46 billion, in the form of an estimated 832,000 grants – that is one grant for every two charities in the US so your odds of getting funded – if you apply of course – are good.
Stable Giving– Foundations must make charitable grants – in good times and bad – of at least 5% of their assets, averaged over five years. Importantly, found
In the course of speaking with almost 20,000 non-profits each month about their nonprofit fundraising needs and plans, we sometimes hear that “foundation funding is not part of our focus”. We believe that there are some very compelling reasons to introduce or re-visit foundations as a potential source of funding for your organization. Those reasons are:
Growth– the most recent GIVING USA report from Indiana University indicates that foundation funding was the fastest growing giving source in 2015, growing at a rate of 6.5%, compared to 3.8% for giving by individual donors. Foundations gave $58.46 billion, in the form of an estimated 832,000 grants – that is one grant for every two charities in the US so your odds of getting funded – if you apply of course – are good.
Stable Giving– Foundations must make charitable grants – in good times and bad – of at least 5% of their assets, averaged over five years. Importantly, found
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3 months ago
Pandemic Fundraising Strategies by Foundation Search
How has the pandemic affected foundation funding? Learn about the key insights of non-profit fundraising strategies during the pandemic. Our Foundationsearch support teams speak with over 10,000 non-profits and foundations each month.
Over the course of these conversations, we have learned that many of the tried and true strategies charities have relied on to guide their fundraising efforts in 2020 have proven inadequate.
Worst hit has been events based fundraising, which, by some estimates, has shrunk in terms of proceeds by over 70% since March, 2020.
Corporate giving is flat in the financial and tech sectors, and down significantly in most other sectors, notably energy, resources, retail, travel and hospitality.
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How has the pandemic affected foundation funding? Learn about the key insights of non-profit fundraising strategies during the pandemic. Our Foundationsearch support teams speak with over 10,000 non-profits and foundations each month.
Over the course of these conversations, we have learned that many of the tried and true strategies charities have relied on to guide their fundraising efforts in 2020 have proven inadequate.
Worst hit has been events based fundraising, which, by some estimates, has shrunk in terms of proceeds by over 70% since March, 2020.
Corporate giving is flat in the financial and tech sectors, and down significantly in most other sectors, notably energy, resources, retail, travel and hospitality.
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3 months ago
Funder’s Granting History | Learn More | Foundation Search
In analyzing foundation funding for nonprofits prospects, our experience shows that a review of foundation funding history is everything. Although many foundations publish detailed funding guidelines, actual funding history gives the truest picture of a foundation’s giving interests and patterns. Based on our analysis of fifteen years of granting and an analysis of almost ten million grants made by US foundations, we have determined that most foundations can be quite predictable in their granting behavior.
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In analyzing foundation funding for nonprofits prospects, our experience shows that a review of foundation funding history is everything. Although many foundations publish detailed funding guidelines, actual funding history gives the truest picture of a foundation’s giving interests and patterns. Based on our analysis of fifteen years of granting and an analysis of almost ten million grants made by US foundations, we have determined that most foundations can be quite predictable in their granting behavior.
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