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New Resource -- Web Sites for Grants Research |
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AAFRC's "Giving USA 2003" Report Shows Long-Term Giving Strength, Short-Term Stagnation |
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Strategic Planning -- Three Models Discussed by AFP Seminar Participants |
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Newsletter Issues, Articles, and Information on Our Web Site |
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New Resource -- Web Sites for Grants Research
Doing grants research on the Web is getting easier and more productive all the time. We've compiled a list of the free resources our clients and colleagues use to seek grant funds. Many of these sites also provide research opportunities to improve your applications.
No such list is ever complete, so please feel free to let us know about your favorites!
AAFRC's "Giving USA 2003" Report Shows Long-Term Giving Strength, Short-Term Stagnation
The American Association of Fund Raising Counsel (AAFRC)'s annual study of American philanthropy reports that Americans gave over $241 billion to charity in 2002. The overall increase of about 1% from 2001 was good news, but it represents a decrease in giving when numbers are adjusted for inflation.
Corporate giving was especially strong in 2002, bucking the overall flat trend. Many corporate giving programs actually increased giving as a percentage of corporate revenues, resulting in corporate giving increasing six times faster than inflation in 2002.
Those who are concerned about the short-term philanthropic economy should look at the long-term trends as reported in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Sumption & Wyland has prepared a piece based on these long-term trends and posted it on our web site.
There is a lot of good news as well as bad news on the fund raising front. Depending on who you talk to, and how their organization is planning, you may hear wildly different stories about giving, donors, and programs.
Strategic Planning -- Three Models Discussed by AFP Seminar Participants
In June, Michael Wyland presented a day-long seminar on "Strategic Planning for Development Pofessionals" to the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) North Dakota chapter.
This new seminar included several handouts and related material on the basics of strategic planning, benefits of planning for development staff, and step-by-step analysis of the strategic planning process.
We've posted on our web site a brief document outlining three strategic planning formats currently in use in the nonprofit world. We outline the Drucker model, the Amherst Wilder Foundation model, and Bryson's "Strategic Change Cycle" model. Most nonprofit organizations and most consultants use one of these three models.
Organizations seeking to do strategic planning need to know that there's more than one way to accomplish it, and different models apply to different situations. Seminar particpants compared the models and explored successful and unsuccessful planning efforts in their experience. They even learned (heresy from a planning consultant) that there are times when strategic planning is NOT a good idea. Knowing when to plan is one key to successful planning.
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