Last year many arts and culture nonprofits struggling to cope with closures and restrictions in the wake of COVID-19 were able to take advantage of multiple relief grants and funding, chief among them funds made available through the CARE Act and forgivable loans that were part of the Paycheck Protection Program (known as ‘PPP’). …
Looking for the biggest key trends in grant writing for 2021? Look no further. It’s almost the New Year (thank goodness and good riddance to the dumpster fire that is 2020) and that means a whole new year of grants! I think there are many things on the horizon this coming year, both personally…
Lately, I’ve engaged in multiple conversations with fellow grant professionals and colleagues in the nonprofit space about the issues and challenges facing our country right now. From #MeToo to BLM to COVID-19 to the 2020 election, many things are changing and evolving in our world. And of course, that means changes to the nonprofit sector,…
This past March, COVID-19 shut down much of the country and arts and culture organizations with it since you can’t really fill concert halls, theaters, museums, and classrooms without putting your patrons (and staff) at risk. But now it’s August, and rather than seeing the improvement and steady re-opening that many of us originally…
Most of my blog posts are how-to’s where I walk you through how and why to do something related to grant writing, marketing, or web development. But this blog post, and this month, are going to be a little different. As most of you surely know, on May 25th George Floyd was murdered by…
I don’t know about you, but I need a dang break. The last few weeks of being quarantined and navigating this COVID-19 landscape have been incredibly draining. I have more work than I can handle, panicked clients who are worried about whether or not their organization will survive this pandemic (and what will it…
Things are incredibly strange and scary right now. Everything seems uncertain, our routines, have been upended, and on top of it all most of us are worried about the wellbeing of our organizations as well. As you probably know, most of my clients and readers come from nonprofits in the arts and culture…