Inclusive Data

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻:
“Our organization was founded in…”
“Our mission is…”
“The population we serve…”
“Our program provides…”

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.
A 𝘚𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘦𝘺 is a living document that keeps commonly requested information about your organization in one place.
You still adjust your response for each funder.
You just stop starting with a blank page every single time.

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗛𝗤 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲.
👉 https://thegranthq.com/resources/

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜?

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴!

Bring the application you are working on, a funding question, a grant you are researching, or a task you need time to finish.

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿:
🔎 Grant searching
📝 Writing
💬 Questions
👀 Feedback
🛠 Direct support
Bring the work in whatever stage it is in.
12:30–2:00 PM PT
💻 On Zoom

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗛𝗤 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺:
https://thegranthq.com/community/

𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 - 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀

A Giving Circle brings people together to pool charitable contributions and collectively decide where the money goes.

For nonprofits, Giving Circles can be worth learning about as part of a broader community-based fundraising strategy.
Members may contribute far more than money. Giving Circle members can become volunteers, advocates, connectors, and long-term supporters of organizations they care about.

𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢.

👉 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸:
https://philanthropytogether.org/what-is-a-giving-circle/

👉 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆:
https://philanthropytogether.org/directory/

𝗔 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗲.
𝙄𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩.

Try building your application timeline backward from the submission date.

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆 - Leave time for uploading, technical issues, and a final check.
𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - Set a date for someone to read the full application before submission.
𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 - Give yourself time to collect letters, financial documents, board information, signatures, and other required materials.
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 - Set a date for the budget and narrative to be compared side by side.
𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 - Decide when a complete first draft needs to exist.
𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 - Identify who is responsible for each piece and when they need to finish it.

A deadline becomes much easier to manage when your team turns it into a series of smaller dates.
Try this with the next grant on your calendar, start at the deadline and work backward.

👉 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗛𝗤 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:
https://thegranthq.com/resources/

𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆?
𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮.

𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼:
⚫Research the opportunity
⚫Search for new grants
⚫Work on an application
⚫Ask questions
⚫Get feedback
⚫Work through your next step

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹, 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀.

📅 Thursday, August 27
🕧 12:30–2:00 PM PT
💻 Via Zoom

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗛𝗤 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺:
https://thegranthq.com/events/

Our Working Meeting sessions include writing rooms, grant-search support, technical assistance, questions, and feedback.

📖 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁

Project funding usually pays for a defined program or activity.
General operating support gives an organization greater flexibility to pay for the costs required to keep the organization running and carry out its mission.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼:
• Staff
• Administration
• Technology
• Rent
• Fundraising
• Financial systems
• Other organizational needs

Flexible funding can give organizations more room to direct resources where they are needed most.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁?

𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧: 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲

Better searching can save a lot of time when you are looking for funding, reports, community data, research, or supporting information for a proposal.
Our Search Operator Guide gives you simple ways to make online searches more focused.

𝗧𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲:
🔎 “Quotation marks” to search an exact phrase
🔎 OR + parentheses to search several related terms
🔎 filetype: to find PDFs, spreadsheets, and other document types
🔎 site: to search within a certain website or domain
🔎 before: / after: to narrow results by date
A few small changes to your search can make it much easier to get past pages of results that have nothing to do with what you actually need.

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗛𝗤 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:
https://thegranthq.com/resources/

𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵.

💬 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗬𝗧𝗛: “𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀.”
Well, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀:
𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨?

Ten weak-fit applications can take far more staff time than a smaller group of opportunities closely connected to your programs, geography, organization type, and funding needs.

𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲, 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁:
⚫Strong-fit opportunities found
⚫Applications submitted
⚫Amount requested
⚫Awards received
⚫Staff time spent
⚫Relationships built
⚫Lessons from declined applications

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀.

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: learning.candid.org/approaching-foundations/272058
& learning.candid.org/find-potential-funder-matches/410341

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗛𝗤 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼:
💬 Ask questions
🤝 Connect with other people doing funding work
🎉 Share wins
🧠 Exchange ideas
💻 Access weekly Fund Development Working Meetings
▶️ Watch Working Meeting replays
🔎 Get support finding grants

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟰 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 $𝟵.𝟵𝟵/𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝.
The weekly Working Meetings are accessed through the GrantHQ platform, giving members a consistent place to find the session, resources, and community support.

👉 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗾.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗵𝗾-𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆/

It's almost time for the live working session with Inclusive Data.

Today's meeting will be focused on 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Come ready to make progress and leave with real strategies and next steps.

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠 – 𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗣𝗧.

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