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Turn Insights Into Action, Connect with Funders
Ready to take the next step in your grant search? Now that you’ve had some time to search for prospects and started building your prospect list, use these three steps to convert prospects and connect with funders. [Tip 1] Start with…
September 17, 2018
Make the Most of Your Grantmaker Results & FDO’s Latest Insights
We add nearly 100,000 new grants and RFPs weekly, so you can always have access to the latest grantmaker data and insights. Equipped with these insights, strengthen your proposals to make them most appealing to funders by learning from grantmaker…
September 17, 2018
Welcome to your handy FDO Guide
Here's a handy FDO guide to get you started. [Tip 1] Optimize Your Searches Using the Global Search Bar Search FDO as you would any search engine and get results specific to your grantseeking needs. Begin your search directly from…
September 17, 2018
5 Ways to Seek Corporate Giving
Corporate giving support nonprofits in a variety of different ways, FDO offers a window into many of them. The following are some of the more common means by which companies give.
September 10, 2018
The Board’s Role in Fundraising for Your Organization
Getting the board to fundraise can be a very challenging experience even when board members recognize that a primary responsibility of every nonprofit board is ensuring that the organization has the resources it needs to meet its mission. One of…
August 29, 2018
Key Steps to Fundraising Success
Did you know 90% of foundations don’t have websites? Foundation Directory Online gives you access to key information you need for fundraising success—find that funder today through FDO! You can search over 140,000 grantmakers and easily see how much support…
August 16, 2018
How to Leverage Your Nonprofit Data to Win Corporate Grants
Data is literally everywhere. Every search done on Google or every second spent on LinkedIn is collected and converted to data. According to Internet Live Stats, Google now processes over 40,000 search queries every second or 3.5 billion searches per…
July 23, 2018
Three Easy Steps To Identify New Funding Prospects
With so many potential funders out there, grant research can be a daunting task. But with a few simple tricks, grant research can produce amazing results pretty quickly. First off, there is a wealth of information to be found in…
May 17, 2018
Are You Over or Under-Protecting Your Grants Data? 5 Ways to Balance Transparency and Data Protection in Sensitive Contexts
Over the last few months, this blog has presented insights gained from the Advancing Human Rights initiative’s five-year trend analysis. Getting to these insights would not have been possible had not a growing number of funders decided to consistently share more detailed…
April 12, 2018
6 Top Tips When Funders Aren’t Accepting Applications
Candid's vice president of Influence, Aleda Gagarin, shares her development expertise to answer the burning question every fundraiser asks themselves: Does the grantmaker accept applications and should I even consider this funder if they don't? What do I do when…
October 18, 2017
Ten Characteristics of High Performing Nonprofit Organizations
Despite the size of the $1.5 trillion nonprofit sector in the U.S. - nearly 10% of the economy - nonprofits are subject to rather minimal independent professional scrutiny beyond annual audits. Publicly traded companies publish quarterly financial reports, are subject…
February 2, 2017
Find a Fiscal Sponsor that Fits
You've got a brilliant idea for a nonprofit. You've done your research, gathered your team, and even have a lead on some funding. Someone suggests fiscal sponsorship as a smart way to start your project. But what is that? And…
June 6, 2016