Volume IX | Issue 6 | July 2017
Summer Membership Sale Now - August 16th Now is the time to bloom by getting your share of grant awards! To help you cultivate your grants strategy we are lowering the price of an annual GrantStation Membership: $149 for one year | $279 for two years At GrantStation, we help you to find new funder opportunities, build strong grant programs, write powerful proposals, and win awards to fund your mission. And, to welcome you to the GrantStation community, you'll receive Cynthia M. Adams’ newest publication: Bold is Gold: A Funding Research Primer. Take advantage of this special offer today and save $550! Learn more by checking out our Member Benefits and watching video demos on our Tour page. If you need board approval or a purchase order, send us an email to lock in at this price. Do you love your GrantStation Membership? Have you won awards, learned from the online tutorials, or saved time in your grant research and management strategies? Send us a love letter – we’re eager to hear about it! Each week we feature an organization, like yours, that loves GrantStation!
Funding Opportunities
International Opportunities (see 6 more) Funding Targets Middle Eastern Countries and Culture The mission of the Violet Jabara Charitable Trust is two-fold: to help improve the lives of the people in developing countries of the Middle East and to foster greater understanding of Middle Eastern culture in the United States. The Trust makes grants to nonprofit organizations that work in developing countries in the Middle East—Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Palestine... Read More Awards Honor Journalists Committed to Freedom of the Press The Free Press Awards, an initiative of Free Press Unlimited, recognize journalists who have a strong commitment to press freedom and independent information. Awards are made in the following categories: The Newcomer of the Year award recognizes talented new journalists who have shown extraordinary dedication to journalism as a means to hold those in power... Read More Canadian Funding Opportunities (see 3 more) Funding Fosters Inclusion and Pluralism in Canada The Inspirit Foundation works to promote inclusion and pluralism in Canada, specifically addressing discrimination based on ethnicity, race, and religion. The Foundation offers two types of grants: ChangeUp grants of $10,000 create opportunities for young people aged 18 to 34 to initiate creative solutions-based projects that address issues of discrimination and prejudice in... Read More U.S. Government Funding Opportunities (see 1 more) Grants Promote Internet Freedom The program entitled Business and Human Rights in the ICT Sector to Advance Internet Freedom supports policy advocacy initiatives to coordinate and amplify existing business and human rights efforts to advance Internet freedom. Supported initiatives should promote the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights among small and... Read More Canadian Government Funding Opportunities (see 1 more) Funding Addresses Substance Abuse in Canada The Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP) provides financial support to provinces, territories, non-governmental organizations, and key stakeholders to strengthen responses to drug and substance use issues in Canada. Support is provided for evidence-informed and innovative initiatives across health promotion, prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and... Read More For 10 More Domestic Funding Opportunities: See This Week's GrantStation Insider
Partner Depot	Online Education
Reach Your Target Audience – Increase Attendance, Sales, and Membership! Partner Depot provides the opportunity for organizations and businesses to connect by introducing products or services, announcing events, and more. Advertising in GrantStation's weekly newsletters, sent to a list of over 100,000 subscribers, and on GrantStation's website, with over 2,100,000 page views annually, will ensure that your message reaches interested readers. Read More What is Partner Depot?	The Anatomy of a Business Plan for Social Enterprise If your nonprofit's traditional funding sources are not as reliable as in the past, it might be time to invest in social enterprise to protect your vital programs and services. In this fast-paced webinar, Jean Block, a nonprofit trainer who has guided nearly 100 nonprofits from idea to business plan, will explain what social enterprise is - and isn't - and explore the critical steps required to develop a business plan for social enterprise. Read More See All Upcoming Webinars
GrantStation Announcements
The Spring 2017 State of Grantseeking Report Whether you manage a nonprofit organization, an educational institution, or a government agency, there is one truth that is self-evident: there is never enough money to do the good work you feel you need to do. So, we all ask ourselves these questions: Who will fund my organization? What is a reasonable level of funding to expect for my organization? Does my budget, location, or mission affect my organization's ability to be awarded grants? The free State of Grantseeking™ Report can serve as a valuable benchmark for organizations to review their grantseeking efforts, and will provide leading-edge information months earlier than other annual surveys. Read More
TrendTrack
So Now What? by Ellen Mowrer, President of GrantStation You’ve found the time to download the latest State of Grantseeking™ Reports. In fact, you have them all – total, by annual budget, by mission focus, by service area, and by U.S. Region. So now what? Well, that’s an awful lot of pages of data and words—and you want some quick-fix guidelines and benchmarks. If your organization is like those of many of our respondents, there is never enough time or staff to devote to grantseeking. And because a lot of these organizations are controlling administrative costs by cutting staff, there just isn’t much time for additional research. Let’s look at how to get the most valuable and applicable data from the State of Grantseeking™ Reports in the least amount of time. Read More