Resource Library: Fundraising and Resource Development

Hands-on guide on how to advocate with local and state officials to secure what’s remaining of quickly disappearing State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

In this article, we lift up Habitat for Humanity of Ohio and the $25 million investment secured from the state of Ohio as an advocacy and development success story.

Gwinnett County, Georgia, received $181.9 million in SLFRF resources in 2021 and the County’s Grants Management Division has been providing “grants management services to departments and elected offices.” They have been conscientious in asking how do we determine which nonprofits to fund and what is the support they need? One answer was to utilize the county’s ongoing planning as a resource for guiding SLFRF spending.

Nonprofits need to know whether revenue from corporate sponsorships will be considered a charitable contribution or a taxable advertising payment which could trigger unrelated business income taxes.

New data provide further evidence that the public served by nonprofits continues to be at risk.

As AI continues to evolve rapidly, nonprofits grapple with the best ways to harness its power responsibly. Enter Fundraising.AI, an initiative that seeks to bridge this gap in the fundraising space.

What’s the secret sauce in great funder/nonprofit relationships? Here’s a crowdsourced “recipe” straight from the participants in four programs we co-hosted with Exponent Philanthropy in 2017.

December 31, 2024, deadline to obligate State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) under the American Rescue Plan Act. On January 1, 2025, billions of unobligated funds will have to be returned to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, meaning that nonprofits will lose access to a funding source to address workforce shortages, decreases in revenue, increases on operating expenses, and other challenges that SLFRF can help address. Missing this opportunity does not have to happen, but action is needed now!