How to Get Funding for a Non Profit Organization

What Is a Grant?

Using the words of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, a grant is “a financial donation given to support a person, organization, project, or program.”  It is typically awarded to a nonprofit organization from a foundation, corporation, or governmental agency.

Grants are typically awarded to a nonprofit organization for a distinct program or purpose.  A grantmaker generally focuses its giving on:

    A specific population (such as children or organizations in Maryland)
    Certain types of nonprofits (such as churches or environmental groups)
    Particular types of support (such as program development or funding for equipment).

How to Prepare Your Organization and Get Government Grants

Many people think that finding money is the first step in starting a nonprofit.  But there’s a lot more to raising money than just having a good idea.  Since nonprofits and foundations exist in order to benefit the public, there must be a need for your organization and its work in the community.  After you’ve established that there is a need for your project, you also have to convince donors and funders that your organization has the ability to carry out what it says it wants to do!  Here are some of the most important things to consider:

•     Clear mission and vision, goals, and objectives

•     Committed board members

•     Capable management, staff, and volunteers

•     Legal standing to do business in your community

•     Appropriate tax status

•     Accounting systems

•     Programs that are vital to the well-being of the community

•     Fundraising plan, which seeks support from many different sources

•     Facilities, equipment, and maintenance.

Small and medium sized charities simply didn’t have the resources to hire property and project management professionals.

Many of them owned or leased impressive facilities but only had cleaners to maintain them - not people skilled in improving the space over time.

Many small and medium sized charities didn’t have grant writing professionals either; and even if they did, they often didn’t know anything about buildings or how to raise substantial funds to renew them.

Longview Services Inc. helps charities RAISE money, RENOVATE their facilities and REDUCE their energy use with minimal effort and cost.

We are here to help all Ontario Charities with their property and project needs. You will enjoy working with us and the team of architects, engineers, code consultants and others we bring in to move your organization forward.

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Phone: 1-800-672-7081
http://www.longviewservices.com/