Find Your Next Funder: Why Your Grant Strategy Should Start Before You Search
By
Melanie Griffin
I spend a lot of time talking with nonprofit leaders, and I’ve noticed something. Almost everyone wants to grow grant funding. Very few leaders feel like ...
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Storytelling vs. Statistics in Grants: The Unseen Balancing Act
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Marcia Brevard Wynn, PhD
If you’ve ever written a federal grant, you’ve probably asked yourself this question: Do they want a powerful story or hard data? The short answer is ...
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Recharge Your Batteries: You Can't Lead From Empty
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Andrew Olsen
You can’t lead from empty. I know that sounds obvious but watch most leaders for a week and you’d think they’re trying to disprove it. They run themselves ...
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Why Grant Applications Get Rejected — and How to Avoid It
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Marcia Brevard Wynn, PhD
Federal grants can be game changers. They fund big ideas, help scale proven programs, and bring meaningful dollars to communities that need them most. But ...
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The Leader's Journey: A 90-Day Guide to Character, Culture, and Competence
By
Andrew Olsen
Y’all, I’m SO excited! Some of you know that I’ve been working on book number three. My first two books were focused on the nonprofit sector, while this ...
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Is Your Nonprofit Grant-Ready? A Practical Checklist
By
Melanie Griffin
For most nonprofits, fundraising still starts, and often ends, with individual giving. According to Giving USA, individual donors remain the largest ...
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A Better Way Announced: Reimagining Fundraising and Realigning Leadership
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Kat Landa
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- America's nonprofit organizations are facing a donor exodus — and are desperate to find ...
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Growing Into Generosity: God's Call to Greater Financial Faithfulness
By
Clark Dickerson
Have you ever wondered way so many churches reduce giving to missions and many Christian organizations fail to balance their budgets – thus not being able ...
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The Leadership Superpower You Can't Ignore
By
Andrew Olsen
I’ve learned a lot of hard lessons over 25 years in this work. I’ve seen leaders rise and fall, organizations thrive and struggle, and teams rally ...
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Advancing the Church Bulletin- A Letter from the President- December 2025
By
Rob Flint, Jr.
Stepping into the role of President of Cargill Associates has been both a homecoming and a recommissioning. After spending most of my career in local ...
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