Supplemental and Other Funding Sources

There are several options for funding your organization including loans, business lines of credit, sales, and of course grants. Grants, sponsorships, and crowdfunding are all examples of another option called supplemental funding. All sources of funding can help your bottom line, are often competitive, and not necessarily easy to get. Supplemental and other funding sources […]

Start off Your Fundraising Strong in the New Year

Plan on starting your fundraising strong in the new year. Since ideas abound for fundraising options, you are only limited by your imagination and planning. Your best strategy includes sufficient fore- thought, bringing together the right supporters, and implementing with confidence. If you tackle your fundraising with these strategies in mind, you will meet or […]

Are You Prepared For Funding?

Almost everyone wants a little extra money. But how do you know if you are prepared for funding? It’s no secret that everyone who asks for money will not receive it. There are steps that you can take to make sure that you in the best position to get the funding you need. Take An […]

How To Raise Money With Emails

When your organization needs money, you have to implement a multi-channel campaign to raise money that you need by asking with a clear and compelling message. These channels will help you get the word out, communicate your need, and let people know how they can help. One of the key channels to exploit is the […]

Purpose For Giving

The families that start foundations and donors that keep them going are looking for reasons, purpose, to give. They founded or support their organizations for specific reasons and that purpose drives their giving. Understanding these purposes can make the difference in gaining support or going into the refuse pile. While every foundation will have a […]

Do You Know Where Your Money Comes From?

Do You Know Where Your Money Comes From? Giving USA has taken a survey of giving in 2021 and has reported on where money comes from for most nonprofit organizations. Knowing how other, successful organizations meet their goals is important. It says that: 67% of giving is from individuals, 19% of giving is from foundation […]

Applying For Grants: Do it myself or get help?

So you want to try to get grant funding. Should you apply for yourself or should you pay to get help with the submission. How do you know what to do? There is no right or wrong answer, but there is a right or wrong way to do with it. G W Solutions can definitely […]

Creating a Culture of Fundraising

Fundraising is critical to the sustainability of every organization, non-profit and for-profit alike. While the method of fundraising may differ for different types of organizations, the intent is the same: to give your company the best opportunity to accomplish its mission (and be profitable for for profit organizations). Our focus here is on nonprofit fundraising […]

Focus on The Important Things

We are all in business and we should be focused on bringing in money, right? Even non-profit organizations have to have a singular focus on bringing in funding for your important community service projects, true? What if I said that money itself was not the most important thing. Yes, it is important even essential to […]

Donor Priority vs. Organizational Mission

Any good grant writer will tell you that you need to find a donor with priorities in line with your organizational mission. That alignment ensures that both the donor and the organization are able to mutually advance their cause for the benefit of their shared constituents. However, when donors use their influence to direct organizational […]