After 11 months of the pandemic, I have learned to cultivate a deep appreciation of beauty around me, which wasn’t always apparent when I was rarely at home. In March, my husband and I mapped…
Posts Published byKimberly Hays de Muga, GPC
Top 3 Ways to Improve Grant Applications for 2021
Top 3 Ways to Improve Grant Applications for 2021 If you’re pining for a return the way things were pre-pandemic, let me stop you right there. Of course, I am longing for an end…
Raise More Money, Win More Grants—By Doing Less—Strategically!
Opportunity comes in many forms. It knocks. It forms a window. Or it opens a door. Or maybe a door closes, and a window of opportunity opens. Whichever proverb frosts your cupcake. Successful fundraising…
Career Paths: The Road Less Traveled
I may have driven my parents crazy with all my questions when I was a little girl. Okay, I did drive my parents crazy will all my questions. Maybe you did too. Or maybe you’re…
Raising More Money: What Flossing Taught Me About Monthly Giving
Are you sitting down? What I have to say in this post may be profoundly shocking for many of you. I really love going to the dentist. It’s true. I’ve been going to…
Improve Your Productivity with the Enneagram
Personality typing and standardized testing leaves me cold. Humans are incredibly complex, messy, and often wonderful beings. That very complexity makes me resist the idea that neat little labels can define us—more likely, they will…
Not Just By The Numbers—Successful Grant Writing Through Authentic Storytelling
Storytelling is more than just a great way to connect donors and funders to your nonprofit’s mission; it’s something deeply human to share through story. Storytelling is a great way to help people understand what…
Breaking the Stress Cycle: Burnout Relief for Grant Writers and Fundraisers
We’re all just walking each other home— Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmi) For most nonprofit and local government workers, there’s a “normal” stress level. Raising funds against growing needs, and often decreasing sources…
Ethical Grant Seeking: Beyond Following the Rules
Some people are drawn to true crime shows and podcasts. Others find solace in Animal Crossing or Candy Crush. Believe me, I am not judging. I self-medicate by watching reruns of the Great British Baking…
The Dark Side of Little White Lies: Funder Feedback
We’ve all done it. (And if you say you haven’t, you’re definitely telling a little white lie.) A friend, spouse or a colleague asks your opinion. And you fear that telling the actual truth will…