Fast Build Friday®

If you are not making grants to individuals because you do not know how or are afraid of what it might entail, you are missing a key component of your…

We have been receiving a lot of questions about how to structure funding awards to groups and organizations that are not formal charities. Funders want to support change, but have…

How are you feeling? Like so many of you, we oscillate between a state of speechlessness and being compelled to say something about this dark place and time in which…

Our clients that are intermediaries are playing brave and crucial roles in so many countries around the world. They provide critical funding and support to grassroots organizations, leaders, and communities…

Have you thought about how to start making grants internationally? And how to do it well? Today's Fast Build Friday topic is getting your infrastructure set up to make grants…

Nic recently had a fascinating conversation with a nonprofit President & CEO about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). They talked, in part, about indicators showing when nonprofits and philanthropies are…

Episode 5 of Fast Build Friday is about defining the word "infrastructure". So many definitions are floating around so Nic is here to level set. And once we have defined…

Do you want to know what strengthens fundraising and development efforts? Knowing your organization’s infrastructure. Why should you think about building infrastructure when you are fundraising or engaged in development?…

In our third "Fast Build Friday" episode, Nic addressed the four guiding principles for creating a rapid response grant process. Nic has learned these four principles from years of designing…

We know many funders are converting project support grants to general support grants as a result of the pandemic. In the second episode of "Fast Build Friday," Nic discussed the…