As a nonprofit grantwriter or development professional, you're busy. You know that social media is popular, but how exactly, is it going to help you get your job done? Here are 3 ways we use Twitter at [Joining Vision and Action] to help with grantwriting. 1. Researching and understanding trends, current events affecting your work. [...]
By Amber Alarid, JVA Consulting Kumella Aiu, program officer at the Anschutz Family Foundation and Art Rimando, former director of youth success at Mile High United Way share their insider tips with nonprofit participants at JVA’s August funder panel. On Wednesday, August 15, JVA Consulting was joined by funding experts [...]
By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting Earlier in May, JVA was pleased to welcome staff members from Colorado foundations including Miguel Lovato from the Daniels Fund, Erin Binford from the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation, Julie Voyles from the Gill Foundation and Michelle Sturm from the Anschutz Family Foundation for a panel discussion on what makes proposals [...]
It’s JVA grantmaking time for the Colorado Compassion Initiative. Our teams of volunteer peer reviewers, as well as our staff, have been thoroughly reviewing grant applications from nonprofit organizations from across the state. We know how busy you are, and finding time to write solid proposals can be challenging. But if you are going to [...]
Many of you attending JVA's grantwriting trainings know about our JVA Grant Proposal Checklist—the important form we use to ensure that when your grant proposal goes out, all the "i"s are dotted and the "t"s are crossed. We've all heard stories of someone working weeks on a grant proposal, only to forget a critical attachment [...]
We recently posted notices of some of our training workshops on JVA's Web site, and I've received some questions, so I thought I would post the most frequently asked questions about our trainings. Why is our grantwriting training better than other workshops available in the area? Yes, someone asked me this question (it’s a fair [...]
Are you not sure of our next career step? Have you been thinking of putting your skills to use in the nonprofit sector, but not sure how to do it? Join JVA's expert trainers for two incredible professional development opportunities that can help you land your nonprofit job. Development Intensive The Development Intensive (DI) is [...]
