In the past week we’ve heard bad news from two important cultural groups in our area.

I recently heard from a funder--not from this area--that she avoided appointments with fund raisers.

I got an interesting phone call the other day from outside the Puget Sound region.

There is a old saying, "No news is good news." But that really doesn't apply to grant writing and your work with funders.

I'm often asked by grant seekers what grant makers look for in letters of inquiry.

There are a number of grant maker round tables coming in the next few weeks. And grant seekers will be eager to ask grant makers how things look for the remainder of 2009 and on into 2010.

The current issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review includes a great article, "Ten Nonprof

While there is no clear consensus, there are many reasons to believe that the impacts of last October's dramatic drop in the stock market will affect foundation giving for the next five years.

These difficult economic times have many organizations looking for support from any funder they can identify.