I’ve been getting quite a few inquiries lately about capital campaigns.

Does a budget really have to balance?

To some, that might seem like a simple, beginner’s question.

Writing this blog for the PSGA site I know I have two main audiences: grant writers that work for a specific nonprofit and consultants who work for a variety of nonprofits.

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

I spoke to a nonprofit skills development workshop the other day about foundations and grant writing.

Ten years ago or so a grant writer called me and shared a concern that his organization was in financial trouble.

The most recent issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that giving improved in the first quarter of 2010.

It's been a busy month where I've had the chance to participate in grant maker roundtables in two communities--the PSGA event and the Oregon Nonprofit Leaders Conference in Medford.

People often ask me how I got a job working for a private foundation.