Shining a light on our data process
Author: Cathy Kirwan We often get asked if we have access to secret grants nobody else knows about. As much as we would love to say that … Continued
Sugar, auspice and everything nice
Author: Kate Sunners Choose your auspice wisely! If you’re a small unincorporated organisation, you’ll sometimes need to ask an organisation with incorporated status or deductible gift recipient … Continued
The Power of Storytelling
“The most powerful person in the world is the story teller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.” – Steve Jobs … Continued
Impact, Inspiration and Investing for the Long term – Collins & Co NFP Conference
Author: Charlotte Francis I recently attended the Collins & Co NFP Conference at Melbourne’s iconic MCG. Getting out of the office and connecting with other not-for-profit professionals is … Continued
Common Grant Application Mistakes and how to stop making them
There are a few common weaknesses when it comes to grant applications – is your organisation addressing them? Feedback from our discussions with funders and observations through our grants training … Continued
On winning the Arthur Venn Fundraiser of the Year Award
Strategic Grants Director Jo was honoured at the FIA 2017 Conference Awards Dinner to receive the Arthur Venn Fundraiser of the Year Award. Author: Jo Garner Sharing the … Continued
The sky’s the limit – giving your funders the first-class treatment
I love flying – particularly when I score a seat up the pointy end of the plane. The first-class/business-class experience is perhaps the only time someone ever waits on me … Continued
Thankyou take-away lessons
Author: Charlotte Francis I recently had the pleasure of listening to Kirk Pereira, Business Development Manager at Thankyou, a social enterprise founded in 2008 in response to global poverty. … Continued
Grants Lessons from the Oscars – Who Knew?
Author: Harriett Carter The Oscars. The glamour, the celebrities, the schmaltz – the whole big show. I love it, a lot. Yesterday’s 89th Academy Awards, however, didn’t go entirely to … Continued
A story of collective impact in practice: the CSIA journey from concept to outcomes
This week we’ve asked our friends at the Community Services Industry Alliance to provide a guest blog for us, introducing who they are, what they do and how they fit … Continued
Collective Impact
Author: Kate Sunners One step up from collaboration, this new framework is uniting institutions towards common outcomes. So many social problems are multi-faceted, deep rooted, co-constitutive and complex, making themseem … Continued
Time management and de-stressing for grant-writers
Author: Kate Sunners We had a year of breaking our own records in 2016 – the number of Perpetual IMPACT applications we worked on with our nonprofit partners last year … Continued