CNI focuses on providing boards, EDs and development teams the tools they need to evaluate and improve the performance of their fundraising programs. The areas of focus include: strategic planning, analyzing ROI on various fundraising tactics, measuring outcomes as well as outputs, using performance as a guide to finding new donors, how to evaluate and implement innovations, and how to deal with the new generation of donors.

Our grants management courses are not just another ‘write a winning grant’ forum. They offer hands on training with problem identification, performance evaluation, costing and auditing rules, and end outcome measurement

Costing Rules & Regulations

All grants, but especially federal ones, have associated regulations and compliance issues that few organizations concern themselves about in the grant writing process.  Winning a federal grant comes with it a great deal of responsibility in the form of hidden requirements and potential penalties. Paul Calabrese, a senior executive with Rubino & McGeehin, Chartered, CPAs and Consultants, provided a basic overview for complying with federal government grant guidelines at the recent Grants Management for Results Course in Arlington, VA.

Corporate Foundations Gave a Record $3.6 Billion in 2005

A recent study released by the Foundation Center shows that corporate foundation donations reached a record high of $3.6 billion in 2005, and corporate giving is projected to stay very strong in 2006.  The money contributed to nonprofits from corporate foundations represents 11% of all foundation giving, far below the 17% high water mark in 1987.  The main beneficiaries of corporate dollars were education and social benefit organizations.