Sponsor a PurposeFundraising guides
Family foundations with no website: how to approach them
Many family foundations have no website, no staff, and no application portal. Here is how to find out what they fund, who decides, and how to make a first approach that gets read.
5 min read · 2026-10-04
The renewal playbook: turning one grant into five years of funding
The first grant from a funder is the expensive one to win. Here is how to work the twelve months after the award so the second, third, and fourth grants take a fraction of the effort.
5 min read · 2026-09-16
How much should a small nonprofit ask for? Grant sizing explained
How to pick a grant request amount using a funder's own giving history, why asking too little hurts you as much as asking too much, and how to build a budget the number actually comes from.
5 min read · 2026-09-09
Grants for animal rescues: where the money really comes from
A breakdown of who actually funds animal rescue and welfare work (family foundations, breed-specific funds, community foundations, corporate giving) and how to find the ones that fund groups like yours.
5 min read · 2026-09-02
Letter of inquiry template that gets responses
A structure for the letter of inquiry that gives funders exactly what they need to say yes, plus the parts that commonly get left out by mistake.
4 min read · 2026-08-26
How to read a foundation 990 in 15 minutes (and what to look for)
A quick, practical walkthrough of the four things that matter on a foundation's 990, so you can qualify a funder before you spend an evening on an application.
4 min read · 2026-08-19
How to find grants for a small nonprofit (a realistic guide)
A practical, no-fluff process for finding foundation grants when you have no grant writer and no budget for paid databases.
3 min read · 2026-08-16
Run your entire nonprofit on one platform
CRM, donations, emails, and reporting, all connected. Free for nonprofits, no platform fees.