In the spring of 2020 New Yorkers grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic, social and public health challenges and thousands lost...

Securing grant funds for nonprofit organizations in the outdoor sector is immensely challenging in any given year, but especially this...

September and October bring a wave of back-to-back grant deadlines which hopefully lead to many year-end grant awards. In these busiest...

Recently, I have encountered multiple nonprofits who decided to include grants in their strategic plans. Some have even been swayed to...

If COVID-19 has a silver lining, it is that it has shined a light on some truly stunning acts of altruism, kindness, and generosity. Many fo

In recent years, the nonprofit sector has started to see a shift away from the traditional needs-based approach to community problem...

In 2018, the good news was that a number of ZIM clients received multi-year grants. The bad news was that because of their methods of...

Election Day has come and gone, and no matter who you voted for or what your position was on the ballot issues, another type of election...

How does one distill 12 years of accumulated wisdom in 12 truths? You start with a much larger list and then narrow the list down to the...

Nonprofits and foundations are mutually dependent – one cannot succeed without the other – yet they often have different experiences with...

Humans begin telling stories soon after they learn the basic concepts of speech, with most 3- and 4-year-olds able to tell many stories,...

Have you ever wondered how to find a mentor? As children, it seems like everything we do is guided by someone helping us, whether it is a...