KFA Nonprofit Funding Solutions

06/10/2026

Our Grant Round Up just went out and this week we featured almost 60 new Federal funding opportunities! We highlighted two opioid grants from HRSA along with a funding opportunity from The National Park Service for the Underrepresented Communities Grant Program. The full round up included grants from HUD and DOJ.

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06/08/2026

05/28/2026

Here's a popular article from our archives for

Now that plans are in place to guide your overall strategy, funding and communications, it’s time to rally the troops. That is, you need to get everyone—from employees to board members to donors to volunteers to service recipients—aligned to help you put your plans into action. It sounds easy....

05/27/2026

Every nonprofit wants to grow. At least, most say they do.
They want to serve more people, reach more communities, build stronger systems, hire the right staff, and stop living from one small grant cycle to the next. Growth is usually treated as an unquestioned good, and in many ways, it is. Growth means the work is needed. It means the model is resonating. It means the organization has moved beyond an idea and become something real.

But there is a stage of nonprofit growth that we do not talk about nearly enough...

The Awkward Teenage Years of Nonprofit Growth Every nonprofit wants to grow. At least, most say they do. They want to serve more people, reach more communities, build stronger systems, hire the right staff, and stop living from one small grant cycle to the next. Growth is usually treated as an unque...

05/20/2026

https://mailchi.mp/kfanonprofit/60-chances-to-secure-funding-dol-samhsa-usda

05/19/2026

Here's a sneak peek at the grant opportunities we're highlighting in this week's Grant Round Up:

This week we have nearly 60 grant openings to share with you. We're highlighting opportunities from DOL, SAMHSA, and USDA.

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05/14/2026

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Like it or not, many private foundations seem to be moving to an "invitation only" funding model. Of course, that's purely anecdotal evidence. We have no statistics to prove the claim, but it certainly seems more and more grantmakers are only accepting applications from organizations they invite. Ma...

05/13/2026

https://kfanonprofit.com/blogs/blog/why-so-many-strong-programs-struggle-to-explain-what-they-do

One of the most common things I hear from nonprofit leaders sounds something like this: “We’re really good at the work. We’re just not very good at talking about it.” And honestly? That’s usually true. Over the years, I’ve noticed something interesting. The organizations doing the most d...

05/13/2026

https://mailchi.mp/kfanonprofit/why-so-many-strong-programs-struggle-to-explain-what-they-do