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From Scrambling to Soaring: A Four Step Plan to Elevate Your Grant Strategy for Long-Term Growth

Are you winging it with grant applications — juggling deadlines, unclear roles, and missed opportunities? A strategic, well-structured approach to grant writing can help your organization build stronger funder relationships, streamline processes, and secure more stable funding. In this post, we share practical steps to establish team alignment, identify funders, strengthen connections, and plan ahead so you can move from scrambling to soaring with your grants strategy.

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Three Generations of “Bill” and the Lowry Family Philanthropic Legacy

Alford Group’s President and CEO sits down with three generations of the Lowry family, Big Bill, Commissioner Bill and Bill Jr., to share their family's incredible legacy of giving. 

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Moves Management Program Quiz & Guide

Alford Group’s Moves Management Program Quiz Guide provides best practice informed actionable steps your team can take to strengthen your moves management program. This guide is based on your responses per core functional area: Strategy, Structure, Systems, Story, Style, Staff and Skills.  

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Is your Fundraising On Track? Take Our Moves Management Quiz and Find Out!

A strong moves management approach streamlines and aligns development efforts, increasing work efficiencies, maximizing staff time and centralizing relationship building activity to elevate transformational impact over transactional giving. Take our free quiz today to find out the strength of your development team’s moves management program.

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Giving USA 2025: Philanthropy in Uncertain Times

This webinar and panel discussion will demystify the latest trends in philanthropy and provide insights on how to boldly engage donors in increasingly uncertain times. Alford Group will present the numbers, and an expert panel of sector leaders will share their experiences in growing donor support.

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How To Build Your Fundraising Dream Team

Discover how to build a resilient, joyful and high-performing fundraising team where creativity thrives, values come to life and donor relationships flourish.

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Resiliency Services for Nonprofits Navigating Uncertainty

Facing a crisis or urgent funding need? Alford Group’s resiliency services help nonprofits adapt fast with expert strategy, scenario planning and board support to stay mission-focused and resilient

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Nonprofit Scenario Planning Worksheet Template

Strengthen your nonprofit’s resilience with Alford Group’s free ABC Scenario Planning Worksheet Template. This easy-to-use scenario planning tool helps you anticipate risks, adapt strategies and prepare for best-case, baseline and worst-case outcomes.

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