Resources
As we navigate an ever-changing funding landscape, it’s important to keep up with updates while still caring for yourself. Below are our top resources for protecting yourself from burnout, creating contingency plans, and using grants as advocacy.
Mitigating Burnout
- #HealthyGrantPro Burnout Resources, including books, podcasts, and assessments: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11L4-0KMWkUOciJeKBPYBOX_gbZ94ysIp/view?usp=drive_link
- BIGGER than Burnout: Strategies for Winning the Silent Battle: https://cdn.ymaws.com/grantprofessionals.org/resource/resmgr/publications/journal/_2021gpajournal.pdf
- The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout: https://happyhealthynonprofit.wordpress.com/resources/
- 10 Ways to Find Calm in the Chaos (podcast): https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/calm-chaos
“I am a nonprofit unicorn. I try each day to make the world better. I am good at some stuff, and I suck at some stuff, and that’s okay. There’s way more crap than I can possibly do on any given day. On some days I am more productive than other days, and that’s okay. I know sometimes there are things I certainly could have done better. I know that I can’t make everyone happy or spend as much time as I could on everyone. I know there’s a bunch of crap I don’t know. Sometimes I make mistakes, and that’s okay. I will try my best to learn and to improve, but I’ll also give myself a break. I will be as thoughtful and understanding with myself as I am with my coworkers and community members. I am an awesome and sexy nonprofit unicorn.”
Contingency Planning
- Surviving the Trump Administration’s Grant Review Process: https://grantprofessionals.org/news/news.asp?id=692649
- National Council on Nonprofits Summary of Executive Orders, includes link to “living” pdf documenting changes to orders and other critical updates: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/impacts-recent-executive-orders-nonprofits
- Contingency Planning for a Trump 2.0 Presidency with Dolph Goldenburg (podcast): https://successfulnonprofits.com/portfolio/trump_contingency-planning/
- 12 Urgent Financial Action Steps for Nonprofits: A 2025 Checklist: https://nonprofitfinancials.org/resources/12-urgent-action-steps-nonprofits-2025/?_bhlid=3f87307f1a1cae2345924732b5009d6a573d277f
- How Do I Communicate with Grantors During These Uncertain Times?: https://www.teamkatandmouse.com/post/how-do-i-communicate-with-grantors-durning-these-uncertain-times?_bhlid=06f2538d177ae9c15525e52c28fafe59ec0d5211
- Read Project 2025 to understand better what may be happening next: https://jesspettitt.com/project-2025/
Advocacy
- How reliant are nonprofits on government grants?: https://blog.candid.org/post/how-many-nonprofits-rely-on-government-grants-data/
- National Council of Nonprofits: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/pressreleases/national-council-nonprofits-reacts-rescinding-omb-memo-ordering-funding-freeze
- Grant Professionals as Advocates: https://grantprofessionals.org/news/news.asp?id=667080&hhSearchTerms=%22Julie+and+Paynotta%22
- Mutual Aid Societies: https://afsc.org/news/how-create-mutual-aid-network
- GPA Governmental Advocacy Toolkit: https://grantprofessionals.org/page/governmentaladvocacy
- Fund The People: The national movement to maximize investment in America’s nonprofit workforce: http://fundthepeople.org
- Identifying Congressional Representatives and Senators: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
- Effects of Executive Actions on Nonprofits: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/form/effects-executive-actions-nonprofits
- 5Calls: (set your location to receive your legislators’ contact information, along with a script for outreach to them) https://5calls.org/issue/omb-federal-funding-freeze/
“The dollars you bring in light fires that keep burning. The very process of the work builds and empowers the community.”
