If your grant proposals feel flat or overly formal, it’s time to rethink your approach. Storytelling isn’t fluff … it’s strategy. There’s one skill that sets successful grant writers apart … and it’s not perfect grammar or deep pockets. It’s …
When is the best time to apply for a grant? This is a common question—and the answer might surprise you. For many things there is a true season. For example: Tax season Back to school season The 4th of July …
Grant writing can be incredibly complicated. From identifying the right opportunities to tailoring your proposal to the funder’s goals in a way that is still true to your own mission to tracking down all the right attachments, there is a …
Before you start chasing funding, make sure you’ve built the foundation to win it. Grant writing isn’t just about putting together a compelling proposal. It’s about proving (on paper and in practice) that your organization is ready to handle funding …
It’s two weeks before a federal grant deadline, and you just learned about the opportunity and that you are eligible to apply for grant funding. Unfortunately, your fundraising team is busy preparing for your organization’s annual event, and it is …
When I first got into grant writing, I was encouraged by many people to specialize. They thought the surest path to impactful work with nonprofits was to select a highly specialized niche (like Department of Education government grants) and work …
As you are building your nonprofit, most nonprofits early on come to understand that they must increase their funding so they can serve more people, serve the community, and do all the things that they got into this industry to …
Grant Writing Consultants Boost Your Fundraising Team’s Impact Many different staff positions fulfill fundraising duties. Depending on the size of the nonprofit organization, just one person may handle all fundraising tasks, while in other organizations the fundraising team may be …
When you want to learn about something new, the natural first instinct is to Google it. It’s such an integral part of our lives now that we turned the name of a search engine into a verb. Web searches are …
The “writing” part of grant writing is a relatively small percentage of the actual work required to win grants at a high level consistently. To someone who is new to writing and submitting grants, the entire grant process can feel …
