Millionaire Grant Lady Wins Grants for STEAM Programs

Millionaire Grant Lady loves winning grants for STEAM programs. In the last two months, Millionaire Grant Lady has won 5 grants of over $308,000 for the Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center’s (NAEC) only-of-their-kind STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, …

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Gratitude in Grant Winning

Gratitude is the Right Attitude in Grants

Some people in fundraising have taken an attitude of entitlement for nonprofits and grants by suggesting that nonprofits deserve funding. They have implied that for the wealthy or for foundations to not support a nonprofit with grants is perpetuating inequities …

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Nonprofit Program Design and Winning Grants

Nonprofit program design is a vital component to winning grants. Both foundation and government funders read a ton of grant applications. They can tell if a nonprofit program design is fully developed and is likely to be successful or not. …

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Foot in the door with funders

Getting a Foot in the Door with a Big Funder

One of my favorite celebrations that I have is when a client succeeds in getting funding with a new funder. The hardest grants to get are your very first grants ever. The second hardest grants to get are your first …

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Find the right foundation grant funders

Finding the Right Foundation Funders Part 2

Last month, we talked about how you have to find the right number and the right fit of foundation funders to grow your organization’s grants. I often talk with clients who are doing one of two key mistakes in finding …

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