Introductory
Courses
Get Grant Ready
Build the legal, financial, programmatic, and organizational foundation that makes every future grant application faster, more competitive, and less stressful.
WHAT'S INSIDE
Five comprehensive workbooks guide you through the core elements of grant readiness:
- Workbook 1: Introduction to Grant Readiness defines what readiness means, why it must come before applications, and helps you assess your current state across legal, financial, program, and capacity dimensions.
- Workbook 2: Legal Registrations walks you through entity types, state and federal registrations (501(c)(3), EIN, charitable registration, SAM.gov, CAGE), compliance calendars, and how to identify and resolve common legal red flags.
- Workbook 3: Financial Systems & Materials teaches you to build a grant-ready organizational budget, align your accounting with your budget categories, track restricted funds, and assemble the financial documents funders request most.
Workbook 4: Internal Documentation helps you create the core documents that demonstrate who you are and how you work: board lists, staff bios and organizational charts, personnel policies, bylaws, annual reports, strategic summaries, and letters of support.
Workbook 5: Organizational Capacity provides a framework to assess your operational, leadership, management, and adaptive capacity, set SMART capacity-building goals, and show funders you can deliver what you promise.
Each workbook includes templates, checklists, reflection prompts, and practical assignments.
Four companion video trainings (corresponding to Workbooks 2–5) reinforce key concepts and guide you through the most complex sections.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
✔ You’ll learn to identify which registrations and documents your organization needs, locate what you already have, and create what’s missing.
✔ You’ll understand how funders evaluate organizational readiness before they read your narrative.
✔ You’ll build simple systems for budgeting, financial tracking, board governance, and internal documentation that serve you long after this course ends.
TIME TO COMPLETE
You can easily complete Get Grant Ready in as little as a few hours, up to a few days if you’re spreading it out.
PRICING AND ACCESS
$99
Lifetime access*
*We refer to lifetime access as having access to this course for as long as it’s available through our program platform via Mighty Networks.
Some courses may “sunset” after a few years. Don’t worry, though, because you’ll be given plenty of notice and have ample time to fully download learning materials before sunsetting may occur. 🙂
Find & Evaluate Grants
Finding the right grants and knowing which ones are worth pursuing is one of the most important skills a successful grant writer can develop. This course walks you through how to search strategically, evaluate opportunities thoughtfully, and organize your findings so you can build a proactive grant strategy instead of chasing random deadlines.
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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
✔ How to use proven tools and techniques to find grants that truly fit your organization
✔ How to prioritize opportunities based on alignment and competitiveness
✔ How to build a stronger, more strategic pipeline and evaluate grants with confidence
Write a Reusable Grant Narrative
Your time is valuable—and rewriting the same information over and over again for every grant is a recipe for burnout. This course will help you create a reusable grant narrative, a master document, or what we call a Standard Grant Narrative, that includes all the building blocks of a winning proposal.
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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- ✔ How to build and maintain a “home base” Standard Grant Narrative plus a program-specific narrative using ready-to-use templates
- ✔ How to tailor your content to fit any funding opportunity
- ✔ How to follow a repeatable workflow that saves time while improving proposal quality
Intro to Grant Writing with AI
In Intro to Grant Writing with AI, we’ll teach you how to use generative AI tools like ChatGPT skillfully and strategically to craft compelling, funder-ready proposals that actually win grants.
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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- ✔ How to use ChatGPT and other AI tools at every stage of the grant process, from program design through final copy edits
- ✔ How to streamline your workflow with proven prompt templates to save time and produce stronger proposals
- ✔ How to leverage AI responsibly to amplify your expertise, without replacing your skills
Grant Writing Made Easier Foundations
You’ll Learn
Advanced
Programs
Grant Writing Made Easier Advanced
Stronger systems. Sharper strategy. Advanced grant writing, made easier.
Grant Writing Made Easier Advanced is designed for professionals who already understand proposal structure, funder expectations, and the fundamentals of grant writing, but want to work with greater efficiency, clarity, and strategic control.
You’ll Learn
- ✔ Advanced AI workflows for training AI on your materials and voice for faster drafting and higher quality writing
- ✔ A strategic drafting process that’s clearer and more persuasive
- ✔ Systems that reduce cognitive load and free mental energy
- ✔ Federal proposal techniques for stronger argumentation
- ✔ Sustainable grant workflows aligned with long-term strategy
- ✔ Advanced rhetoric and writing techniques that improve clarity and increase fundability
Grant Consulting Boot Camp
Boot Camp is for experienced grant writers who want to turn their skills into income. Designed for brand-new or aspiring consultants, it can be a helpful stepping stone before joining The Grant Practice, but it’s completely optional. If you already have several years of consulting experience, you can skip it and go straight to The Grant Practice.
You Will
- ✔ Build a business model that fits your life and financial goals
- ✔ Set up strong legal and operational foundations
- ✔ Create consistent leads with stronger visibility, messaging, and a simple pipeline
- ✔ Build a values-aligned sales process from inquiry to contract
- ✔Deliver a polished client experience from onboarding to project management
- ✔ Finish one key asset to client-ready (proposal, contract pack, onboarding kit, etc.)
The Grant Practice
The Grant Practice is for experienced grant writers
who already have paying clients and are ready to
grow beyond hourly projects and inconsistent retainers.
You Will
- ✔ Learn advanced grant writing and consulting skills through ongoing training and professional development.
- ✔ Gain clear focus and direction using guided pathways for building and growing your practice.
- ✔ Develop consistency and follow-through with supports like group and individual coaching, community, and accountability.
- ✔ Build confidence navigating real client variables (scope, timelines, approvals, revisions, expectations).
- ✔ Create stronger systems and processes so you can deliver high-quality work without reinventing the wheel for each project.