Way too often, the program design section of a grant gets less attention than it should. A lot of grant writers think, “if I get the grant, I’ll design the program/add more detail to it.” Unfortunately, that’s not the grantmaker’s...

How do you improve upon a grant proposal when you’re applying for funding from the same grantmaker more than once? Whether you’re writing a proposal for a grant opportunity that you’ve won in the past or you’re reapplying with a...

Once you start writing multiple grants for your nonprofit, keeping a schedule for each grant application becomes extremely important.  In this post, I share a guide to designing a grant writing schedule that will help you keep your project moving...

This Saturday, July 18, is my birthday and last month was my 5-year business anniversary (what?! how?!), so I’m feeling reflective. Years ago, I thought 5 years in business would be a milestone that I would celebrate, but last month...

One of the greatest challenges in writing is to clearly communicate complex ideas. This is particularly true in grant writing, as there are often many components to the need an organization is addressing and many facets to their programs. In...

I can’t tell you enough how important it is that nonprofits take advantage of the current grantseeking environment. There are so many new openings for first-time grantseekers to get grants, especially from bigger funders. But I still see these 4...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] One of the biggest misconceptions I encounter about grant writing is that once you write your proposal, you’re done with it. So many writers expect that the first draft is the last draft. I’ve actually had prospective clients tell...

For years, I have felt called to make Grant Writing Made Easy even more accessible to nonprofits and individuals with low incomes/income instability. I used to sell the course at the discount of $497 or 6 required payments of $97....

What does a day in my life as a grant writing consultant look like? To be honest, it has changed a lot since I had a baby last fall and even more since the quarantine. But those are factors that...

We’re going deep on budgets in this post because we’ve still been getting a lot of questions about budgets after our last post on them. And it’s no surprise. For many grant writers, this is the most challenging piece of...