Good writing matters. That might seem like a no-brainer, but it’s an issue that just isn’t covered enough in most grant writing instruction. Don’t get me wrong: grantmakers typically won’t judge your proposal for writing quality and style the same...
The number one question I get from new grant seekers is: “Where do I find grants?” Once I teach them how to find grants, naturally, the next question they ask is: “How do I know which grants are right for...
Having a strategic plan is essential for any business organization, for-profit and nonprofit alike. Of course, a strategic plan helps organizations define our vision, goals, and strategies that will make it possible for us to serve our community. A strategic...
I wrote my first grant in 2012 as a Ph.D. student, and it was the first grant application that I made a major contribution to. It had a complicated budget, a logic model, and a human research component. I learned...
I have to admit something. For as long as I’ve been a grant writer, my outrage at the nature of grantmaking and grantseeking has been boiling just below the surface. It is, quite literally, the rich requiring the poor to...
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...
When designing any program or project for your nonprofit, it’s essential to plan how you will monitor and evaluate that program. Grantmakers will ask you to explain exactly how you will do that, but even more importantly, designing the monitoring...