Nonprofits at all stages of development can benefit from hiring a grant writing consultant. Organizations seeking grant funding for the first time can turn to a grant writer to review their grant readiness and identify suitable opportunities.  At the other...

Over the last couple of weeks, lots has happened here in the business. I was able to take a week off to travel to Disney World with my family, we ran a spring sale for Grant Writing Made Easy (welcome...

I’m back at it again this week with more on budgets. Today, I want to talk about the nonprofit annual budget.  Now, I know there’s a lot of really great advice out there about nonprofit financials, and I’m not here...

Determining your eligibility for a particular grant means making sure you’re within the designated geographic scope and location, that you’re the type of grant applicant the funding is for, that you’re seeking the type of funding the grant is, and...

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to getting grant funding is knowing which grants you’re eligible for. Raise your hand if you’ve ever gotten excited about a grant you’ve found only to realize that you’re not even eligible? Not a...

The nonprofit budget . . . it can be tricky for grant writers and nonprofit leaders, partly because it requires good forecasting skills and excellent bookkeeping systems and partly because there’s just a lot of confusion surrounding the budget. Every...

You’ve been experimenting with your grant strategy for too long. You’re probably tired of rushing around and struggling to piece together grant applications at the last minute. You want more stable funding… …to do more good, …serve your community better,...

Whenever I set my mind on a new task, the first thing I like to do is take stock of where I’m starting from. Whether it’s developing a new course, beginning work with a new client, or even projects in...

Almost everyone knows that grant funding for nonprofit organizations is out there.  In fact, there are grants for nearly every cause, including grants for artists, educators, and local governments. Yet, the process of finding and applying to these grants is...

In March 2021, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). As a result, the United States Treasury allocated more than $350 billion dollars to state, regional, municipal, and Tribal governments. The ARPA infused local governments with one of the...