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...

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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...

After years working with hundreds of clients and students around the country, I’ve learned that most nonprofit leaders are aware there are steps they need to take before they’ll be eligible to apply for grants, but they’re not always sure...

Last week on my CEO day (Friday!), I started taking stock of the past year. I’m eager to think about next year’s goals, strategies, and projects, but before I can do that, I need to know how my business did...

After just two months of being a mom, I'm leaning towards yes. But really, this isn't to exclude anyone; I know there are many other circumstances in life than can have the same kind of personal demands. For me, motherhood...