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Stop the Boilerplate Burnout: How to Keep Your Grant Story Fresh Without Losing Your Sanity

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Grant writers, raise your hand if youve ever opened an old proposal and discovered that the current executive director left two years agoand your orgs mission statement has since gone through three rewrites and a rebrand. Label it clearly (Org Boilerplate Updated Q2 2025) and archive past versions in a tidy version history.

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The most read Candid insights articles in 2024: Fundraising, AI, and diversity 

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Now, the other question is Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant proposals? According to the authors of The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Age of AI, the human risks of over-reliance on AI tools for time and cost efficiency include exacerbating the burnout crisis and eroding internal collaboration and communication.

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The 3 types of capital nonprofits need to succeed in 2025

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Nonprofits are facing ever-increasing challenges in obtaining financial capital, with reports of declines in individual donors , fundraising challenges , and proposed government spending cuts. Social capital is also often a factor in securing invitations to submit grant proposals or work on initiatives.

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