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Grant Narratives: What are Objectives and Outcomes?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Grant writers need to master the difference between objectives and outcomes, because grant applications often require us to lay out our plan in detail to show careful and thoughtful planning, and funders almost always require them both. Outcomes are part of a logic model. ” She makes an excellent point. .”

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Too Many Fingers in the Pie? Here’s a Surefire Recipe for Cross-Agency Grant Work

Grant Professionals Association

Its always satisfying when you can include a Memorandum of Understanding, signed six months earlier, as an attachment to your application. Who fills out the SF-424 application? If Charlie was supposed to get the logic model to you two days ago, you need to be empowered to go to his boss about it. Set a primary writer.

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Key Takeaways for the GWBC Session as a Seasoned Grant Professional

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Leonard, GPC, RST. There was helpful new information provided, as well as important reminders to remember when working on federal grant applications. The second site, www.usaspending.gov, shows you the percentage of applications that were funded for each opportunity and also lists which organizations were funded.

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A Grant Professional’s Gift Guide by Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

Quartet Dry-Erase Whiteboard A place to jot down notes during a call or visualize a logic model as you talk through program elements. And since hard copy applications are few and far between, our staff noted that binder clips are great for holding bags of snacks shut, organizing the cords behind your desk, and in a pinch, a bookmark.

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The Holy Grail of Grant Writing Success: How to Write Goals, Outcomes, and Outputs

Think and Ink Grants

outcomes in our logic models. We feel they help make applications more competitive and make it easier to complete evaluations. Our next article will bridge this information and communicate how goals, outcomes, and outputs inform logic models, so stay tuned. Check out additional information about what S.M.A.R.T.

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Writing About Need so Funders Will Get It

Grant Professionals Association

Author Bio: Amanda Acton, GPC (she/her) is a grant professional living in Central Iowa (unceded traditional lands of the Baxoje). In addition to having a deep love for logic models and need statements, Amanda is passionate about cats, birds, and random trivia. Question: What comprises a compelling need statement?

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Juicing up Your Federal Grants to Engage Reviewers

Grant Professionals Association

The logic model. Developing a logic model before I start writing tells me who my characters are, what’s going to happen, and what the end result will be. Have you ever used humor in a grant application? My outline? Don’t forget emotion : Emotion? In a federal grant?