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Grant Writing: How to Build Credibility with Your Budget Narrative

Grants.gov

Need statements , program narratives, and discussions of impact aren’t the only parts of a federal grant application that require the touch of a good writer. The budget narrative – sometimes called the budget justification or budget detail – can also benefit from a skilled wordsmith. What Is a Budget Narrative?

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Five green flags for funders in your grant proposal

Candid

And they frequently study your project budget and look back at the narrative (the main written part of the grant proposal) and the executive summary (the short summary of the proposal and budget that comes first) to see that they are all aligned. Also, use budget narrative—brief explanations—to explain confusing items.

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What Do You Need to Do to Get Government Grants?

GrantNews

How to Apply for a Federal Funding Opportunity -Their Community Blog covers a wide range of topics. Videos Grant Writing Basic s – “Tips for Proofreading Your Next Grant Application” and “Grant Writing: How to Build Credibility with Your Budget Narrative” are just two of the many topics that are covered.

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Advocating for Real Costs and Organizational Expenses by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

It’s alarming how much we lie on our org budgets and shortchange ourselves…. Stop thinking a shoe-string budget is some mark of resourcefulness and efficiency. Don’t set a budgeting precedent that leaves your staff overworked and underpaid. Identify factors that limit how budgets are written (e.g.,

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Stormy to Calm: Thoughts on Navigating the Federal Grant-Writing Waters After NLFGT

Grant Professionals Association

Aided by Kessler and Cassidys Writing to Win Federal Grants and Writing to Win Federal Grants: The Workbook, participants are guided through the entire federal grant writing process, including developing needs statements, crafting budget narratives, building partnerships, and navigating the submissions process.

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Applying Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement (QA/QI) in Grant Management Strategies

Grant Professionals Association

Proposal team development process — identifying and pulling together a team that includes appropriate skills, experience, and expertise: Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for content, writing and proofreading/editing, budget development, and graphics. Repository/library of supportive resources and tools — include standardized narratives (e.g.,

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Collaboration—Love it or Hate it?

Grant Professionals Association

When I’m trying to balance a Logic Model, Work Plan, twelve attachments, budget narrative, project abstract, and a thirty-page narrative, the last thing I need are twenty-minute debates about “how come they are getting more than we are?”