Grant Consulting Services

JUNE 29, 2023

One word: budget. In the land of grantmaking, it’s essential to have a budget in place because grantmakers want to know that your financial situation is reasonable and how you plan on spending the money if awarded. The budget should show potential funders EXACTLY where their funds will be directed. Don’t make stuff up.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

QA/QI is also a criterion funders often use in reviewing and selecting grant application requests to fund. Repository/library of supportive resources and tools — include standardized narratives (e.g., project narrative format/content/organization, budget and budget narrative and required attachments).

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 24, 2024

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. You may not get funding for all you ask for or need, but at least you’ve built a realistic financial picture of what it takes to achieve your mission.

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Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

A green flag is anything that would immediately signal to a funder that the nonprofit is a strong candidate for funding. Funders are looking for credibility—in brief, reasons to trust that a nonprofit will do what they say in the way that they say in a grant proposal. Inconsistencies, no matter how small, can be a red flag for funders.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 25, 2023

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?” Has this worked all the time? Absolutely not. You better believe it!

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GrantNews

JANUARY 4, 2024

FOA stands for Funding Opportunity Announcement. This is something you will need to know if you’re interested in securing federal funding for a project or program. Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Defined To define: FOAs are official notices used by federal agencies to publicly advertise available federal grant funds.

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Grant Consulting Services

JULY 31, 2023

In the world of grantmaking, changes are inevitable as the funding landscape continues to shift. In my most recent Grantegy class, I purposely tested the viability of ChatGPT to help create a sample budget and corresponding budget narrative. AI Technology for Grant Writing: Proposed rules for academic funding.

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