Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

Across the nonprofit sector, countless small nonprofits and grassroots organizations do life-changing work with limited staff, tight budgets, and never enough daily hours. With a clear strategy and a few innovative systems, even the smallest teams can write competitive, compelling grant proposals. After all, every dollar counts, right?

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Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Large nonprofits with large fundraising teams may have the budget to hire a full-time grant writer; however, the process to hire a grant writer often takes more than 6 months from start to finish. Read our article here to learn more. After the grant writer is hired, the new hire still must be on-boarded and trained.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Effective grant management goes beyond tracking funds in your CRM its also about budgeting effectively, prioritizing programs that need financial support, and delivering timely reports to grantmakers. Many grantmakers request a proposed budget along with grant applications to show youre thinking about these goals from the start.

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Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Rates for simple foundation proposals typically range from $300 to $3,000, while complex federal grants may require significantly higher investments. Each structure offers unique advantages based on an organization’s needs and budget constraints. Grant writers give an all-inclusive cost for specific work without tracking hours.

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Grant Writer Team

JUNE 12, 2025

However, a strong, strategic application can set your proposal apart. Having this information helps you tailor your proposal to better align with their funding history. Additionally, 990s may include useful application notes, such as their mission language, allowing grant writers to mirror their values in their proposals.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Large nonprofits with large fundraising teams may have the budget to hire a full-time grant writer; however, the process to hire a grant writer often takes more than 6 months from start to finish. Read our article here to learn more. After the grant writer is hired, the new hire still must be on-boarded and trained.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Discern what you can from unfunded grant proposals and feedback from grant reviewers or program officers to determine areas of improvement. Prepare to request budget or timeline revisions as needed. A Plan for 2025 What is on your calendar as you look forward to the new year?

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 24, 2024

Common questions in a grant proposal ask about the demographics of the people you serve, how many people you serve, or the impact of your programs. Protip: Grant application data and goals should be based on fiscal years or calendar years (whichever is more appropriate for your organization). 1 set of data, so many ways to use it.

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Peak Proposals

JUNE 20, 2020

To be considered for a grant, you need to submit your proposal by a specific date and time, no exceptions. Because of the time pressure, unless you have a plan for how you’ll meet the deadline, you run the risk of either submitting the proposal at the last minute or missing the deadline entirely.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Our aim is to give individuals the ability to focus more time and energy on applying new learnings to advance their mission-driven work, without needing to find budget to simply partake in nonprofit training and learning opportunities. Introduction to Proposal Writing. Creating a Sound Proposal Budget.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

Learn how to create compelling proposals, effectively present your schools needs, and build lasting partnerships to support your students success. Below, you will find step-by-step guidance on creating a sponsorship proposal, presenting your cause effectively, and maintaining relationships that benefit your school over the longterm.

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Peak Proposals

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

After you finish writing your grant proposal, is there any way to know if it is any good? If your grant proposal receives funding, that’s obviously a sign that you did a good job, but is there any way to know before you submit your proposal if it’s any good? No proposal is perfect.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 16, 2024

To be honest, you should never be discouraged if a proposal is rejected. There are many reasons grant proposals are denied funding. Unrealistic Budget: The higher the funding amount, the more stringent the rules. Was there something I forgot in my proposal?” “Was my writing clear and concise?”

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

MARCH 4, 2021

Put all your energy into making sure you are truly grant ready across the board and refining whatever project or program you intend to eventually propose. Mark your calendar with the relevant deadlines and be sure to include other milestones in your calendar along the way to keep yourself and your team on track.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 15, 2021

Going From Volunteer to Paid Employee To get an idea of when you can start earning a nonprofit salary, you need to examine your budget and revenue forecasts. If you don’t have a budget, well, that’s your first assignment. Create an annual budget and work with your Board to adopt the budget. That would be convenient!

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GiveSmart

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As your finance team is preparing for year-end, with prepping reports and making sure your budget is on track, your donor development and fundraising teams are hard at work, too. Some questions every member of your team can ask themselves include: How are you progressing to budget? You presented the problem and your proposed solutions.

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Peak Proposals

JULY 17, 2022

Writing a grant proposal usually requires a significant amount of collaboration with others. For large, high-dollar value proposals, it’s necessary to assemble a team. These obstacles include different communication styles among team members or varying expectations regarding what the proposal process should be.

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Peak Proposals

JULY 17, 2022

July 17, 2022 Writing a grant proposal usually requires a significant amount of collaboration with others. For large, high-dollar value proposals, it’s necessary to assemble a team. These obstacles include different communication styles among team members or varying expectations regarding what the proposal process should be.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Project budget – A draft of the broad strokes of the TOTAL cost of what you have laid out in your logic model, INCLUDING overhead/administrative costs, that is laid out in a format that makes sense to your organization. You can also mark your calendars and join us for our December Lunch and Learn introduction t pre-planning.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

From writing a grant proposal to completing the budget, grant management encompasses all aspects of receiving and tracking grant funds. In fact, use the GrantWatch calendar tool when you search for grants. What is Grant Management? Most nonprofits rely on grant funding.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 9, 2024

Finally, personalize your My Grant Calendar to plan out your future grant applications and organize upcoming deadlines. GrantWatch provides direct links to request for proposals (RFPs). While most applications do require additional items that you may need help with, like a budget, real people are reading your application.

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Just Write Grants

JUNE 26, 2024

Budget Brackets: Grants come in various sizes. Utilize budget filters to find grants that match your program's funding needs, maximizing your chances of success. Crafting a Winning Grant Proposal A strong proposal is the cornerstone of securing grant funding. A professional presentation goes a long way.

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Grant Writer Team

JANUARY 11, 2024

There are a lot of reasons grant proposals may be denied funding and most of them are because of simple mistakes. Do not be surprised if your first or even your tenth grant proposal is not awarded. Deadline(s) Missed – You will not be considered for a grant if you submit your proposal after the deadline.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 21, 2024

Projects like these can drain resources, take more time than necessary, and quickly become your least favorite meeting on your calendar. Note when the project was approved, the proposed project start date, and when the project is expected to be completed. Are there budget requirements?

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 6, 2023

Part of that education is teaching them about a carefully crafted grant calendar that only includes grants you are (1) eligible to apply for and (2) competitive enough to be considered for selection. This is how a curated calendar helps – you have a game plan for the year. If yes, then…. Do we have a need that meets the grant?

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Grant Writer Team

JANUARY 11, 2024

There are many reasons grant proposals are denied funding. Do not be discouraged if your grant proposal is not awarded. Deadline(s) Missed – You will not be considered for a grant if you submit your proposal after the deadline. You Proposed An Unrealistic Budget – Is your proposal realistic?

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Just Write Grants

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The end of the calendar year is a critical time for nonprofits seeking funding. Many corporations allocate remaining budgets or ramp up philanthropic efforts during this season. Tailor Your Proposal Corporations receive numerous funding requests, so its essential to make your proposal stand out by aligning it with their goals.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 10, 2024

Within each year’s subfolder, create folders labeled application , budget, attachment , correspondence , and reporting. Use an Outlook or Google calendar for due dates and deadlines. Identify project management strategies for submitting high-quality and complete proposals on time

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Through our work in grant development, we’ve met many faculty members who have not received training on how to find funding or write grant proposals. What Are You Proposing: Is It a Research Project, Or Could It Be a Project with an Evaluation Component? Features of Project Proposal vs. a Research Proposal c.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

It's because they have smaller budgets. Those smaller budgets translate to smaller staff sizes or heavier reliance on volunteers for all facets of program management, which result in less consistency in grantseeking. will help you prepare the basic documents needed to write compelling letters of inquiry and grant proposals.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 3, 2024

My process starts with gathering essential materials including: (1) Agency’s updated strategic plan, (2) Agency’s updated annual budget, and (3) Last year’s grant calendar. I review the updated strategic plan to understand the high-level, overarching goals as I begin to create my grant calendar for 2024. Review current funders.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2017

One of the participants asked this question, which I feel sure is on the top of your mind as well: "Program grants have a budget directly related to them, and for the most part do not cover operations or overhead costs. So how did these organizations, already operating on very tight administrative budgets, accomplish this?

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Grant'd

MAY 31, 2020

Before starting any application, take the time to build a project outline (including the what, how, why, when and projected impact of the project) as well as an itemised budget. We also recommend creating a grants calendar using our six steps so you can avoid those 11th hour grant writing sprints!

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2017

Does my budget, location, or mission affect my organization's ability to be awarded grants? The answers to those questions vary — sometimes dramatically — by annual budget and mission focus. In addition, grant funding comprised over 25 percent of the annual budget for 43 percent of survey respondents. Learn more.

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The Fundraising Coach

APRIL 14, 2025

Budgets If youve organized a budget for your household before, you know that the goal of creating this document is to provide direction for your spending and income generation. Your nonprofit might have to create several different types of budgets depending on its activities. should have input on.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2023

Successfully securing corporate sponsors for your fundraising event can not only give your budget and staff’s bandwidth a boost. The next step to success remains the same: propose the benefits that supporting your fundraising event will bring for prospective corporate sponsors. Dedicated contact.

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Grant Consulting Services

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

When you’re writing a proposal for a grant, your goal is to explain the need in the community and your organization’s vision to solve the need to the potential funders. After reviewing and submitting the proposal, there is still a waiting period for the determination. Grant development is a process that involves multiple steps.

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