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The Competitive Advantage and Head Start of Pre-planning for Large Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

The order in which our team recommends you approach pre-planning is to create drafts (not finalized, not set in stone, but working documents that are a starting point for the real application) of the three following elements: Logic model – A draft of the key elements of your program/project design.

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

Grant Professionals Association

Who constructs the budget? 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. Who fills out the SF-424 application? Divide up the narrative sections but then pick one person to put the final polish on it all to make sure it reads as a coherent whole.

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Telling a compelling story: Communicating program impact in a grant proposal

Candid

A narrative that illustrates your nonprofit’s program impact The logic model is a classic framework for illustrating a program’s impact. These inputs are discussed in the project description and budget sections of your proposal. A proposal focused on program impact includes: Need: What need does your program serve?

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Become a Stronger Grant Writer Simply by Addressing DEI

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

It’s the only reasonable way to conquer that logic model or have a difficult but necessary conversation with a program officer or board member. However, my own most satisfying development as a grant professional has come from examining standard systemic practices and questioning them while taking action to advocate for change.

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Revolutionize Your Grant Writing with AI: Write Your Grant in Just One Hour

Grant Writing Made Easy

The Rising Demand for AI Skills: Job Opportunities and Earnings A 2020 study reveals that job openings requiring AI or machine-learning expertise will grow by 71% by 2025.

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Organizational Development in Becoming Grant-Ready

Grant Professionals Association

Sound Financial Management: The organization should have sound financial management practices in place, including budgeting, accounting, and reporting for both organization and for its programs and services. Strengthening these areas enhances the organization's ability to plan, implement, and evaluate grant-funded projects effectively.

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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?”