DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 9, 2025

Grammar Kerfuffles: Second Installment ( View the other installments here ) Welcome to installment #2 of the grant writing blog series Grammar Kerfuffles, presented for you by DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services! The reviewer might perceive third person as more detached, thinking that they can evaluate proposals objectively.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 22, 2024

Patient Grant Pro Answer: Dear Patient Grant Pro – Your challenge is one that we have heard from colleagues not just in the grant consulting space, but as employees as well. Maggie Perry, GPC The post I still have challenges with clients not getting information to me on time, resulting in some last-minute panic.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

Consider outsourcing special opportunities to a consultant to prepare a proposal and respect grant professional’s capacity. Create a go, no-go matrix to evaluate new grant opportunities that will help inform leadership or board members when it’s not a good fit. However, sometimes it is a great fit.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 13, 2024

As grant directors, managers, and writers we need to understand what we are writing about in our proposals, especially if we aren’t involved directly in the project or program development. Are you prepared to remind those who hold the answers – or the planning process - that you both want the same thing – a strong proposal?

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Assel Grant Services

APRIL 29, 2024

Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS) There are just over 300 CGMS professionals at the end of 2023; only five have also received their GPC, including two AGS staff. million PMP certification holders worldwide through the Professional Management Institute ; only a few also hold their GPC, including one AGS team member.

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Fundraising HayDay

JULY 25, 2024

Laura , founder and CEO of Grant Fundraising Consultants , joined us to share those reasons and ways in which grant professionals can educate their colleagues and others about the true nature of grant work. It’s time that is understood.

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Assel Grant Services

JULY 6, 2024

If you are interested in grant services, training, or federal review services, or are interested in our career opportunities, Julie Assel, CGMS, GPC, President/CEO , will be happy to talk with you about this opportunity and provide you with a quote for grant services.

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Grant Consulting Services

JUNE 27, 2024

CEUs towards acquiring the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) or maintaining your GPC certification when you complete all seven courses in the Grantegy program. Master the Art of Grant Writing: Learn the ins and outs of crafting captivating proposals that secure the grants you need. Now, you can earn up to 3.5

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 20, 2024

The letters are most often a two-page “brief” proposal that contains the information that your organization wants to convey to a foundation, while also acknowledging their giving pillars. Are you ready to re-kindle a strategy for “unsolicited proposals? ”. GPC Competencies: #1, 8, 9

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We know in our hearts that funder relationships can mean the difference between a grant award or ending up in the pile of denied proposals. We aimed to collect data about the number of funded proposals that had relationships compared to organizations that did not have a relationship when the proposal was submitted.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2024

Grant seeking, proposal development, and post-award management can fill some professionals with dread. Often, if funding is extremely needed, some entities can be more reserved around submitting collaborative grant proposals. Funders can sniff out desperation in a proposal. GPC Competencies: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #8, and #9.

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 9, 2024

By Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC There’s nothing quick about the grants process. Building a connection before applying enhances the appeal of your proposal and reinforces your commitment to shared objectives. #3. First, there must be strategy. Here are five things to know that will help you revamp your grant-seeking strategy: #1.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 3, 2024

At the least, we want to sit in on these meetings so we can understand the broader organizational context and frame our grant proposals and reports appropriately within this context. Understanding the Grant Process and What We Need to Succeed: Every grant professional wants to submit a quality proposal or report on time.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 4, 2024

It is the soul of your proposal, usually the first impression people have of your case, and the way you introduce your work to a funder. Everything should return to your stated need as it sets the tone for the rest of your proposal. And that is before you even get to character counts!

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Whether you're a nonprofit founder, manager, or consultant, this guide is for you. A proficient grant writer knows how to use this data to align their proposal with the funder's goals. This skill can significantly increase the likelihood of your proposal being accepted. Treat them as such.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

Early career experiences supporting corporate responses to competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) opportunities for business contracts provided insights into how to read, understand, and respond to RFPs. Later service as an external reviewer for government agency grant programs provided further insights into grant proposal best practices.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2024

The Imperative: Listen and Learn As grant professionals, we’re inundated by articles, webinars, and marketing messages about AI’s role in prospect research and analysis, proposal and report writing, and more. This may produce fear of dire outcomes – such as, “there’s no more need for us”. My best advice is: Just jump in!

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 9, 2024

As grant professionals, we have dedicated our careers to mastering how to write grants and completing competitive proposals. Experienced grant writers and grant writing consultants are important. Learning how to find a grant writer or grant consultant may initially be difficult. If this is accomplished, congratulations.

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 9, 2024

As grant professionals, we have dedicated our careers to mastering how to write grants and completing competitive proposals. Experienced grant writers and grant writing consultants are important. Learning how to find a grant writer or grant consultant may initially be difficult. If this is accomplished, congratulations.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

finance staff, grant writers, program staff, consultants, and grant administrators). These indirect costs can be allocated to grant proposals. NGMA divides the grant lifecycle into three phases: pre-award, award, and post-award. A grant manager is anyone involved in the management and administration of a grant (e.g.,

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

We can’t come in on gameday and put together a proposal without any preparation and expect to win big. First, you want to look for open opportunities, commonly referred to as requests for proposals (RFP), notice of funding opportunities (NOFO), grant or funding cycles, or simply funding opportunities.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

Whether as an employee for an organization tasked with grant seeking, or an independent grant consultant serving multiple organizations, as grant professionals, we support the mission or cause of the organization every time we craft a compelling narrative to convey the need, the population, and the difference the work makes.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 10, 2024

We need to reapply for this funding and can tell you all about our work in our proposal. Based on your input, we'd like to submit a proposal aligned with your goals. We look forward to submitting a proposal." Author Bio: Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC, is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting.

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Think and Ink Grants

MAY 19, 2022

This is why my firm, Think and Ink Grant Consulting ® is one of the few firms to offer grant management as a service. There is nothing worse than being three or four weeks into writing a proposal and you realize you have less than six weeks to fundraise new money to meet a match requirement.

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Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 14, 2022

In addition to people moving jobs every few years and it’s good to have a few relationships at any one organization, gaining insight on your proposal from a few different folks works wonders. A seasoned grant writing firm like Think and Ink Grants (R) can help strategically align your proposal and help deploy a relationship-building strategy.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 22, 2024

Complete the application in ninety days, and we will present your proposal at the next board meeting.” Providing this guidance at the start ensures that grant proposals have the right expertise at the table, and the proposed work is vetted be the most appropriate staff at your organization. A decision tree is a great first step.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 10, 2024

– Beth Archer, GPC, RSM Incorporating movement throughout the day like yoga/stretching, walking on my treadmill desk, and physically playing with my kids for a few minutes when they get home from school. – Diane Leonard, GPC, RST Before work, I start the day with a short walk. – Megan Martin.

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Grants4Good

MAY 3, 2024

3 Write sections of grant proposals While AI cannot even come close to replacing your depth of knowledge and experience, it can help you write sections of grant proposals. Try this prompt in ChatGPT: “Help me develop a clear and concise project description for my grant proposal on [insert your project] in 200 words or less.”

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Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 27, 2021

Not doing your research Writing and submitting a competitive proposal takes time and a lot of research. Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™.

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Learning the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs is key to writing competitive proposals. Our team at Think and Ink Grants Consulting® uses S.M.A.R.T. She is one of only 17 Grant Professional Certified (GPC) grant professionals in Georgia. This is the holy grail of grant writing. outcomes in our logic models.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether working as a consultant with various clients or as an in-house grant professional with one agency, I begin my process with the same strategy. All of this information is used to update 2024 deadlines, review amounts requested and secured, and identify proposed ask amounts. Identify gaps and new grant opportunities.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 3, 2024

3 Write sections of your grant proposal While AI cannot even come close replacing the depth of knowledge of an experienced grant professional, it can help you write sections of grant proposals. Author Bio: Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S. Try this prompt in Google Bard: “Which U.S. And most importantly, have fun!

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Think and Ink Grants

MAY 24, 2021

It isn't easy to write a competitive proposal without them. Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. She earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020. outcomes win grants.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 25, 2024

However, the process of building appropriate alliances and collaborating on grant proposals can seem intimidating or even risky. As grant professionals, shouldn’t we be exploring collaborations before submitting grant proposals? Prominently feature your strategic alliances in your grant proposals.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

But with proposal narratives that can reach 60+ pages in length, adding creative touches to break up a heavy narrative can make a federal proposal more readable and thus easier for reviewers to assess. The following summarizes ways in which I try to make my proposals stand out. Have you ever used humor in a grant application?

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Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Put the two together, and you have a recipe for a successful proposal. We know how important data is for evaluation and outcomes in a proposal, but how do you take raw data and put it into a compelling, easy-to-read narrative for funders? The proposal could end up more distracting and confusing than just a narrative.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 11, 2023

As a new consultant, one of my biggest hurdles has been building confidence in my experience and expertise. As grant professionals, whether in-house or consulting, we are often looked at as experts. Author Bio: Kellie Brungard, GPC (she/her), is a grant specialist at Assel Grant Services. Competency: 07.

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