Grant Training Center

MAY 25, 2020

The focus of this blog is effective grant writing. The reviewers of your proposal will be the ultimate judges of your funding success. Your readers — the reviewers of your proposal — are looking for answers to specific questions. To assure that they are enthused, you need to address: Whose story is this?

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A “Throwback Tuesday” post to one of my most popular grant writing guides. It's my complete A-Z guide to grant writing 101. This is going to be a longer blog post than I normally write. If you’ve ever wanted a start-to-finish rundown of the grants process, this is it. And you will get it down.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The first time you work on the evaluation section of a grant proposal, it is easy to find yourself staring at a blank page. More often than not, the evaluation section is towards the end of a grant proposal, and by that time, you are just ready to slap some words on the page and be done with it. Listen, I have been there.

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Allied Grant Writers

MAY 17, 2021

Government grants can be used to cover the cost of the program materials or services for a certain period. Agencies announce open grants, review, and choose the proposals that meet their criteria. As such, you have to compete and do your best in writing a proposal since there’s a limit. Be detail-oriented.

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Allied Grant Writers

MAY 17, 2021

Government grants can be used to cover the cost of the program materials or services for a certain period. Agencies announce open grants, review, and choose the proposals that meet their criteria. As such, you have to compete and do your best in writing a proposal since there’s a limit. Be detail-oriented.

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Grant Training Center

MARCH 30, 2020

A 2015 meta-analysis of more than 1000 articles with advice to proposal writers showed that most of the top 10 recommendations focus on strategic positioning and project design. 1 I’ve seen scores of presentations advising faculty how to write more competitive grant proposals and I rarely hear anything besides these.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The rest of the field will be hot on your heels, and some may catch you, but definitely not all, and your competitive advantage by starting early is seen by all as you cross the finish line. Then they point at you and say, BUT, before I do that, YOU get to start NOW before the rest of the field.

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Grant Writer Team

JULY 18, 2024

Grant Writers: A Quick Definition A grant writer researches, drafts, and submits proposals to help organizations or individuals receive grant funding. In addition, many grant writers will also follow up with funders as well. There is no guarantee of receiving a grant. And the best part?

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iGrantWriters

JULY 31, 2020

Interested in Becoming A Grant Writer, but not quite sure where to start? This FREE introductory training will help you to determine if grant writing is potentially a good fit for you or not. Become A Grant Writerâ?? Here's How You Will Benefit.

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Grant Writer Team

JULY 11, 2024

A good grant writer captures the entire story of your organization in a concise and definite manner. It is noteworthy that grant writers not only ensure proper and continuous funding of your nonprofit. Specific nonprofits estimate way too low for salaries of grant writers. The proposal is crucial to securing the grant.

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Just Write Grants

AUGUST 17, 2023

But to make these dreams a reality, one pivotal question often arises: "Is it worth hiring a grant writer?". Deciphering the Grant Writing Terrain Grant writing is more than just filling forms and ticking boxes; it's a complex and competitive landscape that requires a certain level of expertise to navigate successfully.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 20, 2023

The very definition of a catchphrase, right? Grant writers and fundraising should be or should strive to become the experts in the proposal they’re tackling, the appeal letter they’re crafting, the gala they’re organizing, the progress report they’re drafting…you get the picture.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

I’ve written grants, primarily federal grants, for more than 30 years, but my love is creative writing. Some might see creative writing as antithetical to federal grant writing. After all, we’re not writing fiction, and we can’t make things up. Have you ever used humor in a grant application?

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 11, 2022

But I want to propose a mindset shift that will help you solve problems in your nonprofit more strategically and effectively. For example, when you apply for grants, keep the proposals you submit on file and track whether you were awarded and for how much on a spreadsheet. Get your Roadmap to Grant Funding!

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Think and Ink Grants

MAY 4, 2024

Although applying for federal grants may be tempting, they are definitely not for every nonprofit organization. Winning grants for nonprofits offered by government agencies do take time. Here are six clear signs that federal grants may not be for you - at least for now, anyway. However, it is a long-term process.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The difference between the two worlds One of the problems I had with academic writing was actually sustaining interest in my own projects long enough to get all the way through the academic publishing pipeline. I learned quickly that I loved the grant writing but hated the rest of the job. I had just graduated from my Ph.D.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In our blog posts and other materials, we share our experiences related to researching potential funders, writing grant proposals, and managing the process. We don’t focus on the competitiveness of the grant process to be discouraging, and we are not saying you can’t secure grant funding for your project.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

You can definitely find a VA to do those. Organize grant materials: Submitting grant proposals creates mountains of narratives, tables, and proposed budgets. Organizing is what VAs do best, and your VA can organize your grant materials so that you can find what you need when you need it.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JANUARY 22, 2024

.” So, when congress finally reconciles the different versions of the FY 2024 budget passed in December by the Senate and House, there will be a deluge of RFPs published quickly, with grant-writing chaos ensuing. ” Sometimes it does, but it seems that most of the time, it doesn’t. an educated guess).

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Conducting research to find grants and funding opportunities is definitely the place to start if you want to be successful at getting grants and separating yourself from the strugglers. Sometimes that one phone call can give you a leg up when it comes time for the funder to review grant proposals.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In the 2023 Foundation Giving Forecast Survey , 90% of respondents awarded some general operating support (GOS) in 2022, but fewer than 5% said all their grants were GOS. Definitions of GOS varied by foundation, however, and many werent tracking those grants. How to ask your long-term funders for more money.

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Candid

DECEMBER 24, 2024

And if the paperwork requirements cant be reduced, can nonprofits use generative AI for grant writing? Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant proposals? 4 things we learned about foundations and general operating support.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JULY 17, 2024

I stopped writing the proposal I was working on to watch the chaotic news coverage, not on CNN or Fox, but on X, which is now the best news source. Now that you’ve gotten this far, you may be wondering what all of this has to do with grant writing, since I intentionally “buried the lead.”

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