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Five Steps to Creating a Winning Logic Model

Think and Ink Grants

Last year, I presented the session "Logic Model LIVE!". It shows how serious (or maybe crazy) I am about logic models. If you've followed me for any length of time, you will have come across a presentation or two about logic models. In logic models, each prior step informs the next step.

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The Holy Grail of Grant Writing Success: How to Write Goals, Outcomes, and Outputs

Think and Ink Grants

Learning the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs is key to writing competitive proposals. The problem is that many nonprofit leaders and some grant writers do not have a clear understanding of the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs. Goals A goal is a broad statement of what you are looking to accomplish.

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Investigating and Improving the Questions You Ask Grantees

Blackbaud

Change up your questions” can result in several types of actions: Add elements or dimensions to a question to clarify your goals or to encourage more precise responses. If that funder’s application includes lots of jargon or technical phrases such as, “Tell us about your Theory of Change,” or, “What is your program’s Logic Model?”

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Become a Stronger Grant Writer Simply by Addressing DEI

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

We both wanted to advocate for change in the philanthropic community as one of our founding goals—the big vision. 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. Learn what you can. Start where you are.

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Good, Better, Best: Three Tips for Transforming a Mediocre Grant Proposal into a Great One

Peak Proposals

Telling the funder that you are doing much-needed work and are in dire need of money to realize your goals is not compelling. Logic Model Another tool that you can use (and is frequently required by funders) is a logic model. For this reason, impacts are not always included in a proposal’s logic model.

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Grant Outputs vs Outcomes: What's the Difference?

Think and Ink Grants

In logic model language (check this out to learn why logic models are essential), outputs are the direct results of your activities. R elevant - does this outcome align with the goals and mission of your organization? Can this work be done within the given time frame? outcomes win grants.

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Good, Better, Best: Three Tips for Transforming a Mediocre Grant Proposal into a Great One

Peak Proposals

Telling the funder that you are doing much-needed work and are in dire need of money to realize your goals is not compelling. Example timeline Logic Model Another tool that you can use (and is frequently required by funders) is a logic model. We see this come up frequently. All organizations need money.