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A disturbing trend in Notices of Funding Availability (NOFOs): the incredible shrinking grant proposal

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

This post could lead to a 2025 sequel: The Incredible Shrinking Grant Proposal. Faithful readers also know that I started writing grant proposals shortly after the last Ice Age ended. As we’ve written about before, proposal formatting requirements change over time. Back then, the term of art was Request for Proposals (RFP).

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Applying the Stages of Group Development to Grants

Grant Professionals Association

Have you encountered inefficiency, frustration, or even conflict when working with a group to develop a grant proposal? This article will briefly describe Tuckmans framework and then apply these ideas to grant proposal development. The group will determine the scope of the proposal and the amount to request. Take heart.

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Grant Writing Tip: Using federal grants to fund building or purchasing/renovating a building

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

We get many calls from nonprofits and public agencies seeking federal grants to build or buy and renovate a building*—the proposed uses could be anything from a youth center to a SUD treatment facility to affordable housing. The Annual Action Plan development process includes an opportunity for local nonprofits to submit funding proposals.

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Grant Writing Tip: Using federal grants to fund building or purchasing/renovating a building

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

We get many calls from nonprofits and public agencies seeking federal grants to build or buy and renovate a building*—the proposed uses could be anything from a youth center to a SUD treatment facility to affordable housing. The Annual Action Plan development process includes an opportunity for local nonprofits to submit funding proposals.

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Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy

Candid

Based largely on input we’ve received from individual organizations and partners, we’re proposing 205 changes to the PCS. Starting today and through August 5, 2023, we are making the proposed changes available for public comment.

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How to Write Persuasive Proposals

Grant Training Center

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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Working Toward Internet Access for Everyone

Tech Soup

The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. If this proposal is enacted, it will, at a stroke, do more to close the U.S. Expansion of the FCC's Lifeline Service.