Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

But applying for every opportunity is a fast track to burnout, not funding. Some grant applications require extensive attachments, audits, or years of financial history. Instead, seek out funders who explicitly welcome first-time applicants, smaller budgets , or grassroots initiatives. After all, every dollar counts, right?

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

I had many moments when I was on the edge of burnout doing my part to move the mission forward. Across the sector, burnout and its consequences are widespread. According to the Well-being Project , changemakers experience high levels of burnout, stress, depression, chronic illness, and weak personal relationships.

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Blackbaud

JULY 2, 2025

According to the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s State of Nonprofits 2025 report , over 90 percent of nonprofit leaders cite political and economic instability as a barrier to advancing their mission, and nearly as many report staff burnout as a significant challenge. Without clarity, these tools can reinforce harm.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 15, 2025

Many of the professionals we’ve heard from and work with say they’re always behind schedule, often losing critical documents, and struggling to maintain consistency and quality across their applications. As grant experts who believe deeply in building sustainable systems, we knew there had to be a smarter way.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 21, 2025

We’ve created a streamlined approach to grant writing with tools designed to help you leverage past efforts for future wins: the AI Grants Hub™, featuring the Standard Grant Narrative, the Grant Application Library, and the Organizational Documents Library. Every past application becomes a learning tool and a building block.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 23, 2025

However, if your organizational data, program descriptions, community quotes, and past applications are stored in a connected system, something powerful happens. If burnout is a familiar feeling, you’re not alone. If you ask it to “write a need statement about food insecurity,” it’ll give you something bland.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Nonprofit Grant Proposal Budget Calculations: A Road Map Whats the best way to make your nonprofits budget stand out on a grant application? Most nonprofits want to include grants in their revenue streams but can often be overwhelmed by the time commitment and technical know-how a successful grant application requires.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

This happens when you’re constantly jumping around between your inbox, a shared drive, your calendar, Slack, a PDF guide, an old application… the list goes on and on. If you’re a grant writing consultant, it’s buying you a one-way ticket to Grant Writer Burnout Land — a place you definitely don’t want to visit. You get it.

AI

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

Elevate your proposals using refreshed templates, updated data insights, and a stronger commitment to equity, ensuring your applications stand out in a crowded grant space. To execute efficiently and avoid burnout during the busiest part of the year, your team needs infrastructure that works for you—not against you.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

Whether you’re a solo grant writer or part of a small, multitasking team, developing a clear process to evaluate grant opportunities can help you write stronger proposals, avoid burnout, and focus on the funding that truly supports your mission. Nonprofits often operate under the mindset that more applications = more chances of funding.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2025

During our Wednesday Grant Chats, this kept coming up: more funders are actively inviting applicants to tell the whole truth about barriers, community-led solutions, and the systemic conditions that drive need. Now you’re preparing proposals with joy, urgency, and integrity instead of burnout or shortcuts. Ready to Adapt?

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 23, 2025

For creatives: HOME Agency creates a sustainable, collaborative space that prioritizes care, prevents burnout and supports creative excellence. ” The HOME Agency Values in Action Award is now open for applications. All non-profits in good standing are encouraged to apply.

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The Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

From hurdles like volunteer recruitment and burnout to all too common mistakes like disorganized training, its not easy to run an effective program, even if you have the best intentions. As a nonprofit professional, you understand the challenges of managing a robust volunteer program.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 8, 2025

Due to limited budgets, internally crafted grant application and review processes, and expectation of outcomes as promised, it can feel stifling to creativity and innovation in program design. Finally, staff burnout and unrealistic expectations remain persistent issues.

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Candid

JUNE 10, 2024

The significant role foundations play in advancing the social good underscores the need to incorporate equitable and inclusive grant application and review practices. Anonymizing the process not only streamlines the application for grantseekers but also decreases reviewers’ workload and burnout. charitable giving.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a grants manager, you know how important it is to have a clear and efficient grantee application process. Getting your leadership on board with streamlining your grantee application may require some planning. This will help you identify areas that need improvement and the benefits of streamlining your application.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

Actually, burnout has been around for a long while, recognized in the healthcare and social service industries. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes burnout as an occupational phenomenon (though it’s not recognized as a medical condition). That’s another buzzword like quiet quitting or hustle culture , right?

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 29, 2024

New data from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) shows executive and staff burnout top the list of issues. On average, LGBTQ+ identifying leaders reported moderately higher levels of concern about their own burnout than their non-LGBTQ+ identifying counterparts. vice president, research, at CEP, told The NonProfit Times.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MARCH 12, 2024

We are seeing more complex and rigorous grant application formats (likely due to the increased demand for nonprofit services as well as the increased cost of those services). These complicated applications require more time and expertise to complete well. If you missed part 1 , 2 or 3 , you can still check them out here.

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Grant'd

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Yet social entrepreneurs, particularly those working on politically or socially sensitive issues are at heightened risk of burnout due to workloads, anxiety and social pressure. In fact, one in five human rights advocates meet the criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), while 75% are concerned about burnout.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Sometimes, grant applications do seem grouped. For example, many foundations have applications due near the end of a quarter or at the end of their fiscal year. Researching these opportunities is an essential first step in the grant application process. LOIs may need to be submitted ahead of the posted application deadline.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As grant professionals, we’re constantly focused on deadlines, applications, and making a difference for the causes we care about. Our team has had an ongoing focus on overall wellness, mental health, and mindfulness, given that our work as grant professionals is very sedentary and has a high rate of burnout.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 3, 2024

AI Is Your Ally in Preventing Burnout It’s no secret that nonprofit professionals suffer from burnout more than any other industry. The Chronicle of Philanthropy found that burnout and limited staff support has almost half of fundraisers eyeing the door, with 28% planning to leave the profession altogether. It’s possible.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

So, to help with your sanity, increase job performance, and keep burnout at bay, here are my suggestions for the friends you will need to be the best grant pro you can be. That leads to decreased burnout, higher success, and happier/healthier grant pros. First, you really do need friends at work. And who doesn’t want that?

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Candid

MARCH 7, 2024

In fact, another trend in the nonprofit sector (and elsewhere) is burnout. Being always reachable, often via multiple applications (Slack, Zoom, email, text) and on different devices, makes it difficult to establish when you’re really not at work. Moreover, the absence of a daily commute can give you hours back each week.

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Candid

MAY 16, 2024

In contrast, majority BIPOC-led organizations may be forced to try to do more with less, which in the long term not only leads to burnout but can prevent them from being able to reach their full potential.” Similarly, 79% of organizations did not share information about their staff’s sexual orientation. The post What to know about U.S.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Why would I want to consult or work for an organization that demanded perfection in every grant application? But it can be a slippery slope, leading to missed opportunities, burnout, and unnecessary stress. After over 25 years in the nonprofit and consulting sector, reading a job announcement like that would raise a huge red flag.

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Candid

OCTOBER 9, 2024

But if AI adoption can increase nonprofit efficiency and productivity, improve employee engagement, reduce burnout, and enhance innovation, it follows that funders should support nonprofit AI adoption now. Funders could learn from the nonprofits they support, gaining valuable insights into practical AI applications in the social sector.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Grant applications typically involve a lot of writing and research. Also, the grant application process is time consuming, and maybe you don’t have the time to dedicate to the task. The top reasons for vacancies: salary competition (72%), budget constraints and insufficient funds (66%) and stress and burnout (50%).

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This shows respect for your candidates’ time and efforts and lets them know whether you are actively considering their application. These signs could include but are not limited to indications of burnout, miscommunication issues, poor engagement, underperformance, or misalignment with workplace policies.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This shows respect for your candidates’ time and efforts and lets them know whether you are actively considering their application. These signs could include but are not limited to indications of burnout, miscommunication issues, poor engagement, underperformance, or misalignment with workplace policies.

Nonprofit

Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

You and your grantees are driven by a passion for your mission that sometimes leads to burnout. Consider reporting access, administration rights, ability to edit communication templates, or handling applications. Working in the nonprofit sector is hard. Does everyone get full access? Likely no.

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CauseVox

MARCH 2, 2021

What happens when you don’t fight the Zoom fatigue (or whatever application you’re using to video chat!) Although we probably won’t be able to stop having virtual meetings anytime soon, there are some steps you can take to help reduce the impact on their mental and physical health to prevent burnout. Check out a few ideas below.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 17, 2023

“AI has been around for many years, but only recently has it become available for more consumer-based applications. Qgiv has also joined the Fundraising.AI steering committee, a collaborative of industry leaders, nonprofits, and AI experts to help establish ethical principles to guide the deployment of AI use in the nonprofit industry.

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Just Write Grants

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

If your days are a blur of never-ending tasks or grant applications seem like unsolvable puzzles, it may be time to call in support. Never-Ending To-Do Lists Your desk is a mountain of tasks, and grant applications just add to the clutter. Application Rejections are a Pattern Constant , grant rejection can be disheartening.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 6, 2023

Yes, surprising grant applications will fall from the sky (hello, so many new funding opportunities in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 Pandemic). There are only so many hours in the workday, and to keep burnout at bay, no one should work until midnight regularly to get all the grants submitted.

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GrantNews

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Funding supports programs in the following focus areas: health worker burnout, social connection, health misinformation, workplace well-being, and youth mental health. Eligible applicants have completed their doctoral candidacy, have a proven record of research success, and have demonstrated dedication to the field of child psychology.

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