Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Definition of Grants A grant is a financial award provided by a government agency, foundation, or corporation to fund specific projects or programs. This section provides an overview of grant writing, key elements of a grant proposal, and common mistakes to avoid. Refer to basics of grant writing for more insights.

Grant Writing

HSF House

APRIL 17, 2025

With a definition originating in biology, hybridity has historically referenced the crossing of two unlike species to create a unique offspring. I am exploring similar themes in my research towards a BFA thesis, and the application process for this grant will help me immensely in the development of future proposals and grant applications.

Utilities

Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This expertise and fresh eyes help us prepare narratives and grant applications that highlight your unique selling points and position you for success. Maybe a helpful board member has decided to tackle some applications, or maybe an intern wants to get into grant writing.

Consultant

Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This expertise and fresh eyes help us prepare narratives and grant applications that highlight your unique selling points and position you for success. Maybe a helpful board member has decided to tackle some applications, or maybe an intern wants to get into grant writing.

Consultant

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

The Hidden Cost of Scattered Systems: Decision Fatigue and Avoidance Behind every missed deadline or abandoned proposal is something deeper: cognitive overload. 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.

AI

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Start saving 3 hours a week and increase your grant applications by 78%. If you miss a grant application deadline, reporting deadlines, it's all a big deal. When I'm getting ready to work on a big grant application, I tell my husband I'm going scuba diving. Is it with the application? Spreadsheets.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

All grant proposals are different. But regardless of what type of proposals you may be working on at this moment in time, there is one thing I can say with certainty: You will run into proposals that ask you to write out the goals, objectives, and outcomes for your program or project. Let’s get started. What is a goal?

Goals

ProposalPRO

AUGUST 1, 2021

If you’re won a federal grant, you know you owe your good fortune to the independent grant reviewers who highly rated your proposal. Studies on the topic indicate that expert peer reviewers can select strongly written grant applications but cannot necessarily predict which projects will successfully achieve stated objectives.

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ProposalPRO

MAY 1, 2022

Grant writers – have you ever seen language like this in a NOFO, issued under a heading that reads: Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking? In order to ensure timely grant awards, the Secretary has decided to forgo public comment on the priorities, requirements, and definitions under section 437(d)(1) of GEPA.” (For

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ProposalPRO

JUNE 30, 2021

NIH studied their records and found several points where the process failed: Black researchers were less likely than White researchers to submit applications. NIH also found that scientists who were the most experienced at proposing and implementing grants were also disproportionately more likely to be funded, and to be White.

Federal Grants

Allied Grant Writers

MAY 17, 2021

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. To earn government grants funding, researchers from institutions for higher education are invited to submit unique research proposals.

Government

Allied Grant Writers

MAY 17, 2021

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. To earn government grants funding, researchers from institutions for higher education are invited to submit unique research proposals.

Government

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.

Proposal

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.

Logic Model

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 relentless perfectionism can definitely stand in the way of sound, quality grant proposals delivered on deadline in two primary ways. And how could I believe that I would never ever make a mistake?

Grant Writing

GrantNews

MAY 15, 2024

While many of them operate through competitive grant processes and issue Requests for Proposals, they also manage numerous donor-advised funds. Local Sources Local sources, like your local chamber of commerce are, by its very definition, designed to support your area’s businesses. Applying for grants is hard work.

Funding

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. Your writer will then draft a proposal and assemble the support documents needed based on the funding requirements of the organization. And the best part?

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Just Write Grants

AUGUST 17, 2023

In such a cutthroat environment, a skilled grant writer can be your secret weapon, giving your proposal the edge it needs to stand out. Each grant application is unique, with its own set of challenges and complexities. The Cost of Doing It Yourself Crafting a successful grant proposal is no small feat.

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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?

Federal Grants

iGrantWriters

JANUARY 25, 2022

Eligibility Applicant Eligibility for Existing Watershed GroupsIn order to be eligible to receive an award as an Existing Watershed Group, the applicant must be an eligible entity as described immediately above and must be either: An Existing Watershed Group, (i.e., See Section C.4.

Management

Grant Consulting Services

AUGUST 29, 2024

Research aims to discover knowledge that will provide the answers needed to move forward with a potential grant application. With more competition and easier online applications, we must be more strategic about which grantmakers we align with. Researching potential grantmakers is an essential part of the grant development process.

Grantstation

Peak Proposals

AUGUST 1, 2023

To ensure your proposal will be responsive and compliant with the funder’s guidelines, you should always seek clarification from the funder on anything you don’t understand whenever you have the opportunity to do so. This is the approach government agencies take. Questions to Consider When Reading a Solicitation 1.

Funding

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.

Grant Writing

iGrantWriters

JANUARY 25, 2022

This FOA solicits R33 applications where major feasibility gaps for the enabling technology or transformative platform have already been overcome, as demonstrated with supportive preliminary data, but still requires further development and rigorous validation to encourage downstream demonstration, utilization and adoption.

Government

GrantNews

OCTOBER 22, 2024

However, there are some definite distinctions between donor-advised funds and other general grant funding sources. The focus of this donor-requested Request for Proposal (RFP) is for canine osteosarcoma, the most common primary bone tumor diagnosed in dogs. There are grants to investigators for alternative canine cancer treatments.

Funding

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 4, 2024

Although applying for federal grants may be tempting, they are definitely not for every nonprofit organization. Many applications require proof of the match if they need a match. The result is that the weeks spent composing an application have gone to waste because there will be no way to apply if your registration isn't approved.

Federal Grants

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. Here are some general categories to get you started.

Grant

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. Additionally, many private foundations have switched to an invitation-only model , moving away from open calls for proposals. Debated Topics ?? It’s not all bad news though.

Grant

Peak Proposals

MAY 13, 2021

Introduction to Content Libraries A content library is a storage site where you save different types of content, including templates, excerpts from documents such as proposals and reports, and even audio and video clips. Nonprofits frequently collect and reuse boilerplate that addresses typical proposal requirements.

Proposal

Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

This is definitely NOT a “build it and they will come” activity, meaning just because you post a Facebook fundraiser asking for $750,000 that you’ll get it. You definitely don’t want to launch a capital campaign that no one cares about! That’s actually a bad idea (more on that in a minute). Architectural drawings, if you have them.

Readiness

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. Grant Gopher is for U.S. or keyword.

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Critical Fundraising

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The consensus is that there is definitely a gap in the toolkit of those fundraising for schools and that the work we are doing is going to go a long way towards addressing this. Māori philanthropy and fundraising Māori fundraising and philanthropy could form an interesting case study as part of Rogare’s proposed aforementioned project.

Ethics

Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

I like the Denver Foundation's definition of inclusiveness because it takes into consideration both the importance of having a diverse staff and the importance of considering different perspectives as you grow your organization. Here's their published definition. Those You Serve. Register now.

Grantstation

Peak Proposals

MAY 13, 2021

May 13, 2021 INTRODUCTION TO CONTENT LIBRARIES A content library is a storage site where you save different types of content, including templates, excerpts from documents such as proposals and reports, and even audio and video clips. Nonprofits frequently collect and reuse boilerplate that addresses typical proposal requirements.

Proposal

Grant Consulting Services

MAY 30, 2024

According to Atlassian (2024), project design is the process of planning a project’s objectives, structure, tasks, and deliverables and deciding on the definition of done. Omnistar, 2022) The Project Design is where you get the nitty-gritty details down on paper for future use in grant applications. What is Project Design?

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Assel Grant Services

MAY 6, 2024

This report means the auditor thought they couldn’t issue a definitive opinion on the nonprofit. Audit findings are commonly addressed in grant applications; having a plan in place will streamline this and articulate the actions taken to potential funders. Nonprofits are not always required to have an independent audit completed.

GPC

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

But it’s going to be absolutely packed with my best tips, strategies, and hacks for finding, writing, and editing grant proposals that get funded. Because here’s the thing that most of us who have written more than a handful of grants know: You can write the best proposal in the world and there will be times it does not get funded.

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