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. But here’s the difference: it draws from your real content , not generic templates.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

Why Saying “No” Is Sometimes the Best Grant Writing Strategy In the nonprofit world, especially during economic uncertainty or funding cuts , there’s often a sense of urgency to pursue every possible grant. Nonprofits often operate under the mindset that more applications = more chances of funding. 10% of applicants funded)?

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Find and win more grants for your nonprofit! Start saving 3 hours a week and increase your grant applications by 78%. ​Teresa Huff is a nonprofit grant strategist and a grant writer mentor/coach. If you miss a grant application deadline, reporting deadlines, it's all a big deal.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 11, 2025

Operational Disruptions Affecting Grant Readiness In addition to funding losses, nonprofits are experiencing widespread administrative breakdowns in the federal grant system. Final Thoughts Q2 of 2025 has proven that federal grant funding is no longer a reliable constant. In short, long-term planning just became harder.

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Instrumentl

OCTOBER 27, 2023

What makes one nonprofit grant ready? Learn what are the signs to watch out for when it comes to your readiness, go through a grant readiness checklist before you submit your application, and more.

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Instrumentl

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

What makes one nonprofit grant ready? Learn what are the signs to watch out for when it comes to your readiness, go through a grant readiness checklist before you submit your application, and more.

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Grant'd

JULY 23, 2020

We’re more than willing to bet that almost every beginner grant seeker has the thought ‘why not’ as they leap into preparing their very first application. It’s to get grants ready! So for all of you DIY grant seekers out there, we’ve pulled together a step by step list of what you’ll need to do to get grants ready.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Some grant applications will specifically ask you to break down your outcomes into short-term, medium-term, and long-term categories so it’s a good idea to go ahead and do this on the front-end when you are planning the program and how it will be evaluated. DOWNLOAD: Grants Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes Worksheet Template

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Grant Writing Made Easy

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Not only does it share important information about your work with prospective donors, but frequently, grantmakers will also request one as part of a grant application. I have something to make the process a lot simpler and smoother: The Annual Report Template. Save time and stress with this template. Get the template!

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 21, 2025

If you’ve ever submitted a grant proposal that got ghosted, or received vague feedback like “We went with a more prepared applicant”, this post is for you. What Does Grant-Ready Really Mean? Being grant-ready means your nonprofit has the internal systems, documentation, and clarity funders expect.

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Strategic Grants

MAY 21, 2025

A common pain point is applying for grants that, in hindsight, don’t truly align with your core mission or, even worse, commit you to delivering activities that aren’t truly strategic. This saves wasted time and resources on applications that were never truly a fit. Weve all been there!)

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