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. Audit your wins and misses Look at which grant proposals were funded, which were declined, and why.

Grants

Strategic Grants

JULY 9, 2025

Of course, if you already have key messages, a solid project plan, or previous applications to draw from, you may be able to move faster. Demonstrating value for money How your proposal provides value for money is a common tender question. Is your logic model truly logical? systems or templates).

Government

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2025

One that centers transparency, flexibility, and truth-telling in your proposals. 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. They require a new posture.

Readiness

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.

Grants

The Grantsmanship Center

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Category: Program Planning and Design Proposal Writing and Grantseeking There comes a time when a proposal needs to include a logic model. A logic model is a picture of how your program is intended to work. A speed bump for a lot of people is the “outputs vs. outcomes” element of a logic model.

Logic Model

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Pre-planning activities are designed to help your grant team and your organization sort out some of the key details that are likely to be needed for a large and highly competitive grant application without as much pressure as the time period between when the grant application opens and when it is formally due.

Logic Model

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

So it makes sense that they would want to know how the work of applicant organizations is making a difference in those same communities and how it is impacting the issues about which the funder is passionate. . How were the results you expected different from what actually occurred? What did you learn? .

Logic Model

Candid

MAY 7, 2024

But if you want to stand out in a crowded applicant field, it’s essential to communicate your impact clearly and compellingly. Funders seek a return on investment With so many applicants and limited funding to go around, foundations view a grant as an investment. The narrative of your proposal should be a story with a linear plotline.

Proposal

Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

Like many of you, we’ve worked on grant proposals that have not come together easily, and the final product feels mediocre at best. Despite their weaknesses, sometimes the proposals still get funded, but that’s the exception, not the rule. However, this is telling the funder that your proposed project fits within their interests.

Proposal

Blackbaud

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Those questions can be in an application, in conversations with program officers, or during the deliberation meetings with your board. When was the last time your application was given a solid review? The world was very different then.

Logic Model

Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

January 01, 2023 Like many of you, we’ve worked on grant proposals that have not come together easily, and the final product feels mediocre at best. Despite their weaknesses, sometimes the proposals still get funded, but that’s the exception, not the rule. avoiding jargon). All organizations need money.

Proposal

Grant Training Center

MAY 30, 2023

These are learned through experience, various proposal submissions, collaborative efforts with colleagues, and focus and determination. Clear and Concise Communication: Are able to communicate their ideas and proposals clearly and concisely. The end result is a well developed and polished proposal.

Grants

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Quartet Dry-Erase Whiteboard A place to jot down notes during a call or visualize a logic model as you talk through program elements. And since hard copy applications are few and far between, our staff noted that binder clips are great for holding bags of snacks shut, organizing the cords behind your desk, and in a pinch, a bookmark.

GPC

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. The logic model. My outline?

Federal Grants

Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 4, 2024

The adage "the early bird catches the worm" couldn't be more applicable. Crafting a winning proposal within such a narrow window presents considerable challenges. However, the most triumphant grant proposals are those that have been meticulously developed months or even years ahead of the application deadline.

Federal Grants

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 4, 2024

It is the soul of your proposal, usually the first impression people have of your case, and the way you introduce your work to a funder. Everything should return to your stated need as it sets the tone for the rest of your proposal. And that is before you even get to character counts!

IT

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Learning the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs is key to writing competitive proposals. outcomes in our logic models. We feel they help make applications more competitive and make it easier to complete evaluations. This is the holy grail of grant writing. outcomes are here.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

This entails creating clear program logic models, outcomes frameworks, and evaluation plans that align with the organization's mission and vision.Partnerships and Collaborations: It cannot be emphasized enough that building partnerships and collaborations with other organizations, stakeholders, and funders is crucial.

Grant Readiness

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 4, 2024

Some may require developing a logic model, which is even more difficult. 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

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

We can’t come in on gameday and put together a proposal without any preparation and expect to win big. Instrumental defines grant readiness as a measurement of your organization’s capacity to research, apply, win, and manage grant applications successfully. Create a logic model to outline the program components in a cohesive manner.

GPC