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.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Many grantmakers request a proposed budget along with grant applications to show youre thinking about these goals from the start. Funding Restrictions Before writing grant proposals , your finance and executive teams should collaborate to determine how each grants funding requirements align with your nonprofits overall strategic plan.

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Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This article dives into how mastering ethics, collaboration, grant research, strategic planning, building relationships, and prospecting for foundations can be a game-changer in your professional life. Strategic Planning for Success Learn how to develop compelling grant proposals with a strategic approach.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2024

The Imperative: Listen and Learn As grant professionals, we’re inundated by articles, webinars, and marketing messages about AI’s role in prospect research and analysis, proposal and report writing, and more. This may produce fear of dire outcomes – such as, “there’s no more need for us”. My best advice is: Just jump in!

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

This series features seven quick guides to support your professional success, including How to Find New Donors and Get Them to Give Again and How to Run a Strategic Planning Retreat. Perfect Phrases for Writing Grant Proposals and Perfect Phrases for Fundraising by Beverly Browning. Happy reading! to help you get started.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Increased Proposal Success Rate Utilizing professional services typically results in a higher success rate for grant applications compared to self-submission. Research Proficiency They excel in researching relevant data and aligning it with grant requirements, ensuring that the proposal is both insightful and relevant.

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Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In this article, we share a glimpse of what 1500+ participants globally told us about their recent performance, current fundraising strategies and opportunities, use of technology and CRMs, and attitudes and use of artificial intelligence (AI). Only a few are prioritising and truly embracing AI—as we will explore later on in this article.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

Despite our best efforts and knowledge, sometimes sabotage can sneak in to derail progress on a project or proposal. In this article, we will discuss the two biggest challenges through sabotage: external (i.e., This changed the language in other sections we had spent the previous week working on to align throughout the proposal.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 3, 2024

At the least, we want to sit in on these meetings so we can understand the broader organizational context and frame our grant proposals and reports appropriately within this context. As a grant professional, I bring some specialized expertise to the strategic planning table.” Of course, we also want the application to be funded.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Skill Development : The grant application process often equips entrepreneurs with valuable skills in writing proposals and managing funds. This section covers how to prepare a compelling grant proposal and navigate the application process effectively. Engaging professional grant writing services can also provide valuable insights.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As a grant professional, I have an enduring faith in the myriad of talents needed to craft comprehensive and convincing proposals -- talents that can’t be automated by artificial intelligence (AI) -- but I also understand the existential fear of our profession being devalued or compromised through technology. Let’s start with the negatives.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

This article will walk through five key things to know before you hire your first nonprofit web consultant: What a consultant does. Develop a request for proposal. A request for proposal (RFP) is a document that communicates your current needs and your expectations from your consultant. What you need a consultant for .

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

When it comes to fundraising, one of the SMARTest things you can do is develop a fundraising plan for your nonprofit that uses the SMART goal model. For example: “acquire 100 new donors this year” or “write 10 grant proposals before March.” Here’s how you create those SMART goals: S = Set specific goals for your fundraising activities.

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