Candid

DECEMBER 24, 2024

What do nonprofit staff wish for most for their organizations this holiday season? We also know some grantmakers are taking steps to reduce the burden on nonprofits by streamlining their application and reporting processes or even eliminating written requirements. Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant proposals?

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 6, 2025

Start at the beginning You do want to calculate the amount of revenue raised, but it is useful to tally the total number of grants submitted, awarded, declined, and pending, to arrive at an overall win rate. What was the rate of grant-flipping, moving from declined to awarded? Take a good look at your entire funder list.

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GrantNews

JUNE 16, 2025

Understand What Funders Are Looking For Most foundation grants are awarded based on alignment with their mission, so tailoring your proposal to each opportunity is essential. It’s ideal for individuals, nonprofits, and small businesses looking for accessible funding options. That’s where platforms like GrantWatch.com come in.

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GrantNews

JUNE 25, 2025

Understanding the average size of nonprofit grants is crucial for organizations planning their fundraising strategies. Grants come in many shapes and sizes, influenced by factors such as the grantmaker’s priorities, the nonprofit’s mission, and the scope of the project. What is the Average Nonprofit Grant Size?

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 30, 2025

In the world of nonprofits, a grant denial often triggers a familiar routine: a deep breath, a review of the application, and an email to the grantmaker requesting feedback. When you receive that coveted award notification, the work isn’t over. Try following up with questions like these: What about our proposal stood out?

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Candid

MARCH 11, 2025

Two significant gaps became evident that we saw as two sides of the same coin: Nonprofits dont often have space to truly think about their strengths and sustainability. Nonprofits dont often have the opportunity to dream big. Coalitions may realize a shift in focus might lead to the most significant change.

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

When nonprofit organizations begin a new grant writing strategy, many expect to see results within a year. For many foundations, this timeline includes not only the application submission and review but also a multi-month award decision period. However, grant writing success often demands more patience and a long-term view.

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Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Writing grants requires organizations to analyze their audience, gather data, build compelling stories, and submit polished proposals. This makes becoming skilled at proposal writing significant. A strong grant proposal has sections about the organization’s background, project details, story, budget, and ways to measure success.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Though there are challenges to meeting the criteria in order to apply for matching grants, the end result can yield a much greater return on the time and effort you put into writing and submitting this kind of grant proposal. Grants to eligible nonprofits and public institutions to improve the quality of life for local residents.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 7, 2025

Platforms like GrantWatch connect nonprofits and other organizations with funding opportunities to launch family-focused programs, from community events to counseling services and recreational activities. Grants to nonprofits to improve the lives of military veterans and their families. At-Risk Military Veterans and Their Families!

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In truth, this is one of the many reasons GrantWatch lists grants for nonprofits and businesses alike. Billions of dollars in Federal grants are awarded each year for programs and projects that benefit the public. Nonprofits and business can apply for grants on their own. We are an unusual country.

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GrantNews

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Foundation Grants for Nonprofits are among the most sought-after grants, and for good reason. Another advantage is the huge variety of grants available, with opportunities open to nonprofits , businesses , and individuals both nationally and internationally. However, securing larger awards does come with greater competition.

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GrantNews

APRIL 24, 2025

Because of this, GrantWatch lists child protection grants that help nonprofits combat child abuse. Because of this, grant-makers provide funding to schools, education programs, libraries , community-based nonprofits, and even healthcare providers. Is it Time for Your Nonprofit to Hire a Grant Writer? You dont want to miss this.

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Blackbaud

JULY 2, 2025

Let’s be honest: Not all grants are a good fit for your nonprofit. It can be easy to get caught up in writing a winning grant proposal without being picky about your applications. You start throwing proposals at the wall just to see what sticks, but you haven’t considered whether each grant is really worth pursuing.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For federal grants, the Request for Proposals will usually include a timeline and date by which the applicants will be notified. Because of how long the process takes, many nonprofits become discouraged, feel intimidated, and give up applying altogether. If your nonprofit needs more funding (and what nonprofit doesn’t?),

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2025

For example, presenting a communitys poverty rate as 30% when it is actually 20% may make a proposal seem more urgent but undermines the integrity of the grant application. Focus on crafting proposals that are honest about challenges and measured in their promises. This pressure can lead to creative interpretations of data.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Introduction to Foundation Grants Importance of Grants for Nonprofit Organizations Grants play a vital role in the financial sustainability of nonprofit organizations. Without grants, many nonprofits would struggle to maintain operations or expand their reach to those in need.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Note from Diane: You know how passionate our team is about thinking about your grant management work (your post-award work) to help strengthen your grant applications (your pre-award) work. Its why we partner with MyFedTrainer.com to deliver grant writing supports and training on both the pre-award and post-award side of things.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Cooperative agreements to nonprofits and Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to provide technical assistance to local government agencies to reduce pollution in wastewater treatment systems. Grants will be awarded directly to tribes or through interagency agreements with the Indian Health Service.

Funding

Millionaire Grant Lady

MARCH 3, 2025

As you are building your nonprofit, most nonprofits early on come to understand that they must increase their funding so they can serve more people, serve the community, and do all the things that they got into this industry to do. This makes the awards very competitive. There are three main types of grants.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Every day, nonprofit fundraisers use our in-depth data to identify prospective funders to approach and requests for proposals (RFPs) to apply for. Our recommendation tools save time, so nonprofits can focus on mission-driven work Candid is dedicated to helping the social sector increase its impact.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 29, 2025

Be Compelling Make your application stand out by presenting a strong, credible case: Include accurate, factual data to support your proposal. Keep your proposal focused and to the point by: Avoiding unnecessary details. On the plus side, the likelihood of being awarded a grant increases with the number of applications you submit.

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Grant Writer Team

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

When someone receives and uses a branded item, they form a positive association with your nonprofit or small business. It’s true, securing and sustaining corporate sponsorships that evolve into long-term partnerships can help amplify your nonprofit’s impact for years to come. But, it can be expensive.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 31, 2025

For example, scientific insights and policy proposals are best utilized if understood universally. Language and translation grants have, as a result, emerged on GrantWatch for businesses and nonprofits. By providing language compliance updates to training materials, nonprofits and businesses can improve their ESG impact score.

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Grant Writer Team

MAY 29, 2025

Forward-thinking nonprofits are jumping on board to give AI a shot at elevating tasks. Learn how AI-based tools like ChatGPT can help promote your nonprofit! How AI Tools Can Help Your Nonprofit Many nonprofits are managed with limited time and resources. However, nonprofits using AI correctly are seeing positive results.

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Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

Supporting Community Development and Social Justice Initiatives Many grants specifically target nonprofit organizations engaged in community services, education, and social justice initiatives. Churches that demonstrate a strong community service component in their grant proposals can find success in these funding avenues.

Funding

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

If you havent already, now is the time to evaluate your organizations grant readiness from pre- to post-award, ensuring alignment with funders, competitive proposals, and strong fund stewardship. Start by Asking the Right Questions: What is the current pre-award process? What is the current post-award process?

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 29, 2025

Now, imagine submitting a grant application in January and receiving the award notice in June. Every grant professional will face an audit at some point, whether it’s part of the annual nonprofit tax filing or a formal public grant audit from years past. Start by thinking like an auditor from the moment you draft your application.

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GrantNews

JULY 23, 2025

These big foundations have a huge impact on the nonprofit world and help bring about big changes over time. Nonprofits need to show they are a good fit for the foundation’s goals and prove that their projects will have real results. It allows nonprofits to build better programs, strengthen their capacity, and plan for the future.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 1, 2025

While general operating, unrestricted (GO) grants are ideal for nonprofits, project-restricted grants continue to be funded more successfully. Using this model, organizations first assess their most pressing needs, rather than looking for a specific project for the proposal. Specificity is critical.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

We’re officially halfway through 2025, and your nonprofit grant strategy deserves a strategic boost if you want to finish the year on a high note. This mid-year check-in is your opportunity to: Strengthen your nonprofit grant strategy by zeroing in on grants with the highest alignment and funding potential.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 9, 2025

If your grant proposal was rejected, don’t be discouraged! Was there something I forgot in my proposal? Community Service Grants to Benefit Eligible Communities : Grants of up to $50,000 to nonprofit organizations and government agencies for projects to benefit residents in eligible communities. The good news?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

For many nonprofits and academic researchers, finding the right grant to fund their work is critical to their survival. Enter AI-powered smart search tools, which are streamlining how nonprofits and academics discover and apply for grants. No more wasted hours scrolling through irrelevant results to get to grants that are a good fit.

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GrantNews

APRIL 18, 2025

What is the Donor Cycle and why should nonprofits care? As nice as it is to receive a donation, the real work for a nonprofit is to KEEP that donor engaged and involved in order to see continued donations in the future. A nonprofit looking to make donors a part of their donor cycle has to do more than just write a thank you note.

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Grant Writer Team

DECEMBER 19, 2024

And finally, lay out a rock-solid grant proposal. Why not ditch the generic approach and give your proposal the boost it needs? Heres the real game changer: they love it when a proposal shouts three things loud and clear. About GrantWriterTeam Are you a nonprofit or small business in need of some help?

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 5, 2025

Doing your foundation or government grants keep falling off the bottom of the list, impacting your grant proposal submissions. I talk with many nonprofit leaders who are working to capacity. While there is a lot that a nonprofit cant control in the grant world, one thing is certain: if you dont apply, you cant win.

Grant Writing

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Rates for simple foundation proposals typically range from $300 to $3,000, while complex federal grants may require significantly higher investments. Regardless of the pricing model, it’s essential to note that paying a grant writer based on a percentage of awarded funds is both unethical and prohibited by industry standards.

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