GrantNews

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Sometimes, it can be frustrating when you find a grant that’s perfect for your needs, but the deadline has already passed and it’s too late to submit your grant proposal. An Award and In-kind Support to an Elementary School Science Teacher! Awards to Science Teachers for Conference Attendance and Mentorship!

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Millionaire Grant Lady

AUGUST 23, 2024

Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) was recently awarded a $2 million Youth Homelessness System Improvement (YHSI) Grant from the U.S. TNOYS was one of 38 recipients across 26 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam, who were awarded $51.1 The highest individual award — which TNOYS received — was $2 million. million in total.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 30, 2025

While there is value in understanding why a proposal was denied, the reasons can often be beyond our control—a change in the funder’s priorities, a highly competitive funding cycle, or simply a subjective element in the review process. When you receive that coveted award notification, the work isn’t over.

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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. Craft a Strong Application On Your Own Even without formal training, you can write a compelling grant proposal by focusing on clarity, impact, and outcomes.

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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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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

For many foundations, this timeline includes not only the application submission and review but also a multi-month award decision period. If you submitted your first proposals during the initial months of your strategy, it’s quite likely you’re still waiting on decisions at the 12-month point.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 12, 2025

This article breaks the grant lifecycle into two main phases: the pre-award phase and the post-award phase. Knowing how to identify fitting grants and prepare competitive applications raises your chances of winning awards. Objective: Craft compelling, funder-specific proposals that meet application requirements.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Quantum Technology : Opportunity for individuals, teams, and private entities to propose solutions using quantum technologies for a wide range of biomedical uses. Positive Environmental Impacts : Awards to for-profit organizations and individuals to recognize technologies that make significant positive environmental impacts.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Introduction to Grants A grant is a financial award provided by government agencies, foundations, or other organizations to support specific projects or initiatives. The application process for grants often involves submitting a detailed proposal outlining the intended use of the funds.

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Blackbaud

JULY 2, 2025

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. This same principle applies to grant proposals. Mission statement.

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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. Primary consideration for Foundation funding will be for proposals utilizing matching grants.

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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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GrantNews

JUNE 25, 2025

Medium to Large Grants: Grants between $50,000 and $200,000 account for about 25-30% of funding awards, often targeting nonprofits with larger operational scopes or multi-year projects. These grants are frequently awarded by regional or national foundations.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 21, 2025

As grant professionals, we have a responsibility to keep Who at the center of every proposal we write because they are the very reason grants even exist. By prioritizing Who in our proposals using compassionate grant writing like the second example, we help funding reach where its needed most, empowering people, not just institutions.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Introduction to Grants Definition and Purpose of Grants A grant is a financial award provided by a government agency, foundation, or corporation to support initiatives aligned with their objectives. Foundation Grants Foundation grants are awarded by private or community foundations.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

A grant is a financial award provided by a government, foundation, or organization to support a specific project or initiative. The grant application process necessitates a clear understanding of requirements and the impact of the proposed project on the community or field of study. Understanding Grants What is a Grant?

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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 the time between application to award, it is also important to measure the impact of the investment over time. For some foundations, their board of directors may only meet once in a calendar year.

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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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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Grants will be awarded directly to tribes or through interagency agreements with the Indian Health Service. All grant proposals will focus on one of three areas, including water quality and quantity issues. In addition, grants to tribes to improve the quality of public drinking water. Competition for Global Clean Water Solutions!

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GrantNews

JANUARY 7, 2025

In previous years, grants have been awarded to fund day and overnight camps, family activities, and hospital camps for children and adults with special needs, disabilities, and other medical challenges. Children and Adults with Special Needs! Enhance Local Fishing Opportunities! Grants to nonprofits and schools to address community needs.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Billions of dollars in Federal grants are awarded each year for programs and projects that benefit the public. For example, data found on a 990 report helps grant-seekers determination of how much to ask for in their proposal. In truth, this is one of the many reasons GrantWatch lists grants for nonprofits and businesses alike.

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Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

Federal Grants : These grants may be awarded through government agencies such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), or the Department of Education. Churches can benefit from these programs by proposing projects that directly impact local communities.

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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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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. Candid has a wealth of data and insights on decades worth of foundation grants.

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Candid

MARCH 11, 2025

Thats why, from its inception, Collective Impact has been a two-tier funding opportunity that awards planning funding separately from implementation funding. They will be stronger, more intentional, more thoughtful; they may have a clearer understanding of the scope of their proposal and how to achieve it.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MARCH 3, 2025

Federal grants are: Competitive In a typical federal grant competition, they may make ten to fifteen awards across the whole country, and there are large organizations that are industry leaders applying for these grants. This makes the awards very competitive. If your work does not encompass X, Y, and Z, then you will not get funded.

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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. The question is, how can you prepare for an audit when you’re just reading the request for proposals or spotting an opportunity from your favorite foundation? Start by thinking like an auditor from the moment you draft your application.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 1, 2025

Using this model, organizations first assess their most pressing needs, rather than looking for a specific project for the proposal. From this list, organizations select their top three to five priorities and build proposals that include these “greatest needs”. Specificity is critical.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

They also enhance the credibility of nonprofit organizations, as being awarded a grant often indicates the approval and trust of reputable foundations or government bodies. Credibility Being awarded grants enhances an organizations reputation. Funding History : Analyze past grants awarded to understand trends and preferences.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 31, 2025

For example, scientific insights and policy proposals are best utilized if understood universally. Awards to Translators, Illustrators, & Publishers for Works of Literature Awards to Canada authors, translators, and illustrators, and grants to Canada publishers for outstanding works of literature in a variety of genres.

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Candid

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant proposals? According to Candids 2023 survey, 90% of respondents awarded unrestricted funding in 2021 and 2022, allocating about 30% of overall grant dollars to GOSbut definitions of GOS and ways of tracking varied greatly by foundation.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Funders may take six months or more to respond to proposals, though reaching out after three months feels appropriate. Look at the funder’s website for press releases about awards, either this year or the previous year. If you are clarifying information in preparation for a proposal, reference the source (e.g.,

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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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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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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

It enables users to analyze past funding for similar projects, along with the number of grants awarded, grant size and duration, and geographic preferences. Smart search tools save time and help organizations focus on crafting competitive proposals by automating and streamlining the search process. What about data privacy concerns?

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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. Corporate Grants Funds awarded by businesses to support community programs or initiatives that enhance their corporate social responsibility.

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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. Disclaimer: There is no guarantee that grants will be awarded as a result of this information.

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