Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Grant writing is a vital skill for local nonprofits seeking funding to support their missions. This blog will explore key strategies and tips to enhance your grant writing skills, helping your organization to secure the funding it deserves. A one-size-fits-all approach often leads to missed opportunities.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Grant writing is a critical skill for securing funding for nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, businesses, and individuals. Understanding the average hours for grant writing can help you plan resources, set realistic timelines, and improve your chances of success. Lets explore these: 1.

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Strategic Grants

JUNE 18, 2025

Using AI for grant writing is not a new topic. We know, through conversations with our clients and within the for-purpose community, that many are embracing it as an asset in their grant writing toolbox. What does it know about the grant and funder? Find out how much it already knows.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Grant writing is a vital skill for nonprofits, artists, and educators in Atlanta, aimed at securing funding to enhance community projects and initiatives. This blog delves into the nuances of grant writing, exploring best practices, resources, and success stories from the heart of Georgia.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2025

Grant writing is a profession grounded in trust. Funders rely on grant professionals to present accurate, compelling narratives supported by credible data. However, in the competitive world of grant funding, it is easy, sometimes even natural, for well-meaning professionals to unintentionally misinterpret or misuse data.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 21, 2025

In grant writing, we understand the importance of the 5 Ws: Who, What, When, Where, and Why. 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. Compassionate grant writing even has the power to inspire.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 8, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming grant writing across industries, particularly for technology-driven companies, drug developers, energy innovators, defense contractors, and health systems. Proposal Drafting: AI can create drafts tailored to specific funding agencies, improving alignment with solicitation requirements.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 9, 2025

Grammar Kerfuffles: Second Installment ( View the other installments here ) Welcome to installment #2 of the grant writing blog series Grammar Kerfuffles, presented for you by DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services! First person singular (I or me) feels awkward (at best) in most grant writing.

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Grant writing is a critical component of nonprofit fundraising, but it often comes with its own set of challenges. Understanding and addressing these common pain points can significantly enhance your nonprofit’s success in securing grants. Time Constraints 1.1 Meeting Deadlines 6.1 Building Funders’ Relationships 7.1

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 13, 2025

We want to note that sometimes folks find the differences between these grant-related terms confusing. For clarification, please see our blog on this topic. The bottom line, for our purposes in this blog, is that objectives are increments or building blocks of a larger, over-arching goal. But First: Objectives or Outcomes?

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For those of us whose work is creative, focusing in particular on the grant writing work of our team, using AI represents an ethical gray area. ICYMI: The Grant Professionals Association has been talking about this on an ongoing basis and has this current statement about the ethics of AI for our field.)

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Grant Writer Team

JULY 31, 2025

Grant writing stands out as one of the few freelance paths that blends purpose with independence. As a grant writer, you can help fund community programs, educational initiatives, and life-changing services. Why Freelance Grant Writing Is Worth It Freelance grant writing is a career path with real purpose and potential.

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Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 8, 2024

If you are interested in grant services, training, or federal review services, or are interested in our career opportunities, Julie Assel, CGMS, GPC, President/CEO , will be happy to talk with you about this opportunity and provide you with a quote for grant services. Identify methods of locating funding sources 1.04.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 3, 2025

Ghostwriting is one of the most common, yet least talked about, practices in grant writing, especially for consultants. But this behind-the-scenes role comes with big ethical responsibility: to support without overshadowing, and to write in a way that centers the clients voice, not our own. Thats where the magic happens.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 8, 2025

Aided by Kessler and Cassidys Writing to Win Federal Grants and Writing to Win Federal Grants: The Workbook, participants are guided through the entire federal grant writing process, including developing needs statements, crafting budget narratives, building partnerships, and navigating the submissions process.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

There is no degree in grant writing. Typically, grant professionals learn on the job through trial and error, plus there are vast numbers of classes, webinars, and articles to read on writing grants. I'm Allison Jones, the CEO and Founder of Spark the Fire Grant Writing Classes. in Adult Education.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 6, 2025

Previously a health sciences librarian for over a decade, Amanda brings her expertise in research and information management to the nonprofit sector, where she thrives in grant writing and leadership.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

Im the first full-time grant professional my organization has ever had. I started consulting part-time and slowly took on grant writing and management work. She recently earned her Grant Professional Certification (GPC) and brings over a decade of nonprofit experience to her work. GPC Competencies: 4,5,8

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore key tactics and best practices for raising the most money in December, ensuring your organization ends the year on a high note. December is a critical month for nonprofits, often bringing a surge of charitable giving as donors seek to make year-end contributions. Leverage the Holiday Spirit 1.1

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Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 2, 2024

You have two options – schedule a call with the program officer to discuss whether your organization is still fit for their priorities or redirect your grant writing efforts to funders who have priorities that more clearly align with your organization’s mission. It is not just about applying for every grant.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

As the grant professional, you are their leader and educatorhelping your colleagues understand why their involvement matters. By building relationships and fostering a shared grant-writing vision, you not only make your job easier but also position your organization for long-term grant success.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

For nonprofits, this means prioritizing activities like prospect research, donor appeals, meetings with major donors, and grant writing. Cut costs where possible but also invest in revenue-generating activities. A good strategic plan can uncover inefficiencies and highlight areas with the greatest return on investment.

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Just Write Grants

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Understanding the distinctions between capital, program, and operating grants is crucial for effectively managing your organization’s finances and meeting its goals. In this blog post, we’ll break down these three types of grants, explain their unique characteristics, and offer guidance on how to use them effectively.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 29, 2025

You can even use AI tools to analyze your writing and reveal blind spots or weaknesses. Grant writing might sometimes feel like an individual sport, but managing the award is a team effort. Rewrite any sections that seem unclear or assume knowledge the reviewer may not have.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Though AI has many marvelous capabilities, it cannot replace the nuanced thinking and creativity essential for grant writing — for reasons of accuracy, privacy, distinctiveness from other applications, and overall tone and style, among others.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 26, 2025

Tip: To brush up on the definitions of outcomes and objectives, you may want to read our blog on the difference between objectives and outcomes. Learn more about Theory of Change in another of our blogs. Tip: You can learn more about SMART objectives from our free toolkit and blog.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 11, 2025

Before AI, cloud-based platforms, and fancy grant management software, grant writing was a hands-on, paper-filled, finger-cramping journey. Imagine this: you’re mid-lunch, a lightbulb moment strikes, and you grab the nearest napkin to jot down your genius idea, sandwiched between a ketchup stain and a coffee ring. That napkin?

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 17, 2025

A fresh year has our team collecting and reflecting on 2024 data, which leads us to want to share the top 6 blogs that YOU, our incredible reader, have chosen as our top-read blogs of 2024. Our team loves sharing our knowledge when it comes to the 5 Rs of grant writing , and we cant wait for another year of resources to share with you.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

She is the Director of Development for Bresee, and has comprehensive experience in events, fundraising, corporate and donor relationships, grant writing and management, volunteers, community engagement, programs, and communications. She currently serves on the GPA Board for the LA Chapter. GPC Competency: #2

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 17, 2025

Author Bio: Victoria Flynn is the owner and principal of Victoria Flynn Consulting, which provides fractional services supporting grant writing, operations, strategy, and project development. What other consultant types relationship types have worked well for your development team? www.vflynnconsulting.com GPC Competency: #2

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Published: March 2, 2022 Grant Writing Classes Table of Contents SHOW MORE SHOW LESS Return to top Want to go from Rejected to Accepted? ​In this 1-hour webinar (with 15 minutes Q&A), Teresa Huff will share with you 9 reasons your grants are getting rejected, and how to fix them. Look no further! That is amazing.

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Bloom Grant Consulting

JUNE 9, 2025

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

Each time a chapter member reached out to the group via email for experienced advice, I learned more about the craft of grant writing. The members open-handedness with service, support and knowledge created an atmosphere for professional growth, curiosity and peer community.

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Published: June 29, 2022 Grant Writing Classes Table of Contents SHOW MORE SHOW LESS Return to top Want to know how to stay on the "good" list? Grant Writing Classes How to Craft a Standout Grant Application ft. Plus, learn about the OneCause Cares grant.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 18, 2025

As grant professionals, we can relate. The highs and lows of grant writing, the stress of deadlines, and the joy of securing funding bring forth a mix of feelings. Our emotions can impact our decision-making, collaboration, and productivity as grant professionals.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 25, 2025

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 23, 2025

As grant professionals/grant writers, we strategize how to use powerful words. This blog series allows us the joy of examining our favorite words and lamenting our not-so-favorite words. As we did in an earlier blog about the word “priorities,” we have investigated for you. That skill is our superpower.

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