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Most Common Grant Proposal Errors (and How to Fix Them)

Grant Writing Made Easy

Include a logic model or visual plan: Use a flowchart or diagram to show how your inputs become outputs, leading to desired outcomes. Pro Tip: Use a separate budget narrative page to explain your numbers. If allowed, include both direct and indirect costs.

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Grant Writing for Small Nonprofits: How to Do More With Less

Grant Writing Made Easy

Pro Tip: Keep a living grant strategy document or tracker that lists deadlines and includes notes on alignment, ease of application, and past results. Still, they can often take on a specific piece, like reviewing a logic model, writing a program summary, or proofreading a budget narrative. and availability.

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A disturbing trend in Notices of Funding Availability (NOFOs): the incredible shrinking grant proposal

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

.** As tech tools emerged in the mid-80s to ‘90s, the NOFOs slowly changed, allowing and sometimes requiring longer narrative sections, as well as attachments like organization charts, maps, logic models, flow diagrams, etc. The final proposal, including the budget narrative, was about 10 single-spaced pages!

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How to Evaluate Grant Opportunities: When to Say No to a Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

These might include: 501(c)(3) nonprofit status Specific geographic areas or populations served Minimum or maximum annual operating budgets Years in operation Required match or cost-sharing Audit history or financial documentation Even one missing element can disqualify your proposal, regardless of how compelling your narrative is.