Grant Writing Made Easy
JULY 2, 2025
Mistake: Your Budget and Narrative Don’t Match This is one of the most common—and avoidable—mistakes in grant writing. You’ve written a compelling proposal about launching community workshops, hiring outreach staff, or developing educational materials. But when reviewers look at the budget? None of those elements appear.
Candid
JULY 29, 2025
Be realistic with contingency plans in your project budget A program budget’s income portion is essentially a guess—however educated—about who may fund your program and for how much. In essence, you include a small contingency plan in the budget. Well, you can still list the funding sources most likely to come through.
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Candid
JUNE 5, 2025
Among the free samples featured in this article are those for grant proposal budgets , which should include sources of income (e.g., Some budgets include a budget narrative explaining why each budget item is needed and how it will be used. What do funders look for in grant proposal budgets?
Grant Writing Made Easy
JULY 4, 2025
Example: If a $5,000 grant requires a full proposal, logic model, budget narrative, letters of support, and quarterly reports, but you could apply for a $50,000 grant with a similar application structure, the higher-value grant is a much better investment of your time. Is the grant renewable or one-time only?
Seliger + Associates Grant Writing
JULY 7, 2025
I don’t know where this trend is going but it seems to me that the era of 50 page proposal narrative (once common among Department of Education proposals) is over. The final proposal, including the budget narrative, was about 10 single-spaced pages! Back then, the term of art was Request for Proposals (RFP).
GrantNews
JANUARY 28, 2025
Videos Grant Writing Basic s – “Tips for Proofreading Your Next Grant Application” and “Grant Writing: How to Build Credibility with Your Budget Narrative” are just two of the many topics that are covered. How to Apply for a Federal Funding Opportunity -Their Community Blog covers a wide range of topics.
Grants.gov
JULY 9, 2019
Need statements , program narratives, and discussions of impact aren’t the only parts of a federal grant application that require the touch of a good writer. The budget narrative – sometimes called the budget justification or budget detail – can also benefit from a skilled wordsmith. What Is a Budget Narrative?
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