Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 20, 2025

When youre the only one writing grants, you dont have time to start from scratch every time a new application comes up. Thats where a Grant Writing Toolkit comes ina collection of reusable content, data, and templates that make the grant writing process faster, smoother, and less overwhelming. What Is a Grant Writing Toolkit?

Grant Writing

Candid

JUNE 5, 2025

Yet, a challenging environment makes developing a strong, credible budget even more important. Whether you’re just getting started or putting the final touches on your grant proposal, the resources below can help you refine your budget. Introduction to project budgets, and Creating a Sound Proposal Budget.

Budget

Candid

JULY 29, 2025

How do you calculate the correct costs for a project and follow best practices for budgeting if there’s no certainty about sources of income and anticipated expenses? How do you use your project budget to demonstrate credibility with grantmakers ? In essence, you include a small contingency plan in the budget.

Budget

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

The pressure to pursue every funding opportunity can feel overwhelming, especially in today’s environment of shrinking public resources and steep competition for private grants. But here’s the truth: not all grants are worth your time. Use this checklist to evaluate grant opportunities effectively and make informed decisions.

Grant

Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Last year, we shared our crowdsourced list of red flags that funders look for in grant proposals—the things that immediately reveal the weak points in an application and raise questions about the organization’s credibility. Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders?

Proposal

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.

Budget Narrative

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

QA/QI is also a criterion funders often use in reviewing and selecting grant application requests to fund. But, does QA/QI also have a place in a nonprofit organization’s successful grants management strategy? Two different kinds of experiences supported this author’s development as a grant professional.

Grant Management

Grant Consulting Services

JUNE 29, 2023

A well-thought-out budget will set you up to launch your project with an anchoring financial plan, making project management so much easier. And, when it comes time to report on your grant activities, you will have already established funding categories and expenses (Instrumentl, 2023). The Ultimate Guide to Grant Proposal Budgets.

Budget

GrantNews

JANUARY 4, 2024

Due to the importance of federal grants, GrantWatch provides a special search tab with close to 300 Federal Grant listings! Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Defined To define: FOAs are official notices used by federal agencies to publicly advertise available federal grant funds. Which FOA Is Right for Your Nonprofit?

Federal Grants

Grant Consulting Services

JULY 31, 2023

Grants & AI: The New Normal New technological advances can be awe inspiring. One of the most recent technological advances is being discussed to potentially assist the grant community to accomplish objectives faster. Grant professionals using AI should try to determine if using AI is part of their organizational strategy.

AI

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 21, 2025

Budgets always change and formulas will allow you to make modifications much faster, facilitate collaboration, and ensure that all related costs and totals stay correct as you amend specific line items. Formulas also make it much easier to write your budget narrative as you have detailed calculations for all your line items.

Budget