Remove Budget Narrative Remove Indirect Remove Logic Model
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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. If allowed, include both direct and indirect costs. Pro Tip: Use a separate budget narrative page to explain your numbers.

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

Grant Writing Made Easy

Budget Justifications & Templates: Most grants require breaking down your numbers. Prepare clear, pre-formatted explanations for everyday expenses like staff time, supplies, and indirect costs. Evaluation & Outcomes Plans: Many funders want to know how you’ll measure success. Break the process into bite-sized pieces.

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Collaboration—Love it or Hate it?

Grant Professionals Association

When I’m trying to balance a Logic Model, Work Plan, twelve attachments, budget narrative, project abstract, and a thirty-page narrative, the last thing I need are twenty-minute debates about “how come they are getting more than we are?” Has this worked all the time? Absolutely not.