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Grant Writing Made Easy
JUNE 23, 2025
Across the nonprofit sector, countless small nonprofits and grassroots organizations do life-changing work with limited staff, tight budgets, and never enough daily hours. The most successful small organizations aren’t writing more grants—they’re writing better ones by being selective and strategic.
Candid
JUNE 5, 2025
Building a nonprofit budget: 4 steps to get started. One of your first tasks after establishing a nonprofit is to create an annual operating budget. In alignment with your nonprofits strategic plan , set financial goals (e.g., Then review your forecasted revenue and expenses against your budget on a regular basis.
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Allied Grant Writers
JUNE 8, 2025
Budget creation and narratives Budget development is a vital service from professional grant writers. They create detailed financial plans and write convincing budget narratives to explain each cost. Complex proposals that need extensive research and strategic planning can cost $2,000 to $5,000 or more.
Grant Writing Made Easy
JULY 4, 2025
In both cases, passing and finding a better- aligned opportunity is more strategic. One of the most critical ways to evaluate grant opportunities is to ask whether the funding aligns with your organization’s current activities, not what it might do just to secure a grant. Pro tip: Alignment should feel natural.
Candid
JANUARY 25, 2024
And they frequently study your project budget and look back at the narrative (the main written part of the grant proposal) and the executive summary (the short summary of the proposal and budget that comes first) to see that they are all aligned. Also, use budget narrative—brief explanations—to explain confusing items.
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