Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 23, 2025

Your narrative and budget templates evolve with every proposal. It’s coming for the late nights spent searching your inbox for last year’s budget narrative. In a system like the AI Grants Hub ™ , grant readiness becomes built-in. Your grant calendar is connected to your funder history.

Grant Writing

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 20, 2025

Financial Information: Latest budgets, audited financial statements, and cost breakdowns. Budget Narrative A standard explanation of costs that can be tweaked for different applications. Impact Stories: Testimonials, case studies, and success stories to illustrate program effectiveness.

Grant Writing

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

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.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JULY 7, 2025

The final proposal, including the budget narrative, was about 10 single-spaced pages! . ** In 1979, I wrote a $1M (~$6M in today’s dollars) funded DOE proposal that enabled the City of Lynwood (I was Grants Coordinator/Economic Development Director) in LA County buy a fleet of electric vehicles.

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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.

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Instrumentl

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Curious what a budget narrative is? In this post, we explore what budget narratives are, how to write a good narrative, and what a budget narrative should include. We even dig into common strengths and mistakes people make when preparing budget narratives.

Budget Narrative

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?

Budget Narrative

Instrumentl

AUGUST 11, 2023

Curious what a budget narrative is? In this post, we explore what budget narratives are, how to write a good narrative, and what a budget narrative should include. We even dig into common strengths and mistakes people make when preparing budget narratives.

Budget Narrative

Grant Consulting Services

JUNE 29, 2023

One word: budget. In the land of grantmaking, it’s essential to have a budget in place because grantmakers want to know that your financial situation is reasonable and how you plan on spending the money if awarded. The budget should show potential funders EXACTLY where their funds will be directed. Don’t make stuff up.

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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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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

Proposal team development process — identifying and pulling together a team that includes appropriate skills, experience, and expertise: Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for content, writing and proofreading/editing, budget development, and graphics. Repository/library of supportive resources and tools — include standardized narratives (e.g.,

Grant Management

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 25, 2023

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?”

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GrantNews

JANUARY 4, 2024

Tufts, Office of the Vice Provost of Research, Understanding a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA ) Other questions deal with the document specifications, budget, narrative structure and review criteria. Are there any help documents (i.e., outlines, templates) linked to the RFA?

Federal Grants

Grant Consulting Services

JULY 31, 2023

In my most recent Grantegy class, I purposely tested the viability of ChatGPT to help create a sample budget and corresponding budget narrative. Anybody who has written grants can confirm that the grant application can take anywhere from a few hours to 50-60 hours, depending on the funder, type of grant, and requirements.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 24, 2024

It’s alarming how much we lie on our org budgets and shortchange ourselves…. Stop thinking a shoe-string budget is some mark of resourcefulness and efficiency. Don’t set a budgeting precedent that leaves your staff overworked and underpaid. Identify factors that limit how budgets are written (e.g.,

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 21, 2025

A well-prepared budget will instill confidence in your project and boost your chances of being funded. Here are a few tips, drawn from lessons learned: Start Early: Too often, budgets are put together at the last minute after the project design has been finalized, only to realize that the planned activities and outcomes exceed the budget.

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