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. This is part three of our Writing Grants When Youre the Only One Doing It series. What Is a Grant Writing Toolkit?

Grant Writing

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! Yes, there were EVs in 1979, but not very good ones.

Proposal

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.

Grants

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. That’s why we search government sites for current grants and list them in our database.

Government

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

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.

Budget

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.

Proposal

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?” I hate collaboration. There, I said it. You better believe it!

Indirect Cost

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. Let’s go over each type of announcement and what they mean in more detail. Which FOA Is Right for Your Nonprofit?

Federal Grants

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 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. Nonprofits are investigating new strategies to help meet the changing needs of people in their communities. But does it really? Resources Artificial Intelligence.

AI

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., to function.

GPC

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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