Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

Too often, grant writers get excited about a promising opportunity, only to realize that they don’t meet a basic requirement after wasting hours of work. How long will the application take to prepare (narrative, attachments, budget, etc.)? Is the grant renewable or one-time only?

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2025

This includes narratives, budgets, deadlines, and funder history. And it’s what the AI Grants Hub™ was built to support. Designed specifically for values-aligned, capacity-strapped teams, the Hub creates a digital infrastructure that allows your grant strategy to breathe. This isn’t theoretical. It’s possible now.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 20, 2025

Grant Proposal Templates: Standardized responses to common funder questions, like program outcomes, sustainability plans, and partnerships. Financial Information: Latest budgets, audited financial statements, and cost breakdowns. Budget Narrative A standard explanation of costs that can be tweaked for different applications.

Grant Writing

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

And sometimes the things you have outlined or that you have described are not outlined clearly in your budget. And when they look at it side by side, they may say, but wait, they're asking for this other thing in the budget, they didn't even talk about that. That may or may not work together. Allow extra time if possible.

Instrumentl

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

With a traditional workflow, you’d then have to: Locate last year’s submission (if there was one) Open a shared drive to find the narrative Open a separate file for attachments Email your program team for an updated budget Manually reformat your content for this specific funder, or start the proposal from a blank page But with the AI Grants Hub™ (..)

Grant Writing

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

For some reason, whether it be some requirement that they had to be a certain type of organization or a certain budget or serve a certain population, it's like, oh, okay. Being grant-ready is really important. What kind of program? Teresa: I agree with that.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 11, 2025

Budget Developments and the Debt Ceiling In late June, the Senate narrowly passed its version of a sweeping spending and tax package known among Republicans as the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” According to the Congressional Budget Office, the legislation could add $3.3 The White House and Senate Republicans dispute this projection.

Federal Grants

Candid

MARCH 25, 2024

General operating support, or unrestricted grants, can be used to meet any organizational need, but those grants are largely the exception, rather than the rule. One of the first things you need to do, then, is to detail your expenses in a budget and determine what is eligible for grant funding.

Grant Readiness

Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2024

Avoid These Common Pitfalls Here are a few common mistakes that organizations new to federal grant funding often make. Want more information on creating a plan of action for your organization to manage your federal grants? A Primer for Pre- and Post-Award Grant Readiness. Check out the webinar I Signed Up for What?

Grant Readiness

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 13, 2023

Is your organization grant-ready? When you’re an early-career grant writer or are building a grants program for the first time, this can be a daunting question; I know that it was for me. When it comes down to it, grant readiness comes from preparation in three main areas: Resources, Collaboration, and Alignment.

Grant Readiness

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

Organizational development plays a crucial role in the process of becoming grant-ready by providing the foundation and framework necessary to effectively pursue and manage grant funding. It provides the essential infrastructure, capabilities, and processes needed to become [and stay] grant-ready.

Grant Readiness

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In some cases, you may be asked to submit additional materials such as a budget, letters of support, or copies of your organization’s IRS determination letter. Budget for your program: Having a clear and concise budget is important for two reasons. Program/ Project: Describe your program or project in detail.

Grant Writing

Pamela Grow

JULY 10, 2024

One that includes realistic goals for grants and corporate support, individual support, program support, and events. And a budget for it. Important: If yours is a small, community-based nonprofit AND is grant-ready, consider outsourcing. Important: Invest in donor stewardship and reliable data. Retain staff.

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Grant'd

JULY 23, 2020

But take it from us, the solution is so simple that once you realize what it is, accessing that pool of $80b in grant funding will become not only possible and realistic, but also a process that is easily managed and negotiated. It’s to get grants ready! every 6-12 months so that you can maintain your grant readiness.

Grant Readiness

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

MARCH 4, 2021

If you’ve ever read any of my other articles you probably already know how much importance I place on being “grant ready”. For those of you who don’t know, I recommend reading up on grant readiness, particularly if you are a newer or smaller nonprofit. You can use my Grant Readiness Toolkit to help you get it done.

SAM

GrantNews

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Grant-seekers are often surprised to learn that anyone can apply for a grant. While grant applications may require additional items like a budget, a grant application is normally just a series of questions to be answered in your own words. Ensure Eligibility – Are You Grant-Ready?

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As a result, evaluation costs fluctuate, and the conventional guidance to devote 10% of the program budget to evaluation isn’t always accurate, at least for federal grant programs. There are three primary factors that influence the evaluation budget: program, evaluation design, and reporting/dissemination.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 9, 2024

FIRST, Are You Indeed Grant-Ready? Assess your grant readiness Assessment take a moment to discover what type of grants you are eligible for. After all, there is no reason to apply for a grant you are not eligible for. Click on the link on the grant detail page. Need More Help?

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 10, 2024

For example, a master GRANTS folder might have multiple folders within it, each labeled by the funder name. Then, each of those grant funder folders will have subfolders organized by year. Within each year’s subfolder, create folders labeled application , budget, attachment , correspondence , and reporting. Registration is live!

GPC

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

To get started: Before applying for grants, assess your organization’s level of grant readiness. Grant readiness is your organization’s ability to apply for, manage and report on funding. Find your local chapter of the Grants Professional Association (GPA). Attend every free webinar you can find.

Grant Management

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 17, 2024

To get started: Before applying for grants, assess your organization’s level of grant readiness. Grant readiness is your organization’s ability to apply for, manage and report on funding. Find your local chapter of the Grants Professional Association (GPA). Attend every free webinar you can find.

Grant Management

Sharpshooter Communications

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Are you grant ready? As a 35+ year veteran of nonprofits, including the last 17 years as a full time grant consultant, I have celebrated many successes and cried over some spectacular failures. There are some specific reasons and I break them into two main categories: Grant Readiness and Grant Strategy.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

After more than 28 years in grants and fundraising, I have found that about 20% of grant writing is actual writing. Much of the remaining 80% goes toward wrangling attachments of required documents, hashing out budgets, and designing meaningful goals and objectives.

Grant Writing

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 23, 2023

So, what should you expect when you hire a grant consultant? Certainly, your mileage will vary depending on your organization’s grant readiness and fundraising goals, as well as the methodology your consultant employs to kick off the work. Second, everyone thinks their organization is grant ready.

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Grant Writer Team

JULY 25, 2024

With a professional team of experienced grant writers, GrantWriterTeam makes researching and applying for grants easy! You need a solid business model and budgeting plan. To get grant ready as a nonprofit, start by clearly defining your mission and goals.

Organizational Budget

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 24, 2022

And while having an official grant writer on staff is not a prerequisite to receiving grant funds, it is difficult to juggle the rules and regulations, deadlines, and application requirements on top of your typical workday duties when you are fighting fires, shaping young minds, running programs, balancing the budget, or leading your community.

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Assel Grant Services

APRIL 7, 2024

After reviewing your award letter or agreement: Make sure you and all staff or volunteers who will be working on the grant project understand the project goals and proposed implementation plans. Review the project budget and how your grant fits into that financial structure.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 14, 2023

The grant proposal and its many components, such as the workplan, objectives, evaluation metrics, and budget, will serve as the blueprint for measuring post-award progress and set important perimeters for project completion. She specializes in grant readiness, research and tracking, management, reporting, and compliance.

Federal Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

OCTOBER 30, 2022

I get more questions about budgets and nonprofit financial information than any other component of grant writing. And while it may seem intimidating at first, it doesn’t have to be any more complicated than reaching out with an email or a phone call and introducing yourself. 5: Keep your finances in order.

Grant Writing

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

*Diane’s note: You are used to our team talking about how both pre-award and post-award work connect to create an organization’s overall grant readiness. In fact, we were just talking about this in our most recent webinar about How to Be Exceptionally Grant Ready with Lucy Morgan from MyFedTrainer.com.

Grant Management

Grant'd

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The key voices in this tsunami were those from hundreds of DV and advocacy organisations — and here’s the interesting thing — they weren’t always the big guys with million dollar budgets. It’s actually easier than you think and by no means does it necessitate a drain on already strained budgets! So how can you do that?

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Assel Grant Services

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Defining Small Nonprofits: Whether a nonprofit or not-for-profit , a charitable organization’s “size” is not determined by its facility, number of staff, or services to the public but by the size of its operating budget. The six-session course focuses on key elements that will prepare a new or small organization for grant readiness.

GPC

GrantNews

MAY 23, 2024

Overall, capital funding grants provide general operating funds for a business. Moreover, these grants are often mostly unrestricted dollars. Capital funding grants are commonly used to pay for costs the programming budget cannot pay for. What Else Does a Capital Grant Fund? Happy hunting!

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 12, 2023

Beyond Grant Writing: How AI Can Transform Your Nonprofit Leadership But AI doesn’t stop at grant writing. If you’re leading a nonprofit, AI can be your virtual assistant, handling everything from setting up meetings to managing budgets.

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Grant Consulting Services

MARCH 28, 2024

We are sharing our proprietary assessment tool that is designed to help you take a deep look at your organization to determine your grant readiness and ability to take on the arduous process of applying for grant funding. The Feasibility study analyzes the potential for your organization to successfully secure grant funding.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 7, 2022

Small nonprofit leaders, watch this video to find out: + The #1 piece of advice that I give to folks who want to work with me who have budgets under $50k (and which they sometimes don’t want to hear.). + Why I recommend that leaders of small nonprofits spend 50% of their time learning to write grants and then writing grants.

Grant Writing

Grant Consulting Services

MARCH 26, 2023

Being grant ready is essential if you want your organization to positively affect change by utilizing its resources to access available funds through corporate, Foundation, or the government sector. Are the organization’s finances in order?

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