Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 21, 2025

A super smart , integrated grant writing system that does the heavy lifting for you, without compromising quality and your unique voice. What if you could build a grant writing system that automatically pulls from previous successes, refining and adapting proven language to create stronger, more persuasive proposals?

Grant Writing

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2025

Ever feel like philanthropy is entering a new era, but your grant writing process is stuck in 2005? And while many nonprofits cling to outdated, compliance-focused grant practices, there’s a better way, especially when you equip your strategy with tools built for this moment. Is Your Grant Strategy Ready? Let’s dive in.

Readiness

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Once upon a time, in a cubicle far, far away, I saw an announcement for a senior grant writing position at a national organization. Under the qualifications heading, it stated that they were looking for a grant writer who never made a mistake—that perfection was the goal for every grant submitted. Then, I read further.

Grant Writing

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

Actually, burnout has been around for a long while, recognized in the healthcare and social service industries. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes burnout as an occupational phenomenon (though it’s not recognized as a medical condition). That’s another buzzword like quiet quitting or hustle culture , right?

Burnout

Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

What does a full-time grant writer cost? How much time does it take to hire a grant writer? Do you have enough work to justify hiring a full-time grant writer? How could hiring a grant consultant help your organization meet its funding goals? Conclusion 1. What certifications should a grant writer have?

Consultant

Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

While many nonprofits rely on grant funding for a significant portion of revenue, how nonprofits fill their grant writing needs varies significantly from organization to organization. Some nonprofits make grant writing a small part of someone’s job description. Can you hire a seasonal grant writer?

Grants

Millionaire Grant Lady

MARCH 12, 2024

Unfortunately, the grant writing field seems to be experiencing the same burnout and fatigue that is impacting other job sectors including education and healthcare. This is leading to more grant writers leaving the field altogether, resulting in fewer qualified grant writers to fill more open positions.

Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As grant professionals, we’re constantly focused on deadlines, applications, and making a difference for the causes we care about. Our team has had an ongoing focus on overall wellness, mental health, and mindfulness, given that our work as grant professionals is very sedentary and has a high rate of burnout.

Burnout

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Yes, I have worked as a solo grant professional within a larger organization and as a lone grant consultant, working from home with no official colleagues to speak of. That leads to decreased burnout, higher success, and happier/healthier grant pros. But that does not mean I work in a vacuum.

Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 12, 2023

Rebellion Against Burnout: Rest as a Revolutionary Act Tricia Hersey’s Nap Ministry isn’t just about catching some Zs. AI: The Ultimate Sidekick for Nonprofit Work AI can be your sidekick, taking over the tedious bits of grant writing, like research, program design, drafting, and revising proposals.

AI

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 5, 2022

When I founded my grant writing consultancy back in 2015, I knew that I wanted to serve the small nonprofits that make a big impact in our communities. They’re tired, often close to burnout. That’s the whole reason I got into teaching grant writing online – this is a system that needs to go.

Grant Writing

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 27, 2022

There are some grant writing experts and instructors who believe that the key to getting grant funding is to… …Do more. Taking this frantic approach is a recipe for burnout. In my grant writing consulting work, I take an entirely different approach. …Go faster. …Work harder.

Funding

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 13, 2022

In September 2020 I penned an article entitled Battling Burnout as a Grant Professional where I shared several resources to help overcome the struggle. Yes, I’m looking at you consultant who decided to build your own business, be your own boss. What do you do if the boss in that scenario is you? It was a lot, all at once.

Burnout

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Project team members also just provide me with a PPT slide, direct me to the company website, or provide some data but don’t seem to understand that a grant writer doesn’t plan and write award-winning proposals independently. Dear Heroic Grant Pro, . Submit them now through Ask The Grant Pro .

Burnout

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 6, 2023

But both those “yes” responses only work if you have the time to fit them into your calendar, and maybe that means you say “no” to other grants you had on the calendar. There are only so many hours in the workday, and to keep burnout at bay, no one should work until midnight regularly to get all the grants submitted.

Grants

Just Write Grants

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Amidst the chaotic— yet remarkably rewarding— landscape of nonprofit initiatives, grant writing is the unsung hero. A grant writer can identify new funding sources, expand your financial portfolio, and alleviate the worry of resource scarcity. You're a Jack-of-All-Trades Juggling multiple roles can lead to burnout.

Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Figuring out which routine tasks cost you a lot of willpower (hello, phone call to request a meeting with a potential funder) and which tasks are relatively low in their willpower cost can help you in scheduling things to maximize your time and energy while mitigating fatigue and burnout.

Management

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 9, 2025

So, the simplest practice I'm engaging in is making sure I'm getting up from my desk several times a day to avoid burnout. But doing so protects you from burnout, we must be as gentle to ourselves as we are to others. I go outside and take a 15-minute walk, or sometimes I do some stretching, preferably in a room away from my desk.

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