Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Common project fees include: Writing proposals for new programs: $2,500-$6,000 Creating template grant proposals that work for different funders: $3,000-$6,000 Managing complex federal grants: $7,000-$10,000 Project fees usually come with payment milestones. Many consultants set minimum retainer amounts between $1,500 and $3,000 per month.

Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 23, 2025

In the AI Grants Hub™ , everything is already built: your organizational documents are linked, your proposal templates are searchable, and your writing assistant already knows your tone and funder history. Your grant calendar is connected to your funder history. Your narrative and budget templates evolve with every proposal.

Grant Writing

Gail Perry Group

JULY 9, 2025

That’s why one of the first things we tackle in our Major Gift Officer Bootcamp and our consulting work is portfolio discipline. It’s about managing your energy and your calendar so you can actually close gifts. Or, they are dealing with overstuffed portfolios full of suspects, not true gift prospects.

Fundraising

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2025

Why Most Grant Writing Practices Have Stalled Many nonprofits and even consultants are still writing grants like it’s 2005. Disconnected calendars, outdated folders, missing attachments, and “Where’s that link again?” Fluid Strategy : You don’t treat your funding calendar like a rigid checklist. It may cost you funding.

Readiness

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

In other words, these are folks who are potentially good fit funders for you to shortlist and start thinking about your six to 12-month relationship building strategy as you are starting to build out the empty spots near grants calendar where you may have more opportunities to build longer term relationships. Subscribe below.

Instrumentl

GiveSmart

APRIL 2, 2025

Our fundraising team is already including more consultation time with every GiveSmart contract to best support our partners. Were also bringing you more examples of others finding success during this time and offering dozens of free templates and other resources to help your organization power its mission.

Federal Grants

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Calendar alerts. I live by my calendar alerts. Nicole was asking: she's a consultant, and she was asking if she should create multiple accounts per client, or if you can have multiple missions under one account. So we have some consultants who will have their non-profits create their own accounts.

Instrumentl

Planned Giving

JULY 28, 2025

August may be “Make a Will Month,” but let’s be honest—your legacy deserves more than a single square on the calendar. Whether you’re starting with an online template or working with a professional, taking this step ensures your loved ones have clear guidance during an emotional time. Usage rights granted to all nonprofits.

Template

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Create a proven communications calendar. Customize first-draft appeals and emails with our communications templates. Free Marketing and Communications Templates: Start writing your Year-End and GivingTuesday appeals, emails, receipts and social media posts from a first draft, not from scratch! Set campaign goals and objectives.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

NetSquared is here to help you along the way with everything from slide templates to planning checklists. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Check out one of our events!

Calendar

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

You can use a logic model template if previously provided as part of the funding process you are planning for, or you can use a generic template to translate at the time of application, like the one available in our Logic Model Guide. Learn more here. Learn more about that 30 minute FREE session here.

Logic Model

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Download Our Free 2021 Year-End Fundraising Calendar. Creating a comprehensive calendar will keep you organized this year-end so that you can focus on bringing in donations! Download the free 2021 Year-End Fundraising Calendar: 2. Free #GivingTuesday and Year-End Fundraising Consultation. In 2020, donors gave over $2.47

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Start with a Social Media Editorial Calendar In order to plan out your social media, you first need to create an editorial calendar. An editorial calendar is basically just a content map or a guide that helps you map out your nonprofit’s content (including social media) for the year. Don’t let this term scare you.

Media

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

In other words, you have no format, no template, and no idea where to start. If you can find 10 good grant leads — we can usually find at least 10 hot leads when we do grant research for our clients—then you can fill your grant calendar and keep your grant pipeline full all year long. Create a calendar of Asks. I’ve been there.

Fundraising

Grant Writing Made Easy

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I know this is a lot to take in, but let’s look at how these two apps can manage and schedule the life of any busy grant writing consultant or grant writer. ClickUp ‘s platform is built around the concept of customizable workspaces, where you can tailor the environment to fit the unique needs of your grant writing consultancy.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 13, 2021

However, there is one thing every nonprofit must do regardless of whether you write the grant yourselves or outsource it to a grant writing and nonprofit consulting firm like Think and Ink Grants (www.thinkandinkgrants.com). Some of my clients specifically block time on their calendars for this purpose.

Grant

Just Write Grants

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Create a Grant Calendar Develop a detailed grant calendar for 2025 that includes application deadlines, reporting requirements, and renewal dates. A well-organized calendar helps ensure you never miss a deadline and can manage multiple applications efficiently. Develop a Comprehensive Grant Writing Strategy 2.1

Grant Writing

Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

Depending on what you donate, you'll receive notes, photos, or a calendar from the students. You can design your own t-shirt with Teespring's online tool or you can work with one of the company's consultants. The consultation donation through TechSoup, however, has an admin fee of $20.

Pass-Through

Peak Proposals

JUNE 20, 2020

Determine who needs to be involved in the proposal process within your organization as well as external parties, such as partner organizations or consultants. Some of your questions related to the FOA you may need to direct to the funder, such as whether the funder will accept a certain kind of budget template.

Proposal

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 1, 2024

Grant Calendar: Create a grant calendar that lists all potential funding opportunities. Multiple Clients: Template Library: Develop a library of templates and boilerplate text that can be adapted for different clients. Read more about managing your grant application schedule with clients.

Applicant

Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

Aly’s expertise includes fundraising, strategic planning, search consultation and board leadership development for the well-positioned nonprofit. Consider bringing on a fundraising consultant. Also, your nonprofit likely has a few special fundraising opportunities on the calendar for this year. News & World Report.

CRM

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Depending on what you donate, you'll receive notes, photos, or a calendar from the students. You can design your own t-shirt with Teespring's online tool or you can work with one of the company's consultants. The consultation donation through TechSoup, however, has an admin fee of $20.

Consulting

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

During the session “Crush Your Year-End Fundraising in the New Normal,” nonprofit consultant Pamela Grow provides a template for effectively running your year-end fundraising campaign. Create a direct mail and email calendar and checklist. Prime your donors with personalized communication.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We all know we need a strategic plan, yet so many people don’t have one, probably because they’re afraid of this: Your Board and staff sequestered in a room, led by a consultant, doing exercises on flip charts with sticky notes and dots, exercises that never lead to a clear, finished product you can understand or use. Yuck, right?

Strategic Plan

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Plus: we also offer numerous free learning resources to help you better manage your staff, volunteers, and business consultants. Outlook integrates your email with calendars and contact information. More than thirty built-in Starter Solution templates allow even inexperienced users to create databases.

Software

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 16, 2021

Who you mail to depends on the timing of your mailing, how close it is to other fundraising activities, and what else you have planned, so check your fundraising plan and activity calendar to see what makes the most sense for your situation. You could plan to send your letter only to donors you have a mailing address for but no email address.

Nonprofit

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 13, 2024

As experienced grant writing consultants, we’ve thoroughly explored the options and identified the best tools to streamline your grant management processes. Set calendar reminders for periodic reviews and updates to maintain the integrity of your data and make informed decisions based on the most current information.

Grant Management

Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The final months of the calendar year bring out the best in all of us. Early preparation will also allow you to prepare your core campaign tools, such as: Your donation form Social media calendars Email series. By the end of December, we will complete our feasibility study and determine next steps with our fundraising consultant.”

Media

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 3, 2022

One of the reasons why USG funding opportunities are so daunting is that you usually need to consult multiple documents located across the funding agency’s website (and sometimes, several websites) to understand how to prepare and submit your application. These are the primary documents we typically consult during an NSF proposal process.

Proposal

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 3, 2022

One of the reasons why USG funding opportunities are so daunting is that you usually need to consult multiple documents located across the funding agency’s website (and sometimes, several websites) to understand how to prepare and submit your application. These are the primary documents we typically consult during an NSF proposal process.

Proposal

Fundly

MAY 18, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraisers require a dedicated peer-to-peer fundraising software solution that allows you to create page templates and track your participants’ progress. Each supporter builds his or her own donation page from a template tied to your main fundraising page. Start creating your calendars in the middle of summer.

Fundraising

GiveSmart

APRIL 2, 2025

Our fundraising team is already including more consultation time with every GiveSmart contract to best support our partners. Were also bringing you more examples of others finding success during this time and offering dozens of free templates and other resources to help your organization power its mission.

Federal Grants