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The #1 Grant Writing Headache? Your Own Team.

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Or calendar invites and stern reminder emails. They recycle past proposals, snag bios from LinkedIn, and mine old annual reports and budgets to pre-write the missing pieces. They guess at the logic model based on what makes sense. Theyre just busy. Or skeptical. Or burned out. Or tighter deadlines. But because it works.

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Most Common Grant Proposal Errors (and How to Fix Them)

Grant Writing Made Easy

Even seasoned grant writers make grant proposal errors, but small changes can be the difference between a funded project and a missed opportunity. Funders review hundreds of applications, and issues such as unclear objectives, vague budgets, or an ineffective statement of need can easily push your proposal to the bottom of the pile.

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Nonprofit Grant Strategy: Recalibrate for Year-End Success

Grant Writing Made Easy

Elevate your proposals using refreshed templates, updated data insights, and a stronger commitment to equity, ensuring your applications stand out in a crowded grant space. Audit your wins and misses Look at which grant proposals were funded, which were declined, and why. Were the successful ones better aligned with funder priorities?

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Grant Writing for Small Nonprofits: How to Do More With Less

Grant Writing Made Easy

With a clear strategy and a few innovative systems, even the smallest teams can write competitive, compelling grant proposals. It spreads your limited time and resources too thin, often resulting in rushed, unfocused proposals that don’t stand out. In fact, the most effective proposals are rarely the work of just one person.

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Philanthropy’s Reckoning Is Here. Is Your Grant Strategy Ready?

Grant Writing Made Easy

One that centers transparency, flexibility, and truth-telling in your proposals. we end up with technically correct proposals, but spiritually vacant. Disconnected calendars, outdated folders, missing attachments, and “Where’s that link again?” And when your process is scattered, your proposals follow suit.

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The Competitive Advantage and Head Start of Pre-planning for Large Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

The order in which our team recommends you approach pre-planning is to create drafts (not finalized, not set in stone, but working documents that are a starting point for the real application) of the three following elements: Logic model – A draft of the key elements of your program/project design. Learn more here.