Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

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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GrantNews

JANUARY 9, 2025

If your grant proposal was rejected, don’t be discouraged! Was there something I forgot in my proposal? GrantWatch offers a Personalized Grants Calendar that helps you easily keep track and monitor your grants. Earn a stamp of approval on your grant application. Grant writing involves a huge learning curve. The good news?

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

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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GrantNews

JANUARY 15, 2025

You found a grant and written your proposal! The chance of winning a grant can vary depending on how many people apply and the caliber of your proposal. The bottom line is that once your grant proposal is submitted, it’s a waiting game determined by your potential funder. Picture this: You’ve done the hard work.

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Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The client felt confident putting the funder on their own grant calendar for the upcoming year, allowing me to focus my time on another funding priority because they were sure that the foundation would continue its support. Some funders require a letter of inquiry (short or detailed) before inviting full proposals.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 5, 2025

Doing your foundation or government grants keep falling off the bottom of the list, impacting your grant proposal submissions. Many of the nonprofits we work with have wonderfully talented development teams often collaborate with grant consultants to enhance their proposal writing efforts. Then, it changed.

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Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Rates for simple foundation proposals typically range from $300 to $3,000, while complex federal grants may require significantly higher investments. Yet this payment structure can lead to unexpected total costs because grant proposals often take longer than planned. This prohibition exists for several key reasons.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 6, 2025

Our survey found that emotional storytelling was the most successful type of fundraising material (299 respondents), followed by personalized proposals (260) and impact reports (222). Communicating So Effectively, Prospects Feel Called to Act The way we communicate with prospects can significantly impact their willingness to meet.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

And if your grant calendar lives in one place, your tasks in another, your drafts in a hidden folder, and your funder research on sticky notes… of course, your strategy is falling apart. But let’s be clear: while a calendar is helpful, it isn’t a grant strategy. Most nonprofit teams utilize these kinds of tools to get started.

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Grant Writer Team

JUNE 12, 2025

However, a strong, strategic application can set your proposal apart. Having this information helps you tailor your proposal to better align with their funding history. Additionally, 990s may include useful application notes, such as their mission language, allowing grant writers to mirror their values in their proposals.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 2, 2025

Whether you’re new to grant writing or looking to sharpen your budgeting strategy, avoiding these five common mistakes can help you submit clearer, more fundable proposals—and set your organization up for success. In many ways, your budget is your proposal. Remember: funders want to invest in success.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 23, 2025

The AI Grants Hub™ integrates your core narratives, past proposals, and data. Myth #2: Using AI Will Make Your Proposals Lack Authenticity and Human Empathy Another real fear: “If everyone uses AI, won’t all proposals start to sound the same?” Your grant calendar is connected to your funder history. AI does the typing.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MARCH 3, 2025

While these statements have not been true of the 2025 calendar year through February, this has been the case for decades, and will likely be the case again. In the foundation grant proposal, you will be able to tell them how you measure success and what markers you are reaching for.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Discern what you can from unfunded grant proposals and feedback from grant reviewers or program officers to determine areas of improvement. A Plan for 2025 What is on your calendar as you look forward to the new year? Take advantage of webinars from GPA and other professional trainers on how to create an effective grant calendar.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

An effective grant consultant can support a fundraising team in tasks large and small across any stage of the grant application process.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

An effective grant consultant can support a fundraising team in tasks large and small across any stage of the grant application process.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

Learn how to create compelling proposals, effectively present your schools needs, and build lasting partnerships to support your students success. Below, you will find step-by-step guidance on creating a sponsorship proposal, presenting your cause effectively, and maintaining relationships that benefit your school over the longterm.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2025

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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Candid

JUNE 12, 2025

On the one hand, market volatility and proposed legislation to increase taxes on private foundations impact endowments that could translate to fewer dollars for grantmaking. of survey respondents, the fiscal year matches the calendar year. i We expanded the survey pool this year by sending the online survey to all U.S.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 15, 2025

Annual Funding Tracker : Develop a year-round pipeline strategy to ensure your grant calendar is both proactive and intentional. For example, imagine needing a funder-specific proposal quickly. This drastically reduces writing time, freeing your capacity for strategic planning, relationship-building, and creative storytelling.

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Bloom Grant Consulting

JUNE 9, 2025

top of page HOME ABOUT OUR TEAM VALUES CLIENTS FAQ SERVICES ONGOING SUPPORT BLOSSOM BUNDLE PROSPECT RESEARCH GRANT CALENDAR BLOG RESOURCES CONTACT More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. All Posts Nonprofit Sustainability Grant Writing Prospect Research Cultivation Work With Us Search Ask Jacquee: What is Cultivation?

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

And number one step back and evaluate your grant proposals. As well as we have a new resource that we're calling the Ultimate Five Steps Grant Calendar Planning Guide, which can help you map out your next 30, 60, 90, and 365 day calendar in terms of some of the focus area. She does a really good evaluation.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This year, GivingTuesday, which is held the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, will be on the latest possible calendar date — December 3. That’s right when folks are facing the financial demands of the holiday travel, gift and entertainment season. Bannon hopes urgency will spur donations.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Fall events capture back-to-school excitement, winter allows for holiday-themed gatherings, spring brings fresh starts and outdoor opportunities, and summer is great for fairs and sports events-plan according to your school calendar and local community interests. Vary your activities and keep them relevant to the season.

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Calendar alerts. I live by my calendar alerts. For years, I have used a Google spreadsheet and a calendar, and that works fine as long as I don't have too many complicated projects coming and going. And then I also linked to my Google calendar to make sure that I have the reminders and the timelines and everything set up.

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GrantNews

MARCH 14, 2025

For example, grant-seekers use the Grants Calendar to schedule grant application submissions. Writing a compelling grant proposal demands strategic planning, in-depth research, and persuasive storytelling. Building a funding pipeline is the best way to stay organized. The key is to search for grants regularly.

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GrantNews

APRIL 3, 2025

Furthermore, grant-seekers who use the Grants Calendar can stay on top of deadlines. A compelling grant proposal will help your organization combat human trafficking. It is vital to search for grants regularly. Above all, a well-planned grant pipeline ensures a long-term impact on your cause!

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

They might bury the ask in the appeal or think donors dont want to give during uncertain times, such as when there are proposed cuts in federal funding or a recession (absolutely not true). A communications calendar can help you with this. Other organizations are skittish about asking for money. The Better Fundraising Co.

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Even if you write a perfect grant proposal, it still might not get funded—simply because there is so much competition. There are lots of reasons your proposal might get turned down. But a grant proposal rejection letter presents opportunity, too. Add a note of gratitude for considering your grant proposal.

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Clairification

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Did you know more than 20% of all online giving for the entire year occurs on the last two days of the calendar year? Solution you’re proposing to address the problem – with your donor’s help. So your best bet for boosting year-end results is digital. What do you have planned online between now and December 31 st ?

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Peak Proposals

JUNE 20, 2020

To be considered for a grant, you need to submit your proposal by a specific date and time, no exceptions. Because of the time pressure, unless you have a plan for how you’ll meet the deadline, you run the risk of either submitting the proposal at the last minute or missing the deadline entirely.

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Peak Proposals

MAY 22, 2022

Writing a grant proposal has several stages. Managing each of these stages requires a system of some kind and one or more tools to save content and permit collaborative development of the proposal. tool that you can use to manage and write a grant proposal is Microsoft OneNote. OneNote has been around since 2003.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 24, 2024

Common questions in a grant proposal ask about the demographics of the people you serve, how many people you serve, or the impact of your programs. Protip: Grant application data and goals should be based on fiscal years or calendar years (whichever is more appropriate for your organization). 1 set of data, so many ways to use it.

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 22, 2022

Blog RSS May 22, 2022 Writing a grant proposal has several stages. Managing each of these stages requires a system of some kind and one or more tools to save content and permit collaborative development of the proposal. tool that you can use to manage and write a grant proposal is Microsoft OneNote.

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Peak Proposals

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

After you finish writing your grant proposal, is there any way to know if it is any good? If your grant proposal receives funding, that’s obviously a sign that you did a good job, but is there any way to know before you submit your proposal if it’s any good? No proposal is perfect.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 3, 2022

If you are preparing a proposal for a U.S. We’ve submitted proposals to several U.S. These tools consist of spreadsheets, tables, lists, calendars, and shared workspaces on SharePoint or Microsoft Teams to collect, organize, summarize, and track all the materials relevant to the application. Note: This is not a sponsored post.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2015

The grant lifecycle involves researching and finding new grant opportunities, cultivating relationships with potential funders, writing compelling grant proposals to targeted grantmakers, and more. Many nonprofits will track deadlines in a grants spreadsheet, then copy those deadlines to Outlook or Google Calendar as well.

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