The Grantsmanship Center

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Category: Program Planning and Design Proposal Writing and Grantseeking There comes a time when a proposal needs to include a logic model. A logic model is a picture of how your program is intended to work. A speed bump for a lot of people is the “outputs vs. outcomes” element of a logic model.

Logic Model

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Logic models are the heart and soul of a successful grant application. Wait- what do logic models have to do with writing grants?

Logic Model

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

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.

Logic Model

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Becoming familiar with the theory of change and the logic model behind the program design can help us write a narrative that explains how we know that doing something in a certain way can be expected to achieve certain results. . We can expect certain results: participants will feel less isolated and more connected with others.

Logic Model

The Grantsmanship Center

JANUARY 9, 2024

As proposal writers, we sometimes get lost in the weeds of data, logic models, detailed methods and other granular stuff. Thomas Boyd is Chief Editorial Consultant for The Grantsmanship Center and an independent consultant to nonprofit organizations. The first of these is ethos.

Proposal

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The post Key Takeaways for the GWBC Session as a Seasoned Grant Professional appeared first on DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services. This helps reduce the feeling of drinking from a fire hose when doing prospect research. We hope to see you at any of our upcoming sessions. View the lineup of upcoming sessions here.

Logic Model

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 10, 2022

Either/or thinking has stopped or slowed some major career choices such as employee vs. consultant, grants vs. fundraising, grant writing vs. coaching or training. It’s the only reasonable way to conquer that logic model or have a difficult but necessary conversation with a program officer or board member. Maybe it’s Maybelline.

Logic Model

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Over more than 25 years of researching, prioritizing, writing, developing objectives, creating evaluation plans, and tangling with logic models, I never spent much time measuring a crucial aspect of work that affects all those tasks and more—my happiness. What makes you happy about the work you do?

Logic Model

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 24, 2021

In logic model language (check this out to learn why logic models are essential), outputs are the direct results of your activities. Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. Shavonn earned a BBA from Howard University and an MBA from Emory University.

Logic Model

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Our team at Think and Ink Grants Consulting® uses S.M.A.R.T. outcomes in our logic models. Our next article will bridge this information and communicate how goals, outcomes, and outputs inform logic models, so stay tuned. Check out additional information about what S.M.A.R.T. outcomes are here.

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). The one thing every nonprofit must do cannot be outsourced - the funder wants to hear directly from you.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 4, 2024

After two decades as a staff writer at various nonprofit organizations, Amanda started “Acton Grant Consulting” so she can write about organizations across the country doing great work. In addition to having a deep love for logic models and need statements, Amanda is passionate about cats, birds, and random trivia.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

The logic model. Developing a logic model before I start writing tells me who my characters are, what’s going to happen, and what the end result will be. I definitely fall into the former category when creating fiction, but I am firmly among the latter when I write a grant. My outline? Don’t forget emotion : Emotion?

Federal Grants

The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 25, 2024

For nonprofits that have started up How do you handle or engage those who ask for help who are in the start-up stage who have already plunged into the deep end, possibly undercapitalized, clueless about logic models or fundraising? How would you interpret this data?

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

This entails creating clear program logic models, outcomes frameworks, and evaluation plans that align with the organization's mission and vision.Partnerships and Collaborations: It cannot be emphasized enough that building partnerships and collaborations with other organizations, stakeholders, and funders is crucial. Mayer Consulting.

Grant Readiness

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 18, 2023

However, in the push towards impact, philanthropy has adopted a laundry list of activities—landscape scans, focus groups, case studies, logic models—to help in figuring out what is important to know to “do good” better. These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy. Fast forward to today….

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

Engaging a consultant, such as the experts at AGS , can be an effective way to jump-start your prospecting efforts. Create a logic model to outline the program components in a cohesive manner. Another critical factor – a manageable deadline! Prospect research is a skill that takes time to develop.

GPC

Blackbaud

JANUARY 16, 2025

The ripple effect of this practice is that people feel left out, and further exhausted and frustrated by being asked to design, execute, and participate in solutions for which they were never consulted. We like to represent our work like its clean, under control, and spot-on.

Logic Model