Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 9, 2025

XXX or 25 staff trained) so the draft keeps moving. Pro tip: In the draft stage, literally paste the funders questions into your document and write answers beneath them. You , the writer, to produce a rough draft ASAP. And heres a veteran trick: If youre missing a detailjust plug in an imaginary number or placeholder (e.g., $XXX

Federal Grants

Candid

JULY 13, 2023

While Candid is working to reduce that burden broadly, here is one specific way we are trying to help: by providing sample grant proposal documents. There are four major documents that you may need to create if your nonprofit is looking for funding. To see this in practice, review our proposal budget sample documents.

Proposal

RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

This is a natural consequence when several different administrative requirements documents and cost circulars are consolidated into one document, and meant to be universally applied. As overhead and administrative costs grow, organizations often scramble to find ways to recoup this funding. Let’s examine each one.

UEI

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Calculate Your Indirect Cost Rate Complete and correct cost allocation is key to the financial stability of your organization. If you aren’t including indirect costs—such as salaries or rent—into your funding requests or program planning, you are setting yourself up for stress later in the year.

Indirect Cost

Candid

JUNE 9, 2022

A proposal project budget consists of two basic elements: 1) the estimated costs of your project and 2) the anticipated income needed to meet those costs. Learn more about what funders look for from Network Engagement Manager Tracy Kaufman in our free training, What do funders look for in grant proposal budgets? .

Budget

Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Your project budget will ideally mirror the associated direct and indirect costs of the items outlined in your project description, such as staffing, rent, supplies, promotion, and the like. For a more in-depth understanding of how to create a project budget, be sure to check out this free training on the topic.

Proposal

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The training. As the costs add up, you might be asking: How much of a nonprofit’s annual budget should be spent on administrative tasks and fundraising? These are also known as indirect costs, expenses that cannot be tied directly to programs. Fundraising training. And fundraising. The print collateral.

Fundraising

Assel Grant Services

JULY 21, 2024

Office of Management and Budget (OMB), an agency within the Executive Office of the President, issues government-wide grants-related guidance for federal departments and agencies and is responsible for the maintenance of this document. The original document became effective in December 2014.

GPC

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

Analyze these documents to identify trends, such as seasonal variations in income or recurring expenses. Components: Direct Costs: Expenses that are directly tied to the program, such as materials, staff salaries specific to the program, and direct operational costs.

Budget

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Through our work in grant development, we’ve met many faculty members who have not received training on how to find funding or write grant proposals. That is, are you proposing a project so you can generate data, or are you collecting evaluation data to document the results of the project?

Funding