Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

When you evaluate grant opportunities, consider not just the front-end work of applying, but the back-end responsibilities if you receive the award. Grants often come with strings attached: timelines, deliverables, data collection, reporting, evaluation, staffing, and sometimes even public events or policy alignment.

Grants

NonProfit PRO

JULY 21, 2025

While 66% of nonprofits receive grant funding, many of them are anticipating foundation giving to compensate for decreased federal grants. However, private foundations would need to increase their grantmaking by 282% to offset anticipated government funding reductions. setForceSafeFrame(true).addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Instrumentl Partner Webinars are collaborations between Instrumentl and its community partners to provide free educational workshops for grant professionals. Our goal is to tackle a problem grant professionals often have to solve, while also sharing different ways Instrumentl’s platform can help grant writers win more grants.

Instrumentl

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Instrumentl Partner Webinars are collaborations between Instrumentl and its community partners to provide free educational workshops for grant professionals. Our goal is to tackle a problem grant professionals often have to solve, while also sharing different ways Instrumentl’s platform can help grant writers win more grants.

Instrumentl

GrantNews

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As 2025 grants begin to emerge, you can rely on GrantWatch to list them as they’re released. While the exact policy directions remain to be seen, President-elect Trump’s previous term may offer insights into potential focus areas that could shape the landscape in 2025 and beyond.

Grants

GrantNews

MARCH 14, 2025

Despite recent concerns over policy changes, grant funding remains a priority. In truth, many grant-makers still offer grant opportunities for essential programs to ensure their success in 2025. Because of this, nonprofit grant funding opportunities are available on GrantWatch to support essential programs.

Applicant

NonProfit PRO

JULY 11, 2025

Insights From a Decades-Long Corporate Partnership Board Response to Federal Grant Unpredictability Why You Should Hire an Interim Leader Comments Subscribe window.dfp_npp_ros_rectangle_1 = googletag.defineSlot("/124057991/npp_ros_rectangle_1", [[300,250],[300,600]], "napco-ad-npp_ros_rectangle_1").setForceSafeFrame(true).addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Instrumentl Partner Webinars are collaborations between Instrumentl and its community partners to provide free educational workshops for grant professionals. Our goal is to tackle a problem grant professionals often have to solve, while also sharing different ways Instrumentl’s platform can help grant writers win more grants.

Instrumentl

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 11, 2025

The federal grant funding update for Q2 2025 reveals intensified volatility across the nonprofit landscape. Executive orders, delayed disbursements, judicial interventions, and administrative overhauls have left grant writers navigating what experts are calling a “ tsunami of uncertainty. ”

Federal Grants

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 25, 2025

Assess Organizational Risk The threats are real — particularly for organizations with federal or state funding, or those operating in politically sensitive environments. Some helpful questions to consider: How vulnerable are your funding streams to changes in public policy or political oversight? setForceSafeFrame(true).addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 28, 2025

Designed for executive leaders and board administrators across nonprofits, school districts, government agencies, and higher education, this release sets a new standard for modern, secure, and transparent leadership. Great governance powers great missions," said Jeff Middlesworth, CEO of Boardable. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Government

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 25, 2025

Assess Organizational Risk The threats are real — particularly for organizations with federal or state funding, or those operating in politically sensitive environments. Some helpful questions to consider: How vulnerable are your funding streams to changes in public policy or political oversight? setForceSafeFrame(true).addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

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Candid

APRIL 17, 2025

Government has the scale and policy tools to make change sustainable. The most effective corporate social responsibility efforts are built on real partnerships with nonprofits and supported by government policies that allow these collaborations to thrive. When all three sectors work together, the impact is transformative.

Policy

ProposalPRO

JUNE 30, 2021

Women and racial minorities were far less likely to be experienced in the grants process, or to win grant awards. As I say, the people who win federal grants are the people who win federal grants. Agencies tend to award grants to the usual suspects. There’s little surprise there.

Federal Grants

RBW Strategy

MAY 13, 2024

The organization does this by increasing the amount of capacity building, grant services, and data/engagement/policy services provided with a curated pool of consultants who support nonprofit organizations throughout Nevada. RBW Strategy has partnered with Nevada GrantLab (NGL) since 2021 on several large-scale federal grant projects.

Grants

ProposalPRO

MAY 1, 2022

Last week the nonprofit sector achieved a milestone when legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives to elevate sector voices in the development of policy. The Nonprofit Sector Strength and Partnership Act introduces something new: It establishes a formal partnership between federal policy makers and nonprofit organizations.

Grants

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Opportunities for STEM Education The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program is one of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) cornerstones when it comes to producing research and resources for improving undergraduate education. AGS is excited to offer a Federal Agency Training Series in 2023! Funding Alert!

Education

California Grants Portal

MAY 4, 2022

California Libraries Learn (CALL) , a collaborative project of the California Library Association and the California State Library , provides continuing education and professional development for California library staff, including support with grant writing or other library topics. The series is presented by Assel Grant Services.

Grants

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Grant Ethics: Creating Ethical Grant Budgets and Sustainability Plans Session 6 of the Ethics Series For many organizations, a federal grant will be a significant expansion to an existing program or the initial funding for a program that does not yet exist. Continuing Education Unit (CEU). 4.10, 6.3,

Ethics

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 17, 2024

But I did not fully understand the amount of work it would take to stand up a new grants management function for an organization. To get started: Before applying for grants, assess your organization’s level of grant readiness. It tells exactly what grant-specific policies and procedures you need to develop.

Grant Management

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The focus of most organizations is getting grant funding in the door. It represents innovation, education, research, employment, infrastructure, and many wonderful things that positively impact our communities. grant award) quickly becomes a ball of string. Do you have a specific project or grant management software?

Award

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Unlike loans, grants do not have to be repaid, making them a valuable resource for those seeking financial assistance. Grants can be designated for various purposes, such as research, community development, education, and artistic endeavors. Individuals Funding for education, startups, and personal projects.

Grants

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

However, Cynthia Adams presented some interesting numbers showing that private foundation grants are not the entire picture. Also, federal grants are allocated nearly evenly for urban and rural areas. Department of Agriculture has Rural Business Enterprise Grants. About Cynthia Adams: Leveling the Playing Field.

Grantstation

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 18, 2024

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development, Rural Utilities Services’ Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program is accepting applications for equipment, software, and other technological needs to provide education and medical services to remote areas with populations of 20,000 and under.

USDA

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

With this grant management series, I aim to outline some of the commonly seen issues and provide resources to learn more. Check out the previous posts on conflict of interest policies and procedures and time and effort ! A grant manager is anyone involved in the management and administration of a grant (e.g.,

Indirect Cost

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Grants are effective mechanisms for creating sustainable innovation, collaboration, and continuing education as well as community and stakeholder engagement. The Business Case for Your Boss Why should you encourage your leadership to become more familiar with the grant development process? Provide the necessary structure (e.g.,

Training

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Data collected through a project evaluation are used to answer questions such as: How many people or organizations were served/reached/educated? As a grant applicant, you may not have a choice regarding the development of the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan in your proposal. How many service sites were opened?

Funding

ProposalPRO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

While the Biden administration did not initiate this effort – reform has been underway since the Clinton administration and has been on the agenda of each administration since – Biden has publicly endorsed the use of science and data in policy making and challenged government to find ways of doing its business more equitably and effectively.

Government

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JULY 17, 2023

While the post focuses on aging and academia, it has implications for grant seekers and grant writers: most federal grants for the delivery of services to the elderly come are derived from the 1965 Older Americans Act administrated by the DHHS Administration for Community Living (“ACL”).

Readiness

ProposalPRO

MARCH 30, 2022

President Biden’s FY23 budget was released this week and, beyond providing funding for agencies, staffing and programs, it provides a blueprint for using grants to drive social change. Create New Grant Requirements. Make it a requirement of the grant. Want something done? LINKS President’s FY23 Budget Book.

Government