Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 8, 2025

Aided by Kessler and Cassidys Writing to Win Federal Grants and Writing to Win Federal Grants: The Workbook, participants are guided through the entire federal grant writing process, including developing needs statements, crafting budget narratives, building partnerships, and navigating the submissions process.

Federal Grants

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

If you havent already, now is the time to evaluate your organizations grant readiness from pre- to post-award, ensuring alignment with funders, competitive proposals, and strong fund stewardship. Understanding how your organization makes grant submission decisions is critical. Do We Have Shovel-Ready Projects?

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 2, 2025

But when it comes to grant writing, your budget isn’t just an attachment or requirement to fulfill. Grant budgets are a crucial part of the story you’re telling funders. For better or worse, your budget can make or break your chances of funding, despite the quality of the grant narrative itself.

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Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Several years ago, I worked with a nonprofit client who had received funding from a particular foundation many times in the past. This extra step can make the difference between receiving funding and being rejected. As grant professionals, we must ensure that our clients’ projects match the funder’s goals.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2025

Ever feel like philanthropy is entering a new era, but your grant writing process is stuck in 2005? And while many nonprofits cling to outdated, compliance-focused grant practices, there’s a better way, especially when you equip your strategy with tools built for this moment. It may cost you funding. Let’s dive in.

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

When applying for grants, demonstrating a clear, measurable impact and a strong Return on Investment (ROI) can make all the difference. While nonprofits often wait to assess impact after funding is secured, evaluating impact potential before submitting a grant proposal can significantly strengthen your application.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

For so many nonprofit professionals and grant writing consultants, the issue isn’t a lack of intention. This is especially true for those on small teams or managing grants alongside a dozen other responsibilities. It’s about creating a grant-writing environment where you can actually focus. It’s exhausting.

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Published: March 2, 2022 Grant Writing Classes Table of Contents SHOW MORE SHOW LESS Return to top Want to go from Rejected to Accepted? ​In this 1-hour webinar (with 15 minutes Q&A), Teresa Huff will share with you 9 reasons your grants are getting rejected, and how to fix them. Look no further! That is amazing.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

The pressure to pursue every funding opportunity can feel overwhelming, especially in today’s environment of shrinking public resources and steep competition for private grants. But here’s the truth: not all grants are worth your time. Nonprofits often operate under the mindset that more applications = more chances of funding.

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Published: September 8, 2021 Grant Writing Classes Table of Contents SHOW MORE SHOW LESS Return to top In this 1-hour webinar (with 15 minutes Q&A), Teresa Huff will share with you how to simplify, streamline, and support your team. Find and win more grants for your nonprofit! She has helped nonprofits triple their funding.

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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. ”

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

How do you write a grant and win tons of funding? Preparation, or in the grant writer’s case “Readiness”. Readiness is all about preparing your organization to write a grant proposal and creating a strategy for ensuring you are pursuing the right funding sources to help your organization meet its mission.

Grant Writing

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Looking for the biggest key trends in grant writing for 2021? It’s almost the New Year (thank goodness and good riddance to the dumpster fire that is 2020) and that means a whole new year of grants! Many are now saying that they won’t fund operating again or allow funds to be converted if programming has to be canceled in 2021.

Grant Writing

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

MARCH 4, 2021

The National Endowment for the Arts (or “NEA”, for short) is the Federal funding agency for arts and culture organizations in the United States. They have several grant opportunities each year and most arts nonprofits usually want a piece of that pie. The NEA has several grant programs to which you can apply.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

One of the questions I get the most from y’all is whether I know of any nonprofit start-up grants. The need for nonprofit start-up funding is huge, and today’s post is your guide to finding it. What other sources of nonprofit start-up funding exist? One prime avenue for nonprofit start-up funding is individual donations.

Funding

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

So, are you ready to up your fundraising and development goals for 2024 by securing grant funding? Organizational development plays a crucial role in the process of becoming grant-ready by providing the foundation and framework necessary to effectively pursue and manage grant funding.

Grant Readiness

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

JANUARY 14, 2021

Last year many arts and culture nonprofits struggling to cope with closures and restrictions in the wake of COVID-19 were able to take advantage of multiple relief grants and funding, chief among them funds made available through the CARE Act and forgivable loans that were part of the Paycheck Protection Program (known as ‘PPP’).

Funding

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 21, 2022

Are you struggling to get the grant funding you need? Most of the grant writing advice out there elevates one or two actions as quick fixes. I want to help you break out of the quick fix mindset and start building a winning grant strategy. Let’s talk about it.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

OCTOBER 30, 2022

This is my favorite holiday, and in honor, I’m sharing 10 grant writing tips to help you make sure your grants aren’t the scariest thing this spooky season. #1: 1: Keep a grant prospect sheet & update it regularly. One of the best things you can do is to make time regularly to search for grant opportunities.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 5, 2022

When I founded my grant writing consultancy back in 2015, I knew that I wanted to serve the small nonprofits that make a big impact in our communities. I’m tired of 90% of the funding out there going to the top 2.7% (in annual revenue) of nonprofits. I want to help you get the grant funding you need and deserve.

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Red Tape Busters

JANUARY 26, 2024

Are you ready to take your organisation’s funding potential to the next level? Whether you’re a nonprofit, a small business, or an individual with a brilliant idea, securing grants can be a game-changer. It involves several key elements that can significantly impact the success of your grant applications.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 2, 2023

I’m coming at you today with some real talk about my journey running this crazy, amazing venture – Grant Writing Made Easy. Eight years of grant consulting, developing online education courses , drinking way too much coffee, and learning a whole bunch of lessons along the way. But let me give you the lowdown.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 19, 2023

Introduction In the world of nonprofits, grant writing is both a lifeline and a challenge. Despite its crucial role in securing funds, the process can be time-consuming and often requires a considerable amount of creativity and meticulous detail. Ready to totally revolutionize your grant writing process?

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Professional Grant Writers

APRIL 18, 2023

Grant writing can be a time-consuming and complex process, and many organizations opt to hire a grant writer to help them secure funding. The post How much does it cost to hire a grant writer? appeared first on Professional Grant Writer.

Grants

Professional Grant Writers

MAY 14, 2024

The grant writing world is wide and diverse. There are scores of funders, foundations, and groups seeking funding for all manner of activities. The post What are the four types of grants? appeared first on Professional Grant Writer.

Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 27, 2022

There are some grant writing experts and instructors who believe that the key to getting grant funding is to… …Do more. In my grant writing consulting work, I take an entirely different approach. The post The 3-Step Framework for Getting Grant Funding appeared first on Grant Writing Made Easy.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

As we all begin planning for 2023, I want you to pause for a moment and consider how more grant funding could change your day-to-day nonprofit operations. And I’m talking about more funding. More funding makes a lot possible for organizations. What could you accomplish with more grant funding?

Funding

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 24, 2022

Anytime I lead a grant writing workshop, I always ask the attendees to share their grant experience – whether they’ve been a grant professional for years and are looking for a refresher or if they’ve been voluntold that grants are now under their preview. Take the time ensure your organization is grant ready.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I spent many years as a successful grant professional and managed grants that were not from public sources. But managing publicly funded grants is not the same. I had to flesh out the grants management infrastructure for federal and other public funds. What grants has it received and how were they funded?

Grant Management

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

According to Pamela Jacques, MS, CPW, CHES, manager of Grants Administration at Kettering Health in Kettering, Ohio, here are eight things you need to know to get started. To get started: Before applying for grants, assess your organization’s level of grant readiness. Who implemented the program/grant funded activities?

Grant Management

Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

How to Be Grant Ready: A Step-By-Step Guide CharityHowTo / Webinar / Fee: $87. Ask The Expert: Finding Funding for Technology Projects NTEN / Webinar #NTENlearn / Fee: Free / Members Only. How to Master the 3 R's of Grant Writing: Research, Relationships, and Writing CharityHowTo / Webinar / Fee: $77.

Education

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 17, 2023

Have you ever felt like you’re navigating a complicated maze when it comes to grant writing? Artificial Intelligence (AI) What if we told you that a proven strategy exists that can halve your grant writing time and significantly increase your success rate—and that this method is absolutely free?

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Grant Writer Team

JULY 25, 2024

The nonprofits who set the pace are those who choose the right grant-writing partner. It takes time, hard work, and, most importantly, funding. Funding can be hard to come by, especially for a nonprofit. If an organization is determined to succeed, they can find the funding they need. There are over 1.5

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 30, 2022

I want to help you write successful grants because I know the work you do matters. And I know that a lot of the grant writing advice out there isn’t going to get you the results you want. Instead, I want you to take a moment to consider your grant strategy. Because it’s piecemeal. Save your spot!

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 2, 2010

Today’s blog post comes from my friend Betsy Baker, a grant-writing consultant and teacher. As a grant writing consultant for the past 8 years for a variety of nonprofit clients, I often run into the eager beaver convinced that I can find them the “magic” grant that will alleviate all their financial woes.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

And, instead of making up programs to fit grant announcements, systematizing your grantseeking means knowing exactly how much funding you need for each program, how much you’ve already asked for, and how much you’ve been awarded. It means knowing the exact opportunities you will apply for to fund each program. Get the Roadmap!

Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 7, 2022

If you’re ready to take the next steps toward being successful with grants, I want to invite you to my free training, “The 3-Step Framework for Getting Grant Funding.” The post What every small nonprofit leader needs to know appeared first on Grant Writing Made Easy.

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