Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 7, 2025

2025 grant trends are doing the most , to say the least. With public funding in flux, private foundations shifting priorities, and technology changing how proposals are crafted and reviewed, nonprofits need way more than strong writing to stay competitive. We’ve got you covered. Use a mix of quantitative and qualitative data.

Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 25, 2025

Even seasoned grant writers make grant proposal errors, but small changes can be the difference between a funded project and a missed opportunity. Most of these common grant proposal errors are fixable. Read our guide to writing a strong statement of need for even more support! The good news?

Proposal

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 11, 2025

Before AI, cloud-based platforms, and fancy grant management software, grant writing was a hands-on, paper-filled, finger-cramping journey. Remember when research meant a trip to the library, flipping through fat foundation directories, praying the funding source you found wasn’t from a different year?

Logic Model

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

With competitive Q3 and Q4 deadlines on the horizon and public funding landscapes continuing to shift, organizations that pause, reset, and refocus are poised for success. This mid-year check-in is your opportunity to: Strengthen your nonprofit grant strategy by zeroing in on grants with the highest alignment and funding potential.

Grants

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 And while many nonprofits cling to outdated, compliance-focused grant practices, there’s a better way, especially when you equip your strategy with tools built for this moment.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.

Readiness

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JULY 7, 2025

.** As tech tools emerged in the mid-80s to ‘90s, the NOFOs slowly changed, allowing and sometimes requiring longer narrative sections, as well as attachments like organization charts, maps, logic models, flow diagrams, etc. Back then, the term of art was Request for Proposals (RFP).

Proposal

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.

Grants

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

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Recently, I attended MyFedTrainer ’s Grant Writing Boot Camp (GWBC) hosted by our team’s founder and President, Diane H. Having written many federal grants in the past, I was excited to hear insights from another seasoned grant professional. Grant writing is not a solo sport! Leonard, GPC, RST.

Logic Model

Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 4, 2024

Securing funding through grants demands foresight and meticulous planning, often long before the grant cycle officially opens. Here's why initiating the grant writing process well in advance can significantly enhance your chances of success. Imagine having a full year to embark on the grant writing process.

Federal Grants

Grant Training Center

MAY 30, 2023

Thus, successful grant writers: Strong Research Skills: Can identify relevant funding opportunities , understand the funding organization’s priorities and requirements, and gather supporting data and evidence for their proposals. Grant Writing Expertise: Possess a strong understanding of the grant writing process.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 2, 2024

hard and fast proof to qualify a community for programming, such as when funds have to benefit “disadvantaged” or “under-resourced” communities. hard and fast proof to qualify a community for programming, such as when funds have to benefit “disadvantaged” or “under-resourced” communities. Author Bio: Keith Nickolaus, Ph.D.

Demographics

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

I’ve written grants, primarily federal grants, for more than 30 years, but my love is creative writing. Some might see creative writing as antithetical to federal grant writing. After all, we’re not writing fiction, and we can’t make things up. The logic model. In a federal grant?

Federal Grants

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

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 25, 2023

But long before this impact occurs, when the grant is still just an idea, the grant writer is trying to wrangle three or four other non-profits to all work together on this “collaborative project.” Has there been a grant or two that we ended up passing on because the group could not agree on splitting the funding?

Indirect Cost

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 4, 2024

If you drop the ball on your reporting, that funder may never fund you again. Some may require developing a logic model, which is even more difficult. Not all federal grants require a match. Those that require a match do spell out the match requirements in the RFP or funding opportunity.

Federal Grants

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

A few years back, our agency was applying for a couple of multi-year, several million dollars’ worth of funding from the state department. A team was writing the projects, and we met weekly over eight weeks as a part of the process. In this article, we will discuss the two biggest challenges through sabotage: external (i.e.,

GPC

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

March Madness is in full swing, and all this talk about competition and brackets makes me think about how grant writing relates. Grants, much like professional sports, are competitive, and increasingly so. To be competitive, your grant team must train and prepare to advance through the rounds and win awards.

GPC

Professional Grant Writers

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Across a range of sectors, grant funding can be a critical factor in turning visions into reality. And professional grant proposal writing services. The post What is included in grant proposal writing services? appeared first on Professional Grant Writer.

Proposal Writing