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From Napkin to Narrative: How Program Design Powers Grant Success

Grant Professionals Association

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? Program design tools help us structure our logic models and theories of change. Fast forward to today, we are blessed. Technology supports every part of the process.

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What 2025 Grant Trends Are Teaching Nonprofits

Grant Writing Made Easy

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. While originally centered around principles like unrestricted funding and reduced administrative burden, this approach has evolved.

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Grant Writing for Small Nonprofits: How to Do More With Less

Grant Writing Made Easy

But applying for every opportunity is a fast track to burnout, not funding. The most successful small organizations aren’t writing more grants—they’re writing better ones by being selective and strategic. A strong mission match increases your chances of getting funded and helps build a foundation for long-term support.

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Philanthropy’s Reckoning Is Here. Is Your Grant Strategy Ready?

Grant Writing Made Easy

Trust-based giving replaces rigid reporting and earmarked restrictions with multi-year, unrestricted support, on the belief that nonprofits know best how to use their funding. People are calling for reparative giving, community-controlled funds, and funding models that serve movements, not egos. It may cost you funding.

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How to Evaluate Grant Opportunities: When to Say No to a Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

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. Nonprofits often operate under the mindset that more applications = more chances of funding. But here’s the truth: not all grants are worth your time.

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Organizational Development in Becoming Grant-Ready

Grant Professionals Association

So, are you ready to up your fundraising and development goals for 2024 by securing grant funding? Now is the time to strategize, mobilize, and leverage innovative approaches to achieve greater success in securing support for your organization's mission and initiatives. After all, your organization's sustainability depends on it.

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Maximizing Grant Writing Success: The Importance of Starting Federal Grants Early

Think and Ink Grants

Securing funding through grants demands foresight and meticulous planning, often long before the grant cycle officially opens. Valuable insights can be gleaned from historical deadlines and projected funding timelines, often available on platforms like grants.gov. With twelve months at hand, meticulous planning becomes feasible.