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How to Write a Killer Letter of Inquiry (LOI) to Get a Grant

Get Fully Funded

Often, the first step in getting a grant is a Letter of Inquiry (sometimes called a Letter of Intent ) – or LOI, for short. If a funder likes your Letter of Inquiry, they’ll invite you to submit more details about what you would like them to fund. 5 Tips to Getting Grants with an LOI 1. Take a moment to reflect.

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Grant Fundraising is a Numbers Game

Joe Garecht Fundraising

Second , you send a letter of inquiry (LOI) to each foundation that seems like a good fit (or submit a full proposal if the foundation prefers). Fourth , you send a full proposal to any foundation that invites you to do so in response to your LOI. When you come across these foundations, send them an LOI. Follow-Up Matters Too!

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Juggling Multiple Deadlines Without Losing Your Mind

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Log every single deadline: LOIs, final submissions, federal registrations, reporting datesyou name it. Ask yourself: How much funding is on the table? Will this grant open doors to more funding in the future? Heres how real pros stay cool under pressure and crush overlapping deadlines with style: 1. Make it visual. Make it loud.

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2025 Top Grant Writing Blogs to Follow

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

We do this by assisting nonprofit organizations with competitively researching, applying for, and receiving grant funding to best serve our clients and have a significant impact in their communities, taking the stress out of grant writing. We are honored to have been listed in Feedspots Top 35 Grant Writing Blogs and Websites for 2024 !)

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Wrapping up 2024

Grant Professionals Association

In the last few weeks of the year, ensure your final 2024 submissions are on time, needed funds are requested, and reports are in order. Consider the following: How many grants and LOIs did you submit? How did your team respond to changes in the grant profession, such as the new Uniform Guidance for federal funds?

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Fetching Funds: How Animal Organizations Can Find and Win Grants

Grant Professionals Association

After almost four years of focusing on this niche of grant-seeking, there are a few important tips for those pursuing funding for animal-related nonprofit organizations. For example, Petcos partnership offers multiple grants that include in-kind vaccines, rewards for in-store adoptions, and a shelter pet cancer fund.

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Go from Rejected to Accepted: 9 Reasons Your Grants Get Rejected (and How to Fix Them) w/ Teresa Huff | Instrumentl

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She has helped nonprofits triple their funding. She has helped nonprofits triple their funding and over 2,100 students have taken her grant writing courses. They may say, yeah, we fund anywhere in the US. I've had that happen before and we ended up getting funding because I evaluated all these factors.