Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

Incorporate visual elements like: Outcome tables Charts that show progress Logic models that map need to impact These tools improve clarity and show funders that your nonprofit grant strategy is grounded in strategy and accountability. Choose one key skill to build Target a capacity area that will directly support your year-end goals.

Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

Example: If a $5,000 grant requires a full proposal, logic model, budget narrative, letters of support, and quarterly reports, but you could apply for a $50,000 grant with a similar application structure, the higher-value grant is a much better investment of your time. Is the grant renewable or one-time only?

Grant

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Last year, I presented the session "Logic Model LIVE!". It shows how serious (or maybe crazy) I am about logic models. If you've followed me for any length of time, you will have come across a presentation or two about logic models. In logic models, each prior step informs the next step.

Logic Model

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Learning the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs is key to writing competitive proposals. The problem is that many nonprofit leaders and some grant writers do not have a clear understanding of the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs. Goals A goal is a broad statement of what you are looking to accomplish.

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

JANUARY 22, 2024

Change up your questions” can result in several types of actions: Add elements or dimensions to a question to clarify your goals or to encourage more precise responses. If that funder’s application includes lots of jargon or technical phrases such as, “Tell us about your Theory of Change,” or, “What is your program’s Logic Model?”

Logic Model

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 10, 2022

We both wanted to advocate for change in the philanthropic community as one of our founding goals—the big vision. It’s the only reasonable way to conquer that logic model or have a difficult but necessary conversation with a program officer or board member. Learn what you can. Start where you are.

Logic Model

Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

Telling the funder that you are doing much-needed work and are in dire need of money to realize your goals is not compelling. Logic Model Another tool that you can use (and is frequently required by funders) is a logic model. For this reason, impacts are not always included in a proposal’s logic model.

Proposal

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 24, 2021

In logic model language (check this out to learn why logic models are essential), outputs are the direct results of your activities. R elevant - does this outcome align with the goals and mission of your organization? Can this work be done within the given time frame? outcomes win grants.

Logic Model

Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

Telling the funder that you are doing much-needed work and are in dire need of money to realize your goals is not compelling. Example timeline Logic Model Another tool that you can use (and is frequently required by funders) is a logic model. We see this come up frequently. All organizations need money.

Proposal

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 4, 2024

Check for logical fallacies, and make sure the evidence you’ve collected is clearly connected to the need you say exists. And make sure you tell the funder how all this fits with their stated goals and priorities. Duplication: Who else is doing this work, and why is there still a need for your work?

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Over more than 25 years of researching, prioritizing, writing, developing objectives, creating evaluation plans, and tangling with logic models, I never spent much time measuring a crucial aspect of work that affects all those tasks and more—my happiness. The big-picture goal? – HayDay Services.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

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.

Grant Readiness

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Of course, knowledge practice in philanthropy should align with and support targeted strategic goals.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 25, 2023

When I’m trying to balance a Logic Model, Work Plan, twelve attachments, budget narrative, project abstract, and a thirty-page narrative, the last thing I need are twenty-minute debates about “how come they are getting more than we are?” Have there been multiple instances where this was effective? You better believe it!

Indirect Cost

Candid

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

New to the world of corporate philanthropy, I dove into the complexities of grants management, logic models, and theories of change. Corporate grantmakers typically align their giving with business goals, often reinforcing their company’s mission or bolstering their brand reputation.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

The individual leading the charge wanted to nit-pick the goals and objectives every time we met. In week four, I put down my foot and said, we are NOT changing these goals and objectives again. A few years back, our agency was applying for a couple of multi-year, several million dollars’ worth of funding from the state department.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

Reach out to the program officer (if allowed) and introduce yourself, the organization, and how you align with their goals. Create a logic model to outline the program components in a cohesive manner.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

This aspect involves assessing and quantifying the outcomes and effectiveness of a nonprofit’s programs and initiatives in relation to its stated mission and goals. This mission frequently defines the nonprofit’s goals and objectives and guides all its activities.

Strategic Plan