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Five Tips to Improve Your Grant Writing and Write Grants Better

Think and Ink Grants

Find a Mentor Mentorship is transformative for any grant writer. A mentor can provide personalized guidance, helping you navigate challenges and avoid costly mistakes. Organizations like the Grant Professionals Association offer mentoring programs for members. When it comes to grant writing, mentors are invaluable.

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Where Else but GPA?

Grant Professionals Association

GPA inspired me, as we celebrated GPC certifications, shared experiences, and discussed the challenges of daily work. For the first time in my career, I learned to overtly state the value of what I do, quantify my success with strong data, and ask for tools and training that equip me for success and increased capacity.

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Forever a Scholar: Embrace the Journey of Learning in a World That Never Stops

Grant Professionals Association

Work with a mentor or mentee and learn from other's firsthand experiences. We know it's hard to find time for continuing education and training in our schedules. Outside of work, Lauren is pursuing her MBA and GPC certification while enjoying gardening, hiking with her family, and reading. Keep the ideas and tips coming!

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Cheers to Twenty Years by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

She was the best mentor. You can also check out a variety of quality training opportunities available from AGS. She let me read the application, the award letter, and the reporting and management requirements. She loved her job, and it showed as she explained every intricate piece to me so that I could understand “why.”

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Go “Backwards” to Move Your Proposals Forward: Internal Grant Reviews

Grant Professionals Association

Author Bio: Kimberly Hays de Muga, GPC, is the cofounder and cohost of Fundraising HayDay, a podcast about grants and such. She has more than 25 years of grants, fundraising, and nonprofit leadership experience and co-founded HayDay Services, home of the 8-week cohort-based Grants Lab training experience.

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Practical Ways to Use AI in 2024

Grant Professionals Association

We are focused on [mentoring youth ages 10-18 that are in the foster care system OR brief description of your project].” #2 Author Bio: Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S. is Owner and CEO of Grants4Good LLC ®, a grant writing training and consulting company based in New York. And most importantly, have fun!

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

Qgiv

Do you need a lot of training, or just the basics? In fact, that fundamental training allows me still today to be independent and not to rely on office assistants, and it helps make grant writing a snap. Many readers asked How do you become a grant writer? What classes are best? Would volunteering help? My mind was a sponge.