Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Writing grants requires organizations to analyze their audience, gather data, build compelling stories, and submit polished proposals. Grants go to organizations based on merit, not just need. This makes becoming skilled at proposal writing significant. Grants are awarded based on merit rather than need.

Grant Writing

Fluxx

JUNE 27, 2025

Learn how to write a strong evaluation plan for a grant proposal, what to include, and how grant management software like Fluxx supports success.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 29, 2025

Often, the finance department handles the process, leaving grant managers unaware until after the fact. The question is, how can you prepare for an audit when you’re just reading the request for proposals or spotting an opportunity from your favorite foundation? How are you planning for your next grant audit?

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

If you havent already, now is the time to evaluate your organizations grant readiness from pre- to post-award, ensuring alignment with funders, competitive proposals, and strong fund stewardship. Understanding how your organization makes grant submission decisions is critical. What is the current post-award process?

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Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

General Private Foundations: Even foundations without a religious focus often offer grants to community organizations that promote social welfare. Churches that demonstrate a strong community service component in their grant proposals can find success in these funding avenues.

Funding

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Review Eligibility Criteria : Carefully read the eligibility requirements for each grant. Prepare Required Documents : Common documents include project proposals, budgets, resumes, and letters of support. Follow Application Guidelines : Each grant program may have different submission guidelines.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 23, 2025

Here is a breakdown of the different types of grant reviews, who is involved, what programs they work best for, and what to keep in mind with each type. Once an application is submitted, a grants manager or administrative staff member conducts a quick review to confirm the submission is complete and accurate.

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Challenge One of the most significant pain points in grant writing is the time commitment required. Crafting a compelling proposal demands thorough research, meticulous writing, and often, coordination with various team members. Consider hiring a dedicated grant writer or using a grant management system to streamline the process.

Grant Writing

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Project-Based Grants Project-based grants are specifically awarded to fund individual projects or initiatives. These grants are typically time-limited and tied to a specific set of objectives. Funders often require detailed proposals outlining the project’s goals, timeline, and expected outcomes. Clarity is key.

Funding

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Importance of Budgeting for Grant Applications Budgeting serves as the financial blueprint of any grant proposal. A well-prepared budget not only reflects the financial needs of the project but also demonstrates the applicant’s responsibility and capability to manage funds effectively.

Budget

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

When you start a nonprofit, one of the most important things to figure out is how to manage your organizations finances. As your organization expands and evolves, many complexities can arise, making financial management more difficult for your team. Lets get started! Visualize your actual financial data and compare it to your budget.

Management

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

That can overwhelm grant writing for small nonprofits, but it doesn’t have to. With a clear strategy and a few innovative systems, even the smallest teams can write competitive, compelling grant proposals. It spreads your limited time and resources too thin, often resulting in rushed, unfocused proposals that don’t stand out.

Grant Writing

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

The grant writer cost in 2025 varies widely depending on experience, project type, and scope of work. Rates for simple foundation proposals typically range from $300 to $3,000, while complex federal grants may require significantly higher investments. Grant writers can’t control whether an application succeeds.

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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. Or the time we used carbon paper to create multiple copies of a grant proposal, leaving our fingers stained and our drafts smudged beyond recognition?

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Fundraising Manager Your nonprofit’s fundraising manager or director will oversee all fundraising activities, develop high-level strategies, and ensure that fundraising efforts align with organizational goals. According to Jitasa , grant management is an ongoing process that begins before funding is even secured.

Fundraising

Candid

JUNE 26, 2025

For example, what if a tool existed for nonprofits, community leaders, and individuals to describe challenges in their communities using any format they like—written, photos, videos, interviews, personal anecdotes, and project proposals.

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Candid

JUNE 5, 2025

Whether you’re just getting started or putting the final touches on your grant proposal, the resources below can help you refine your budget. There are several types of budgets you may need: project proposal budgets, organization-wide operating budgets, capital budgets, cash flow budgets, and opportunity budgets.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JULY 23, 2025

This challenge is compounded by the fact that grantmakers employ all sorts of MFA systems, forcing applicants to manage a bewildering array of authentication methods and apps. In these organizations, the grant-seeking process is often a collaborative effort involving multiple staff members.

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Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Most rejections happen because proposals don’t line up with what funders want to support. Your proposal must address this priority directly. This piece dives into proven ways to land foundation research grants, from finding the perfect opportunities to writing proposals that truly connect with funders’ missions.

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Grant Writer Team

JULY 3, 2025

From data-driven storytelling to collaboration and sustainability, the most talked-about trends this year reveal where grant writing is headed, and what it takes to rise above the competition. Understanding these changes is key to writing proposals that resonate and get funded. That’s why data-driven proposals are such a hot topic!

Grant Writing

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 15, 2025

The Hub seamlessly integrates several powerful databases and systems to support every stage of your grant process: From strategic planning to relationship management, each element is interconnected, so you spend less time organizing and more time securing vital funds. For example, imagine needing a funder-specific proposal quickly.

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Candid

JANUARY 21, 2025

In my more than 20 years as a philanthropy grants manager, nonprofit executive, and consultant, Ive seen how technology decisions can either amplify equity or entrench existing barriers. According to a Candid survey , 23% of grantmakers say they dont accept AI-generated grant proposals.

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Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Using grant funds for anything outside of the project’s goals or funder restrictions could lead to compliance issues. Always read the request for proposals (RFP), notice of funding announcements, or funder guidelines to ensure that you follow the funder’s specific terms of funding. You can find other blog posts in this series here.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Nonprofit Grant Proposal Budget Calculations: A Road Map Whats the best way to make your nonprofits budget stand out on a grant application? Your nonprofit got a grant now what? Getting a grant isnt just a handshake and a check they can come with lots of conditions.

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Being a multi-unit franchisee, managing a regional marketing co-op, mentoring 100 business owners, and volunteering with over 50 charity events enlightened her to the synergy and challenges faced by both donor companies and nonprofit event leaders regarding in-kind donations. Find and win more grants for your nonprofit!

Instrumentl

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

These are collaborations between Instrumentl and community partners to provide free educational opportunities for grant professionals featuring problems that they often have to solve while also sharing different ways that Instrumentl's platform can help grant writers win more grants. instrumentl.com/teresa.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2025

I let the group of 30 or more people know that my grant management job was ending and that I was open to work. At that meeting, a CEO of a local nonprofit approached me, conducted a brief interview, asked me to visit their offices, and shortly thereafter offered me a position as a coordinator of a grant program.

GPC

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Our goal is essentially to tackle some sort of problem that you guys often have to solve for while sharing different ways that Instrumentl's platform can help grant writers win more grants. If you want to bring grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place, we can help you do that. Instrumentl.com/teresa.

Instrumentl

GrantNews

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Grant management is the hard work and dedication required to ensure an organization follows a donor’s guidelines. Nonprofits and small businesses dedicate countless hours to the grant writing process. However, responsibly managing grants after the award is just as critical. What is Grant Management?

Grant Management

Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2015

In fact, 46 percent report that grants make up more than a quarter of their funding. Given how critical grants are for many nonprofits, having good systems in place to manage the grant-writing process from beginning to end is incredibly important. Excel Can't Manage the Whole Grantseeking Process.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 13, 2024

Finding the Perfect Software for Your Nonprofit Ah, grant management! In the vibrant nonprofit world, where grant processes seem to twist and turn like a labyrinth, having the right grant management software isn’t just helpful—it’s a game changer. Why Bother with Grant Management Software?

Grant Management

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 30, 2024

Area 1: Management and General Reimbursement (aka Administrative Overhead) Before the decision is made to go for the grant, the team (including the CFO) should determine how Management and General (M&G, also known as administrative overhead—i.e., However, the new case managers will report to the existing program supervisor.

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Just Write Grants

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

You dream of a system to tame the grant management chaos and free up time for your actual mission. If you're a passionate nonprofit hero drowning in a sea of grant paperwork, this guide is for you! Compliance Confidence: Grant mismanagement can lead to compliance issues and jeopardize future funding.

Grant Management

Grant Consulting Services

AUGUST 31, 2023

The grant lifecycle is an all-encompassing process that needs to be properly managed in order for all parties involved to be successful. Consider the grant award to be a partnership between the funder and your organization. So, how do we manage grants? What is Grant Management? So where do you start?

Grant Management

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

But, does QA/QI also have a place in a nonprofit organization’s successful grants management strategy? Two different kinds of experiences supported this author’s development as a grant professional. Below are some insights and lessons learned regarding best practices to support a QA/QI process for grant-seeking organizations.

Grant Management

Strategic Grants

MAY 12, 2024

Our solution to your T&F research needs is to arm your organisation with the Grants Expertise Management System (GEMS) to help you identify the right funding opportunities. Proposal development Writing compelling grant applications and funder proposals is another essential for securing funding from Trusts and Foundations.

Funding

Grant Training Center

JULY 31, 2023

The NIH closely scrutinizes the Data Management Plan (DMP) as a fundamental part of the grant application, for it demonstrates how data will be handled and generated during the research project. Roles and responsibilities: Clearly define the roles and responsibilities of team members regarding data management.

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