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JUNE 21, 2025

Find and win more grants for your nonprofit! Start saving 3 hours a week and increase your grant applications by 78%. ​Teresa Huff is a nonprofit grant strategist and a grant writer mentor/coach. ​Teresa Huff is a nonprofit grant strategist and a grant writer mentor/coach.

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GrantNews

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Just in time for February, you can gift this book to a teacher, grant writer, executive director, or manager of a nonprofit. A Little Bit of Heart and Soul In addition to my own personal narrative, I have compiled an extensive list of answers to common grant-related questions.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

OCTOBER 30, 2022

GrantStation’s “State of Grantseeking Report” shows that the more grants an organization applies to a year, the higher their chances of being awarded one. For best results, I recommend setting a monthly goal for how many LOIs and/or grants you want to submit. 3: Create a standard grant narrative.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

APRIL 16, 2023

Create a quarterly statement of work for retainer clients Since your contract for retainer work likely won’t specify which grants or LOIs you’ll write (if part of your retainer is finding the grant opportunities for them) create a quarterly statement of work.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 1, 2022

If you keep all the grants you want to apply for in one section of your grant pipeline spreadsheet, then you can quickly see when the deadlines are. You can get a sense of whether you need to start work early on one opportunity because the same week it’s due, there is another grant due.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

If the grantmaker isn’t located in your region, be sure to check if they have funded nonprofits in your state or area in the past. RESEARCHING GRANTS TIP #3: Go Back a Few Years When you look at 990s, don’t just look at the most recent. PROPOSAL WRITING TIP #2: Set milestones and benchmarks for yourself if it’s a larger grant.

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