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Philanthropy’s Reckoning Is Here. Is Your Grant Strategy Ready?

Grant Writing Made Easy

Why most nonprofit grant writing is falling behind, missing the mark. What a future-ready grant strategy looks like, and how Grant Writing Made Easier supports it through equity, efficiency, and relationship-driven practices. Narrative change challenges the outdated idea that impact must be quantified in sterile metrics.

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How Nonprofits Should Measure Impact and ROI Before Submitting Grant Proposals

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Calculate anticipated expenses and projected outcomes to create a “cost per outcome” metric (e.g., Highlight these metrics in your proposal to build funder confidence in your financial stewardship. Evaluate Your Organization’s Grant Readiness Funders want to partner with organizations that are capable and prepared.

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What 2025 Grant Trends Are Teaching Nonprofits

Grant Writing Made Easy

Go beyond metrics to show what you’ve learned and how you adapt your programs. Make grant strategy a team sport. Empower your staff to support grant readiness, even if you have only one grant writer. Audit your grant content and practices. Pro tip: Treat your grant strategy as a living document.

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Grant Writing for Small Nonprofits: How to Do More With Less

Grant Writing Made Easy

That’s not just exhausting—it’s unsustainable, especially when it comes to grant writing for small nonprofits. Building a centralized grant template library is one of the most effective ways to save time and increase consistency. Sustainability Language: Be ready to explain how your program will continue after the grant ends.

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The most read Candid insights articles in 2024: Fundraising, AI, and diversity 

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Is your nonprofit organization grant-ready? Regardless of whether a nonprofit uses generative AI to write applications, it has to have the necessary understanding, capacity, and infrastructure to apply for foundation grants, which are largely restricted to program expenses. by Lori Guidry, Candid.

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Step Up Your Systems for Success: How to Simplify, Streamline and Support Your Team w/ Teresa Huff | Instrumentl

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When I'm getting ready to work on a big grant application, I tell my husband I'm going scuba diving. You've got to go deep and stay deep until you're ready to come back up. You can even give them the three-year timeline and you've got a PDF and CSB ready for them to attach an email and whatnot.

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Is your nonprofit organization ‘grant-ready’? 

Candid

Candid offers many resources to support organizations in searching for funding opportunities, writing grant proposals, and standing out among applicants. Are your staff and board ready to speak with a foundation representative about the organization’s priorities? Seeking a grant takes time, effort, and resources.