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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. Your timeline includes a prep meeting, a conditional letter, and eventually a grant award.

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How to Evaluate Grant Opportunities: When to Say No to a Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

When you evaluate grant opportunities first through the lens of alignment, you protect your organization’s integrity and ensure that funding supports your mission rather than distracts from it. In both cases, passing and finding a better- aligned opportunity is more strategic. Can We Realistically Fulfill the Grant Requirements?

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Go from Rejected to Accepted: 9 Reasons Your Grants Get Rejected (and How to Fix Them) w/ Teresa Huff | Instrumentl

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I've had that many people go through my program or my podcast is now in a ton of countries, which is so cool, but it took a little bit of figuring and looking at it differently of how could I reframe some of these facts about myself that were right there the whole time. But how many grants have you written in your career?

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Federal Grant Funding Update for Nonprofits (Q2 2025)

Grant Writing Made Easy

Budget Developments and the Debt Ceiling In late June, the Senate narrowly passed its version of a sweeping spending and tax package known among Republicans as the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” While the House passed its version in June, the two chambers must now reconcile differences before anything reaches the President’s desk.

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I Signed up for What?! A Primer for Pre- and Post-Award Grant Readiness

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Initiatives like the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and other pass-through funding to states and local governments have spurred a surge in nonprofits seeking federal funding. How will the program continue after the grant concludes? Check out the webinar I Signed Up for What?

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Save Our Stages & PPP Part 2: The Next Round of Relief Funding

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

Last year many arts and culture nonprofits struggling to cope with closures and restrictions in the wake of COVID-19 were able to take advantage of multiple relief grants and funding, chief among them funds made available through the CARE Act and forgivable loans that were part of the Paycheck Protection Program (known as ‘PPP’).

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3 Tips for Improving Your Approach to Grant Writing

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

But part of what I try to do is to pass on the things I’ve already learned to other grant writers – especially those who are newer to the profession. Hopefully I’ll continue to learn throughout my entire career. Mentors are worth their weight in gold.