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Pre- and Post-Award is like PB&J

RBW Strategy

There are so many juicy details – lets take a look at this sample from a SAMHSA funding opportunity announcement: FY2024 Community-Based Maternal Behavioral Health Services Program (No. Im sharing some key considerations below and you should consider integrating these during the grant submission process. SM-24-013).

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Navigating grant writing: build stronger proposals and fundable relationships

Bonterra

She’s a SAMHSA grant reviewer and active GPA member, known for securing millions in funding. A free Bonterra webinar on how to write grants that get funded and fuel long-term impact Getting your grant funded takes more than filling out a form. It takes strategy, relationship-building, and knowing how to speak the language of today’s funders.

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A disturbing trend in Notices of Funding Availability (NOFOs): the incredible shrinking grant proposal

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Case in point: when S + A started in 1993 and began writing SAMHSA proposals, the narrative max was usually 25 single-spaced pages. Attachments like job descriptions and org charts disappeared from NOFOs and the maximum lengths of narrative sections and the overall proposals once again began to shrink.

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Facing a Short Federal Grant Deadline? We’ve got you.

Grants Plus

One of our clients just learned about a SAMHSA grant application due in two weeks. Is your team scrambling to meet a federal grant deadline? You’re not alone. We’re hearing it more and more: government grant opportunities are landing with incredibly tight deadlines. That’s not unusual right now.

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Cornerstone Montgomery

RBW Strategy

Challenge RBW Strategy first partnered with 2019 to support a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant application. RBW Strategy’s support has led to additional new grant awards with an expanded number of funders, as well as additional federal grants since the original SAMHSA collaboration back in 2019.

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Nonprofit Program Design and Winning Grants

Millionaire Grant Lady

For example, one federal SAMHSA grant was to provide substance abuse prevention to college students. You can’t wrap up a half-baked cookie as a good gift, and you can’t wrap up a half-baked program as a fundable grant. The services proposed should be clearly linked to the need identified in the community.

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Celebrating success: Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates raised more than $8.2 million in grant funding in 2023

Millionaire Grant Lady

Maintaining meaningful communication with donors can be difficult to keep up throughout the year. Without an experienced grant partner, it can be hard for nonprofits to navigate this shifting scene and connect to the dollars they need to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing society today. Nor is it always the best fit.