DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The order in which our team recommends you approach pre-planning is to create drafts (not finalized, not set in stone, but working documents that are a starting point for the real application) of the three following elements: Logic model – A draft of the key elements of your program/project design.

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Instrumentl

MAY 14, 2024

Drawing insights from Steve Boland’s webinar on using logic models, we'll provide a structured approach to measuring grant success effectively. Demystify grant outcomes with our comprehensive guide. Learn what grant outcomes are, why they're crucial indicators of success, and how to report them to funders.

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Candid

MAY 7, 2024

A narrative that illustrates your nonprofit’s program impact The logic model is a classic framework for illustrating a program’s impact. You can learn the basics of creating logic models for your programs in Candid’s Introduction to Measuring Your Impact course.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Becoming familiar with the theory of change and the logic model behind the program design can help us write a narrative that explains how we know that doing something in a certain way can be expected to achieve certain results. . We can expect certain results: participants will feel less isolated and more connected with others.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This helps reduce the feeling of drinking from a fire hose when doing prospect research.

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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

Logic Model Another tool that you can use (and is frequently required by funders) is a logic model. A logic model is a way to show the relationship between project resources, proposed activities, outcomes, and the impact you hope to achieve. Example timeline.

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The Grantsmanship Center

JANUARY 9, 2024

As proposal writers, we sometimes get lost in the weeds of data, logic models, detailed methods and other granular stuff. His treatise, The Rhetoric , laid out a durable blueprint for creating persuasive arguments and the elements he described are as useful today as they were in 4th century BC Greece. The first of these is ethos.

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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

Example timeline Logic Model Another tool that you can use (and is frequently required by funders) is a logic model. A logic model is a way to show the relationship between project resources, proposed activities, outcomes, and the impact you hope to achieve.

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Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Quartet Dry-Erase Whiteboard A place to jot down notes during a call or visualize a logic model as you talk through program elements. Ember Mug, a temperature control smart mug A mug that keeps your beverage of choice warm all morning…or all night! This dry-erase board fits easily above your keyboard.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

The logic model. Developing a logic model before I start writing tells me who my characters are, what’s going to happen, and what the end result will be. I definitely fall into the former category when creating fiction, but I am firmly among the latter when I write a grant. My outline? Don’t forget emotion : Emotion?

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 10, 2022

It’s the only reasonable way to conquer that logic model or have a difficult but necessary conversation with a program officer or board member. However, my own most satisfying development as a grant professional has come from examining standard systemic practices and questioning them while taking action to advocate for change.

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

outcomes in our logic models. Our next article will bridge this information and communicate how goals, outcomes, and outputs inform logic models, so stay tuned. Our team at Think and Ink Grants Consulting® uses S.M.A.R.T. We feel they help make applications more competitive and make it easier to complete evaluations.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 26, 2023

The Rising Demand for AI Skills: Job Opportunities and Earnings A 2020 study reveals that job openings requiring AI or machine-learning expertise will grow by 71% by 2025.

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Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 4, 2024

This includes: Crafting a comprehensive logic model to outline the program's intricacies and engage diverse organizational departments. Even if a desired grant deadline is missed, ample time remains to regroup and prepare for the next cycle. With twelve months at hand, meticulous planning becomes feasible.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 22, 2024

If that funder’s application includes lots of jargon or technical phrases such as, “Tell us about your Theory of Change,” or, “What is your program’s Logic Model?” Consider this potential example: A funder values the importance of equal access to opportunities, directing support to many grassroots organizations.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 4, 2024

In addition to having a deep love for logic models and need statements, Amanda is passionate about cats, birds, and random trivia. Now, she balances writing proposals for large nonprofits while still helping smaller nonprofits and new grant “pros” launch their professional careers in grants.

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Think and Ink Grants

MAY 24, 2021

In logic model language (check this out to learn why logic models are essential), outputs are the direct results of your activities. For example, if one of your activities is teaching students, a potential output of the activity of teaching students is the # of students taught.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Over more than 25 years of researching, prioritizing, writing, developing objectives, creating evaluation plans, and tangling with logic models, I never spent much time measuring a crucial aspect of work that affects all those tasks and more—my happiness.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

New to the world of corporate philanthropy, I dove into the complexities of grants management, logic models, and theories of change. I worked with an array of practitioners—grants managers, program officers, finance experts, and others—and learned everything I could about corporate social impact.

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Think and Ink Grants

MAY 4, 2024

Some may require developing a logic model, which is even more difficult. Reporting requirements for federal and some government grants require the right people and systems for proper grant management. If you drop the ball on your reporting, that funder may never fund you again. We talk more about this and the related consequences here.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

I’ve learned to overcome these sabotaging tactics by breaking the “big” tasks into smaller segments of time; I only dedicate thirty minutes to work on the logic model or segment of the grant that needs work. By doing so, I mentally allow myself the gift of productivity, which spurs more effectiveness.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

This entails creating clear program logic models, outcomes frameworks, and evaluation plans that align with the organization's mission and vision.Partnerships and Collaborations: It cannot be emphasized enough that building partnerships and collaborations with other organizations, stakeholders, and funders is crucial.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 25, 2023

When I’m trying to balance a Logic Model, Work Plan, twelve attachments, budget narrative, project abstract, and a thirty-page narrative, the last thing I need are twenty-minute debates about “how come they are getting more than we are?”

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The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 25, 2024

For nonprofits that have started up How do you handle or engage those who ask for help who are in the start-up stage who have already plunged into the deep end, possibly undercapitalized, clueless about logic models or fundraising?

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 13, 2021

You can download your complimentary e-guide and logic model template: " How to Design a Fundable Nonprofit Program " Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. If you are currently in the middle of designing or redesigning your programs, sign up for our newsletter at www.thinkandinkgrants.com.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

Create a logic model to outline the program components in a cohesive manner. Be courteous and express that you have an interest in applying to the opportunity and inquire about any suggestions for the approach. Assign responsibilities and discuss a timeline.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 18, 2023

However, in the push towards impact, philanthropy has adopted a laundry list of activities—landscape scans, focus groups, case studies, logic models—to help in figuring out what is important to know to “do good” better. These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy. Fast forward to today….

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2013

There is a wealth of resources out there for a nonprofit looking to design a logic model or define indicators, and lots of smart people have plenty to say about program evaluation as a discipline.

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Grant Training Center

MAY 30, 2023

Successful grant writers possess a variety of characteristics that contribute to their effectiveness. These are learned through experience, various proposal submissions, collaborative efforts with colleagues, and focus and determination.

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Professional Grant Writers

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Across a range of sectors, grant funding can be a critical factor in turning visions into reality. And professional grant proposal writing services. The post What is included in grant proposal writing services? appeared first on Professional Grant Writer.

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Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

“When the money keeps rolling out, you don’t keep books. You can tell you’ve done well by the happy, grateful looks. Accountants only slow things down, figures get in the way.” – Evita by Andrew Llyod Weber. In actuality, did you know that nonprofits are accountable for impact measurement?

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 2, 2024

measurable data points for long-term program and impact assessments. hard and fast proof to qualify a community for programming, such as when funds have to benefit “disadvantaged” or “under-resourced” communities.

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