Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 11, 2025

Before AI, cloud-based platforms, and fancy grant management software, grant writing was a hands-on, paper-filled, finger-cramping journey. Program design tools help us structure our logic models and theories of change. That napkin? That’s the birthplace of some of the best nonprofit program designs.

Logic Model

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

Still, they can often take on a specific piece, like reviewing a logic model, writing a program summary, or proofreading a budget narrative. Use Simple Tools to Save Time with Grant Writing for Small Nonprofits You don’t need an expensive grant management platform to stay organized. Break the process into bite-sized pieces.

Grant Writing

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

Tip: Use project management tools like Notion to keep your team aligned. Incorporate visual elements like: Outcome tables Charts that show progress Logic models that map need to impact These tools improve clarity and show funders that your nonprofit grant strategy is grounded in strategy and accountability.

Grant

Strategic Grants

JULY 9, 2025

Is your logic model truly logical? Strategic Grants are providers of  Grants Expertise Management System (GEMS) – the most trusted & comprehensive grants database in Australia and New Zealand. But if they don’t, the Youth Coalition of the ACT has developed a great (hypothetical) example to guide you.

Government

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

Example: If a $5,000 grant requires a full proposal, logic model, budget narrative, letters of support, and quarterly reports, but you could apply for a $50,000 grant with a similar application structure, the higher-value grant is a much better investment of your time. Is the grant renewable or one-time only?

Grant

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Learn the step-by-step process for building a nonprofit logic model to see long-term success. Looking to streamline your nonprofit program?

Logic Model

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. Nonprofits demonstrate their ethos by what they have done, the credentials of their people, their record of prudent management and stewardship of money. The first of these is ethos.

Proposal

Blackbaud

JANUARY 22, 2024

Back in the mid-2010s, I served as chair of the selection committee for the Washington, DC region’s biggest award recognizing excellence in nonprofit management. 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?”

Logic Model

Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

If you don’t communicate a plan for how you will launch and manage your project, funders may be hesitant to invest in your project, regardless of whether they are generally supportive of your project idea. Logic Model Another tool that you can use (and is frequently required by funders) is a logic model.

Proposal

Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

If you don’t communicate a plan for how you will launch and manage your project, funders may be hesitant to invest in your project, regardless of whether they are generally supportive of your project idea. Example timeline Logic Model Another tool that you can use (and is frequently required by funders) is a logic model.

Proposal

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

Organizational development plays a crucial role in the process of becoming grant-ready by providing the foundation and framework necessary to effectively pursue and manage grant funding. This includes understanding legal requirements, ethical standards, and best practices in grant management.

Grant Readiness

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. From that list, we defined five separate kinds of software for program evaluation, organized by function: Central Hub of Program Data.

Software

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 4, 2024

Reporting requirements for federal and some government grants require the right people and systems for proper grant management. Some may require developing a logic model, which is even more difficult. You have zero experience winning or managing any grant. We talk more about this and the related consequences here.

Federal Grants

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. Adaptations become more manageable, with the bulk of the groundwork already laid out. With twelve months at hand, meticulous planning becomes feasible.

Federal Grants

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.

Logic Model

Grant Training Center

MAY 30, 2023

Time and Project Management: Are adept at managing their time and resources efficiently. Collaboration and Networking: Are skilled at building relationships, seeking input and expertise from others, and incorporating diverse perspectives into their proposals.

Grant

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.

Logic Model

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. Author Bio: Bonnie Houk, GPC, Director of Grants Management, Southeast Kansas Education Service Center.

GPC

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.

Grant

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….

Logic Model

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

Instrumental defines grant readiness as a measurement of your organization’s capacity to research, apply, win, and manage grant applications successfully. In addition, the team should understand the legal and ethical requirements for managing grants, which can vary based on the source and scope of funding.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Impact measurement is a critical aspect of nonprofit management. By measuring and evaluating their impact, nonprofits can determine whether their programs and initiatives are successful and identify areas for improvement.

Strategic Plan

Blackbaud

JANUARY 16, 2025

This is part of the rigid hierarchies of many organizations – management sees an issue and assigns a team to work on addressing it. We are really good at creating visual and written expressions of how things should or could work, usually in the forms of our grant proposals, logic models, Gantt charts, and program designs.

Logic Model