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Training Junior Grant Writers—Without Losing Your Mind or Missing Deadlines

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Welcome to the wild world of mentoring junior grant writers. Mentoring is a marathon, not a sprintbut regular touchpoints make it a smoother run for everyone. Youre deep in a federal proposal, juggling 10 stakeholders, two budgets, and a narrative that still needs serious polishthen your inbox pings: Hey, can I shadow you today?

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Burned Out but Brilliant: 8 Smart, Sanity-Saving Strategies for Frustrated Grant Writers

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

You know how to make funders swoon with a perfectly phrased needs statement and turn complex program logic into pure poetry. But youre also exhausted, constantly chasing core operating support, wrangling impossible deadlines, mentoring green writers, and navigating post-award red tape that never seems to end. Sound familiar?

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From Napkin to Narrative: How Program Design Powers Grant Success

Grant Professionals Association

A great idea would emerge: a way to feed families, house veterans, mentor teen., Program design tools help us structure our logic models and theories of change. Don’t even get me started on the dreaded paper jams. Yet, even amidst those struggles, we had something powerful – vision. Fast forward to today, we are blessed.

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Collaboration—Love it or Hate it?

Grant Professionals Association

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?” Charlie is a Mentor with GPA and is a member of the Appalachian Chapter.