Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 31, 2025

And while many nonprofits cling to outdated, compliance-focused grant practices, there’s a better way, especially when you equip your strategy with tools built for this moment. Why most nonprofit grant writing is falling behind, missing the mark. One that centers transparency, flexibility, and truth-telling in your proposals.

Readiness

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

Whether you’re a solo grant writer or part of a small, multitasking team, developing a clear process to evaluate grant opportunities can help you write stronger proposals, avoid burnout, and focus on the funding that truly supports your mission. Nonprofits often operate under the mindset that more applications = more chances of funding.

Grants

The Grantsmanship Center

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Category: Program Planning and Design Proposal Writing and Grantseeking There comes a time when a proposal needs to include a logic model. A logic model is a picture of how your program is intended to work. A speed bump for a lot of people is the “outputs vs. outcomes” element of a logic model.

Logic Model

The Grantsmanship Center

JANUARY 9, 2024

Category: Proposal Writing and Grantseeking Before campaign advisors, spin doctors, influencers or ad men, there was the Greek philosopher, Aristotle. As proposal writers, we sometimes get lost in the weeds of data, logic models, detailed methods and other granular stuff. The first of these is ethos.

Proposal

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Last year, I presented the session "Logic Model LIVE!". It shows how serious (or maybe crazy) I am about logic models. If you've followed me for any length of time, you will have come across a presentation or two about logic models. In logic models, each prior step informs the next step.

Logic Model

Candid

MAY 7, 2024

It’s not uncommon for nonprofits to struggle with securing funding despite the strength of their programs. A narrative that illustrates your nonprofit’s program impact The logic model is a classic framework for illustrating a program’s impact. The narrative of your proposal should be a story with a linear plotline.

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

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 4, 2024

It is the soul of your proposal, usually the first impression people have of your case, and the way you introduce your work to a funder. Everything should return to your stated need as it sets the tone for the rest of your proposal. And that is before you even get to character counts!

IT

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Learning the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs is key to writing competitive proposals. The problem is that many nonprofit leaders and some grant writers do not have a clear understanding of the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs. outcomes in our logic models. outcomes are here.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 24, 2021

The most common outputs in the nonprofit world are similar to the items my clients raised: # of volunteer hours, # of locations, or # of followers. In logic model language (check this out to learn why logic models are essential), outputs are the direct results of your activities. outcomes win grants.

Logic Model

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 26, 2023

It has helped them streamline the grant writing process, increase writing speed and efficiency, and produce more detailed and impactful proposals. 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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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 2, 2024

You might be tempted to paste the narrative part into your grant proposal as is!) Keith supports nonprofits and small and large businesses with professional grant writing and digital content writing needs and challenges, including county, state, federal, and foundation grants as well as web pages and online articles and blog posts.

Demographics

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 4, 2024

Although applying for federal grants may be tempting, they are definitely not for every nonprofit organization. Winning grants for nonprofits offered by government agencies do take time. Some may require developing a logic model, which is even more difficult. You are self-funding your nonprofit.

Federal Grants

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 15, 2024

Process for Program Development and Evaluation: The process of program development and evaluation should be integrated into your organizational development, particularly if your organization is an early-stage nonprofit. This includes understanding legal requirements, ethical standards, and best practices in grant management. Mayer Consulting.

Grant Readiness

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. 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. Fast forward to today….

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