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From Napkin to Narrative: How Program Design Powers Grant Success

Grant Professionals Association

Program design tools help us structure our logic models and theories of change. She helps nonprofits grow their impact through strategic planning, capacity building, grant development, and program design. But oh, the triumph when you mailed it, boxed up with carbon copies and hope! Fast forward to today, we are blessed.

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What 2025 Grant Trends Are Teaching Nonprofits

Grant Writing Made Easy

Prepare logic models or theory of change diagrams to demonstrate how your activities lead to visual outcomes. Consider training staff in basic data storytelling and logic models. Use a mix of quantitative and qualitative data. Numbers show the scale, but stories show the depth. Highlight systems for tracking.

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Grant Writing for Small Nonprofits: How to Do More With Less

Grant Writing Made Easy

Sometimes the biggest challenge in grant writing is ensuring the proposal stays consistent with your organization’s messaging, priorities, and strategic plan. Still, they can often take on a specific piece, like reviewing a logic model, writing a program summary, or proofreading a budget narrative.

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Philanthropy’s Reckoning Is Here. Is Your Grant Strategy Ready?

Grant Writing Made Easy

So when generative AI drafts your need statements and logic model, it’s speaking your language. Here’s how: Integrated Narrative + Storytelling Your Standard Grant Narrative lives inside the Hub—tagged with your programs, impact metrics, and community voices. That’s narrative justice in action, not generic output.

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How to Evaluate Grant Opportunities: When to Say No to a Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

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?

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Organizational Development in Becoming Grant-Ready

Grant Professionals Association

Here are some key steps you can take and considerations that will bring your organization that much closer to securing the funds your organization needs: Strategic Planning: Organizational development involves strategic planning, which identifies the goals, priorities, and needs of the organization and its programs/service offerings.

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Maximizing Grant Writing Success: The Importance of Starting Federal Grants Early

Think and Ink Grants

Armed with knowledge of future grant announcements, grant writers can strategically plan their submissions. With twelve months at hand, meticulous planning becomes feasible. This includes: Crafting a comprehensive logic model to outline the program's intricacies and engage diverse organizational departments.