Here you’ll find helpful articles and resources on getting ready for grants, finding the perfect grants, writing winning grants, and managing grants.

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Applying to private foundations as part of your funding strategy makes perfect sense. First, they too, have a mission they’re trying to achieve and are looking for partners like yourself to meet that mission. Also, it’s not a secret they are required by law to give away a minimum 5% of their prior year’s assets. […]

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Grant Writing

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Grant Writing

Writing grants is different than crafting appeal letters, event invitations, or corporate sponsorships. Grants are an investment – and proving that your non-profit is worthy of an investment can make for dry copy. In a grant, you not only sell your services and outcomes, but you also showcase your organization’s business support systems to assure […]

Helping funders see the people you serve

We’ve all been there. You started the five-figure grant request weeks ago, but you’re short-staffed and now it’s 3 pm on D-Day (deadline day). There you are, staring at the sloppy copy generated during three hours of overtime last night. Tweaks to the grant writing process can wait until next time. You have to submit […]

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Grant Management

We’re a little over a week into processing and responding to the COVID-19 crisis. By now, you’ve probably worked through most of the logistics of keeping your staff and clients safe, canceled programs and events, and considered how you can best serve your community during these unprecedented times. You’ve also probably thought about (or stressed […]

12 grant tasks to do during the COVID-19 crisis

Ahh!!! That feeling of excitement (along with a deep sigh of relief) when you submit your final grant proposal. You’ve spent many hours writing, gathering data, drafting budgets, editing, and so many other tasks required to put together a strong grant proposal. Now that you’ve submitted your proposal, all those struggles become a distant memory […]

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Grant Readiness

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Grant Writing

Grant writing can be stressful! Between the looming deadlines, the neurotic details some funders want, and the constant fear of not having enough funds to pay your staff, grant writing can stress out even the calmest people in the office. While there’s no way to get rid of all the stress that comes with grant […]

7 ways to reduce the stress of writing grants

Limiting words, characters, or page numbers is one of the hardest things about grant writing. Check out 4 ways you can reduce the length of your next proposal.

Grant Writing

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Helping funders see the people you serve

9 proofreading hacks for grant writers

Grant Writing

Grant Management

12 grant tasks to do during the COVID-19 crisis

Your grant proposal was rejected. Now what?

Grant Readiness

Grant Writing

7 ways to reduce the stress of writing grants

Four ways to shorten grant proposals

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Grant Writing

How to edit grant proposals

Four things every needs statement should have (and one thing it shouldn’t)

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32 tips for a polished grant proposal

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