Bethany Planton, GPC, Author at DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

7 Common Grant Writing Mistakes (that could cost you funding)

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on October 6, 2017 August 13, 2019

Your nonprofit is grant ready. You have a list of grantmakers to approach. And now it is time to put the grant application together. It can be overwhelming. So how do you know what to…

Help Your Grantmakers: Claim your GuideStar Profile

What is GuideStar? GuideStar is the premier hub for information on nonprofit organizations. GuideStar’s mission is “to revolutionize philanthropy by providing information that advances transparency, enables users to make better decisions, and encourages charitable giving.”…

5 Capacity Tips, Tricks, and Tools for Managing Multiple Grant Deadlines

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on July 14, 2017 July 21, 2023

Note from Diane: As we continue with our capacity theme, today’s post from Bethany is perfect! There are many times that we as grant professionals ask ourselves how to juggle or how to make sure limits…

Grant Writing is Not a Creative Writing Exercise

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on June 8, 2017 June 8, 2017

Grant writing is not a creative writing exercise. Writing grant applications is like writing research papers for a college class. Each professor has their own set of instructions and requirements. If the student does not…

Enhance Your Sustainability Statement: Diversify Your Program’s Revenue

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on May 8, 2017 May 8, 2017

In Diversify Your Nonprofit’s Revenue back in April, I laid out why your nonprofit should have diverse forms of revenue. Diversifying your nonprofit’s revenue will make your organization more sustainable and ultimately more competitive for grant…

Diversify Your Nonprofit’s Revenue

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on April 14, 2017 June 15, 2021

Grant funding is ultimately awarded to nonprofits that are sustainable. Grantmakers don’t want to fund a sinking ship. When reviewing your grant application, a grantmaker is going to be assessing whether your nonprofit is capable of…

5 Tips for Editing Your Full Grant Proposal

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices Uncategorized on March 10, 2017 September 14, 2021

How many times have you submitted a grant application and right after you hit submit you see several mistakes? We have all been there. It happens to the best of us. “Writing without revising…

4 Tips for Improving a Reading Habit

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on February 10, 2017 November 3, 2022

In general, we nonprofit professionals know what the goals are for the year at our nonprofit – securing grant funding and donations to meet the budget, making new partners to increase our program offerings, researching…

New Year, New Habits

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on January 6, 2017 December 13, 2019

Happy New Year. Happy 2017. This is the time of year many of us think and set goals, resolutions, plans for the year ahead. The new year gives us a clean slate to start with…

Grant Readiness Challenge: Day 20: Review Budget and Narrative for Consistency

in 30 Day Grant Readiness Challenge Grant Readiness on November 20, 2016 December 16, 2021

Does this sound familiar? The grant team (check out Day 5: Assess and Engage Your Grant Team) are working away on a grant application. Multiple people are contributing ideas and plans and budget numbers. The…

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