Reviewing funder guidelines, especially large government guidelines, comes with a fair amount of pressure not to miss a key detail or misinterpret an organization’s eligibility, alignment, and overall competitiveness with the opportunity. There is the…
Posts Published byDiane Leonard, GPC, RST
3 Ways to Celebrate Being a Grant Professional
One of the things I love about the grant profession so much is the diversity of backgrounds that bring people to the field of writing grants. If you talk to five different grant writers/grant professionals,…
Five Tips to Help You Find Opportunities to Become a Grant Reviewer
Some of you may not know this about me, but I actually started my career as the Program Officer at the Michigan Women’s Foundation. I spent my days working with our two grantmaking committees (the…
Telling the Story of Your Impact
I was a keynote speaker at the Reimagine Communities Summit powered by Capital One recently, and one of the sessions during the event was a panel discussion with three large corporate funders. Who might you…
I want to be a grant writer but only have 1 year of experience. How would you suggest gaining more experience?
Dear Experienced Grant Writer: I want to be a grant writer but only have 1 year of experience. How would you suggest gaining more experience? Dear year old grant writer, I would recommend reaching…
A Summer Reading List for Grant Professionals
We know that many grant professionals read a wide range of genres for both pleasure, but also for inspiration related to their professional work. So I suppose I shouldn’t have been as surprised by the…
Grant Writing is a Team Sport
Did you play a sport growing up? Participate in the high school musical? Play in the school band? Belong to a school club? These are all great examples of how it takes a team…
4 Tips to Maintaining Relationships With Grantmakers
Note from Diane: You may not know that we’ve worked with Bloomerang for numerous years through both the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference which they are the sponsor of, through one-hour educational webinars I present to their…
2022 IGPD Key Takeaways
The #LearnGrants Online Summit was designed for 2022 to help grant professionals from a wide range of mission areas come together to celebrate International Grant Professionals Day (IGPD). Yes, I am incredibly biased as part…
Grant Calendar Versus Grant Strategy
Grant Calendar A grant calendar, as we’ve talked about on our blog before (ICYMI: What is a Grant Calendar) is at its core, a visual representation of an action plan for the year, whether fiscal…