We all get the joke by now. “Asking for a Friend” is now a much easier way of saying, “I am afraid or a little ashamed by what I don’t know or don’t want to…
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Stop Chasing Grant Money
If I had a dollar for every time I heard one of these phrases, I’d be a millionaire. “You won’t get the grant if you don’t apply.” “We’re eligible, so we should apply.”…
Grant Tools, Tips, Lists, and Hacks
Is it just me, or are grant professionals obsessed with numbered lists? I see them everywhere – from blog posts to webinars to podcast episodes. Top 8 ways to ruin a grant proposal. Top 25…
3 Essentials For Nonprofit Sustainability You May Have Missed
Which do you like first, the good news or the bad news? But before you answer, what if I told you that the good news is also the bad news? How you or your…
Add Productivity by Subtracting Distractions
After years of pandemics, civil unrest, natural disasters, and economic uncertainty, what red-blooded grant writer or fundraiser wouldn’t want to curl up on a comfy couch and scroll away for a few minutes to escape…
Grant Professional: We Are Strong & Mighty
Every time I meet a new grant professional and hear about their work, I am totally in awe. We juggle so many deadlines and responsibilities. The work we do is IMPACTFUL to communities around the…
An Introvert’s Top 3 Tips for Approaching Grant-making Foundations
Many people become grant writers because they’re better with words than people. And by many, I mean me. You too, maybe? Seriously though, in my 25+ years in nonprofit fundraising, I have met many more…
Twitter, Reading, and a Grant Conference; How I Found My People
This is the story of how I found my people. You know who I’m talking about – the colleagues you learn to lean on when you have questions; the ones who understand when you’re having…
Top 3 Tips for Increasing Positive Board Involvement for Grants and Fundraising
I went down a TikTok rabbit hole recently. If I’m being honest, I was diving deep into mindless distraction every day before I disabled the app and addressed some life stressors, but that’s not the…
Three Tips for Better Grants Through Storytelling AND Data
Once upon a time in the kingdom of Grantlandia lived a lonely grant scribe who yearned to convince King Thomas the Tightfisted and Queen Attachmentia Excessiva to release their treasure to the people so that…