Dear Executive Director and/or Well-Intentioned Board President: We need to talk. First off, let me say that I am so proud to be a part of your organization. As a grant professional, nothing…
Does this scenario sound familiar? You have a grant deadline coming up so you open the grant application or pull up a blank page to start writing, but your grant team hasn’t given you all…
You may wonder what do grants, bequests, direct mail appeals, monthly donor campaigns, and social media outreach all have in common, and the answer is storytelling. I was honored to be a part of the…
Grant writing often involves big ideas and things we’ve never done before. Involving multiple people. And multiple ideas. And conflicting ideas. This is why I traveled across the county to attend a Compression Planning® Institute….
It is that time of year…conference season! I have the pleasure and honor of speaking/presenting/teaching at 8 different events around the country this fall talking about my favorite topic…grant writing and best practices in our…
Stress Relieving Techniques During a Busy Grant Writing Season… ..or Why 2pm Chocolate is a Healthy Professional Coping Mechanism We all know that in the midst of a busy grant season it’s important…
Writing an Effective Demographic Statement for a Grant: How to Use Data to Tell Your Story When I served as a reviewer on a federal grant panel, the vast majority of the applications I read…
How many times do you read the RFP when preparing a grant application? I read the RFP (also known as the RFA, NOFA or FOA) at least twice: initially, to learn about the grant…
When we plan vacations in our family two of us are planners and two of us are fly by the seat of your pants travelers. Over the years we’ve adjusted to half our family’s “need…
If there is any grant that crushes the myth that “grants are free money,” it is the capital grant. Capital grants are used for physical infrastructure, such as constructing a new building or installing an…
