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…
Weaving through what seems to be mysterious threads of geographic funding, there is always a history and a story behind the funding trail. One key to receiving funding from a national funder is to learn…
Prospecting for grant funders is a time-consuming task for nonprofit organizations. Yet it is essential. Many nonprofits begin by finding and building relationships with local funders, then regional, then national. If your nonprofit has a…
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…
The answer to “Can’t You Just Write It?” …No, I Can’t “Just” Write It Let’s be honest, one of the phrases that all grant professionals fear is “Can’t you just write it?!?” It is…
What a fun question….how much coffee fuels your grant writing? We talk about what motivates or inspires our grant writing frequently on our team. We’ve talked about how we build movement into our days in…
It’s that time of year again…many take time to make New Year’s Resolutions or follow a similar practice to Chris Brogan and select three words to describe their year ahead. Last year I literally was…
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…
I love traveling, and recently avoided the use of internet and social media during a vacation. It was glorious, but it saddened me to see people walking along gorgeous beaches staring at the screens on…
Welcome to Day 5 of the 30-Day Grant Readiness Challenge! When you think of grant writing, do you picture a solo writer huddled over a keyboard at midnight? If so, now is the time…
