Don't Let Grants Stress You Out
We have all been there. It’s time to draft a problem statement, and as grant professionals we know data is a necessary element to prove the need for our community. So where do you start? If you did not immediately think “the U.S. Census Bureau”, let me encourage you to always leap to that conclusion. And why wouldn’t you? The mission of the U.S….
Note from Diane: Grant reporting is a key part of the grant life cycle if you want to build and maintain strong grantmaker relationships. You’ve seen our team share information from MyFedTrainer.com, podcasts on the topic from Fundraising HayDay, and our own team talk about and present on “How to Make Reporting to Your Funder a Snap,” so we’re excited to bring you this guest…
For the first 15 years of my career, I served as the lone grants administrator for two municipalities in the Metro Atlanta area. I quickly learned about the power of relationships, particularly when building programs and developing grant proposals. For more details about local government grant seeking, check out this blog post. Most grant professionals, no matter their sector, understand the importance of building…
The Nonprofit MBA Podcast PRESS RELEASE March 1, 2023 How to Create Agile Leadership at Your Nonprofit, Featuring Diane Leonard on The Nonprofit MBA Podcast Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting agile Leadership to achieve their mission and goals. Agile leadership in nonprofit organizations involves creating a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and accountability. It empowers teams to self-organize and make decisions that align with…
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, you will hear five different stories of the paths that brought them to the work they do today. It isn’t as clear as an undergraduate major that is the “usual”…
If you listen to the Fundraising HayDay podcast or know me some other way, you will quickly learn that I am an EXTRA extrovert. People are my passion, my jam, my lifeblood. As far as I am concerned, friends and quality relationships make the world go round. Trust me, if we know each other, we are probably friends. If we aren’t yet, just give it…
Listen, I have been there. The first time you work on the evaluation section of a grant proposal, it is easy to find yourself staring at a blank page. What the heck does a funder even want you to evaluate? More often than not, the evaluation section is towards the end of a grant proposal, and by that time, you are just ready to slap…
Dear Experienced Grant Writer: Once you receive one federal grant can you request another one for a different program/project? Signed , Federal Grant Recipient Dear Federal Grant Recipient, If you are asking if you can apply to the same federal program for more than one project the answer is, it depends on the federal program. Some allow applicants to apply under more than one…
Year 17! Our team is so excited to be celebrating 17 years of supporting incredible nonprofits creating impacts in their communities. Since 2006, we have helped secure over $104.5M in grant awards and trained over 72,227 professionals – WOW! To help celebrate 17 years, our team put together 17 of our favorite grant resources. Although we didn’t rank them in order, as we…
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 Foundation has both Mini Grants of $5,000 or less and Social Impact Grants of up to $50,000 at the time I was there) and leading the Young Women for Change…