Don't Let Grants Stress You Out
Yes and yes—a solid grant writing process often includes both copy editing and mock review, but from separate reviewers and at different milestones in the timeline. Each one ensures high quality, but they result in different types of feedback. Copy Editing The purpose. All types of grant documents that you create should go through a copy edit. DH Leonard Consulting has a dedicated…
As a tumbleweed rolls by and a hollow wind blows, you pause your strategy work to reflect on the desert-like conditions that define the environment of your development program. Within your nonprofit, you are the sole development employee among other dedicated professionals accomplishing important work. You glance around and see your colleagues as they work in their own offices and areas—you can almost…
Creating written content well as a team requires multiple reviews by various team members or by external copy editors. More than one set of expert eyes on a document always enhances the final product. When possible, assign the work to a fresh set of eyes. Our team strongly suggests and hopes that you build multiple reviews into your process, whether for grant writing or…
Diane’s Note: It’s no secret that our team is a big fan of Bloomerang as we have collaborated for years on free webinars and in the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference community, but they are also a generous supporter of our BIPOC Nonprofit Professional Scholarships for Agile in Nonprofit training. While potentially a bit biased, I thought their tips regarding how your CRM can help with your…
Guest post by: Jeff Bauknecht | Grants Manager | The Museum of Flight Who decides which grants to pursue or to let pass by? Who determines which projects will receive grant-funded support? As grant writers, we’re sometimes in a position of responding to requests from well-intentioned leadership or program staff to “look at this grant opportunity” or asking, “can you help us find funding…
I was having a moment of nostalgia this week… I grew up in the 90’s, which means that I grew up playing games like Tetris and Mario Brothers (we won’t talk about what my bangs looked like back then!). My daughter’s who are both teenagers have both recently gotten into a Mario Kart and Tetris 99 streak as a stress reliever during final…
Dear experienced grant writer, I want to write a grant proposal for education to prepare to start a business is this ok? Thanks, Eager learner Dear eager learner, Great question! If you are looking for education for yourself to prepare to be a business owner, I would recommend reaching out to your local Small Business Development Center to see what…
Dear Experienced Grant Writer: I’ve been developing my grant writing business for about a year and a half. I still have challenges with clients not getting information to me on time, resulting in some last-minute panic. You seem like someone who has worked out a solution for this. I’m wondering if you have a resource you can pass along? Thanks so much! Patient…
19 YEARS! Our team is so excited to be celebrating 19 years of supporting incredible nonprofits that are creating tremendous impact in their communities. Since 2006, we have helped secure over $121M in grant awards and trained over 86,863 professionals. WOW! To help celebrate 19 years, our team put together 19 of our favorite grant resources/things we use every day to help with our grant…
Our team comprises of book lovers who read books from all genres. This year, we decided to hold a Secret Santa book exchange and it was a lot of fun sending books to each other. As we begin 2024, we realized that we needed a list of must-read books and decided to ask for your recommendations. We were not disappointed with the suggestions we received….