Don't Let Grants Stress You Out
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 new grant funding opportunities, etc. Nonprofits create strategic plans, annual development plans, organizational budgets, case statements, and other documents to keep them on track. But what are your goals to…
It’s true…#GrantsWork Grant professionals help to change the world one grant at a time. We have been talking about Grant Funding in Action here on our team and our blog for the past two years as each member of our team has had the chance to see some of their grant work come to fruition in ways that they could witness in their own communities…
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 a phrase that both employed grant professionals and consultants hear. It often happens when we least expect it, or from a person that surprises us by asking the question or…
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 order to inspire writing. We’ve talked about and shared motivational quotes and mantras that can help inspire our work. For many of us, one of the other daily motivators, or…
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 swimming with sharks to start off my new year and find inspiration. This year, in addition to setting work goals and looking at my professional habits similar to what Bethany…
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 good habits that will help us reach our goals for the year. In 2016, my professional goals were to attend the Grant Professionals Association national conference in Atlanta and…
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 their phones instead of finding joy in the surrounding scenery and peacefulness. Staying present in each moment takes practice, but results in great dividends, including helping us stay positive and…
It is a day for celebration, you have completed the 30 Day Grant Readiness Challenge!! That also means it is time for a rest day…time to relax, reflect and recharge! You’ve done an incredible job with your Grant Readiness Challenge! Here is a summary of what you have tackled: Day 1: Take the GRASP Tool Day 2: Centralize Government Registrations Day 3: Centralize Application…
You’ve nearly done it! You’ve completed daily challenges aimed at improving your organization’s grant readiness. Your final step, and it can be now on Day 29, or in a month or two if you need some time to finish all of the challenges, is to retake the GRASP Tool so you can see how your Grant Readiness Score has improved. How do you think you’ve…
As you have moved through each of the grant readiness challenges, you have focused on research, relationships and writing to strengthen your overall grant readiness. Today, we continue on the theme for the last week focusing on the management of your current grant funding and positioning yourself to secure renewals of those grants are different continuation grant funding. For today’s challenge, select one current funded…