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…

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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…

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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…

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In Day 26 of the challenge, we talked about looking at your grant financial reporting policies. Today’s challenge targets one piece of the Day 26 challenge as there is nothing worse for a relationship with a grantmaker and funding partner than not spending the funds as requested and not knowing it and/or discussing it with the grantmaker prior to submitting a report. There were countless…

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Does your organization currently have grants that need to be billed monthly or quarterly in order for the granting organization to release the grant funds? All grants require careful documentation. Reimbursable grants based on units provided or actual expenses put additional upfront pressure on documentation as your organization will be doing funded work without cash. The need to report accurately and promptly is critical to…

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Welcome to Day 25 of the 30-Day Grant Readiness Challenge! You’ve won the grant! After the high fives and the celebratory lunch, the most critical phase of the cycle is next: Post-award grant management.   How your organization handles an award—especially a partial one—sets the tone for your future relationship with that funder. Today’s challenge is to review (or create) your grant acceptance policies.  …

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Welcome to Day 24 of the 30-Day Grant Readiness Challenge! You have successfully completed the fourth week of our journey! This week was all about the technical rigor of proposal writing—from acronym audits to mock reviews.   Today is a Rest Day: Time to Relax, Reflect, and Recharge.   Why Strategic Rest Is Part of Grant Readiness In the nonprofit world, we often wear our…

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Welcome to Day 23 of the 30-Day Grant Readiness Challenge!   Yesterday, we focused on collaborative editing. Today, we take that process a step further with the Grant Mock Review.   If you are applying for a large government grant or a foundation that utilizes a strict scoring rubric, a mock review is exactly what you need. It allows you to see your proposal through…

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Welcome to Day 22 of the 30-Day Grant Readiness Challenge!   Does the thought of “red pencil” markups on your draft make you cringe? Many grant writers are reticent to share their work because they view editing as a critique rather than a collaboration. However, collaborative editing is the best way to stop “tunnel vision” and ensure that your proposal is airtight. Today, you will…

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