Don't Let Grants Stress You Out
If you read the Grant Writer’s Blog last week, you know that grant professionals don’t dawdle. Procrastination is not a method that we practice. As a follow-up to talking about not procrastinating, I wanted to share 3 action points that can help you as a grant professional focus at work. We all have multiple responsibilities, yet multi-tasking might not be the answer. We can’t check…
I believe grant professionals don’t dawdle. We’re always working with deadlines, but we’re not the pros that put off the work until its due date. Procrastination is not a word that we write or practice. Part of what makes us grant pros is that we know all the layers of information it takes to submit successful applications. We are confident. We have no fear…
Last year ended with big news in philanthropy: $45,000,000,000. That’s the Facebook stock that Pricilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg will transfer to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) for philanthropic giving. The CZI will operate as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) instead of the more traditional private foundation. CZI is not the only philanthropic LLC initiative. As a grants professional, I wonder if a grant…
Note from Diane: We are excited to have Dr Judy Rifle, of Santa Cruz Grants & Consulting joining us as a blogger for the Grant Writer’s Blog in 2016! She kicked off her series of posts by providing us her own “Seeing Grant Funding in Action” story. Did you miss the other posts our team has written about how we have seen grant funding in…
I have written numerous pieces the past few years about how our active team of grant writer’s balance our work and deadline-related stress with exercise and movement including setting fitness goals as a team and building custom treadmill desks for our offices as part of our quest to move. We have all found that incorporating ways to move during the day is critical not only for…
Grant writing mistakes can quietly sink an otherwise strong nonprofit grant application. Instead of focusing on what to say, let’s look at what NOT to say — five common grant application pitfalls that weaken your proposal in the eyes of reviewers, drawn from years of experience as a Program Officer, Foundation & Grants Coordinator, and grant writing consultant. After years as a Program Officer…