Grant Writing Trainings
Our training team, comprised of dedicated GPA-approved trainers, is eager to empower your organization. We’ll help you supercharge and sharpen your grant writing skills, dramatically boosting your chances of securing that crucial funding.
We offer a dynamic range of training formats to fit your needs, including:
Action-packed 1-hour or 90-minute webinars
Immersive half-day or full-day in-person workshops
Transformative multi-day mastermind classes
Ready to unlock your grant-getting potential? Choose from our exciting topics or schedule a consultation to create a custom training experience tailored just for you!
2025 Lunch and Learn
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Don't Just Write the Grant - Find Your Red Thread and Tell a Story
$49.99August 13th 12:00pm ET
In this webinar, you'll learn how to craft a compelling "red thread," inspired by Tamsen Webster's book, that weaves through your entire grant application, engaging reviewers and motivating them to advocate for your funding. We'll explore how to integrate SMART objectives into your narrative, ensuring that each objective strengthens your overall story. By the end of the session, you'll be equipped to align every part of your application, from objectives to narrative, into a cohesive, persuasive case for support.Don't Make Your Grantmakers Do Algebra: How to Present Clear Budgets and Budget Justifications
$49.99October 15th 12:00pm ET
Whether or not grantmakers loved math back in school, we can PROMISE that they do not want to be solving for a variable and thinking about algebra when reading your budget or budget justification. So in this webinar, you'll learn how to design grant budgets that accurately reflect the total cost of a program or project while meeting the specific formatting requirements of different grantmakers. We will explore strategies for maintaining key details when customizing your budget and for creating a detailed budget that clearly outlines proposed costs. Participants will also learn how to ensure that the budget tells a consistent story aligned with the rest of the grant application.Don't Surprise Your Grantmaker: How to be a Fantastic Grantee
$49.99December 10th 12:00pm ET
Grantmakers do NOT like surprises (good or bad) about a funded project at the time a grant report is submitted. Surprises in a report lead to additional work for the person managing the funding program, and that does NOT endear you or your organization to the grantmaker. This can damage long-term funding relationships, even if the surprise was a good one. In this webinar, we will work through situations that commonly arise in grant-seeking organizations to help you be a fantastic grantee even when the implementation of grant-funded work does not go as planned.
Trainings Offered in Collaboration with CharityHowTo
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Use discount code Leonard15 for any CharityHowTo trainings
Project Management for Grant Professionals
$87August 20th 3:00pm ET
Join us for this 90-minute interactive nonprofit webinar where we will show you step-by-step how to implement a sustainable project management approach into your grant-seeking work. These steps will allow you to increase the number of days in advance of a deadline that you submit, decrease your stress and/or your colleague’s stress related to grants, and make your grant-seeking process more efficient.How to Knock Your Grantmaker's Socks Off
$87September 9th 3:00pm ET
Participating in “How to Knock Your Grantmaker’s Socks Off” will give you the critical steps to follow for implementing a “mock review” in your organization to have your editing process mimic that of a grant review process so you start to think like a grantmaker. You’ll see firsthand how the mock review process dramatically changes and increases the competitiveness of each application.New! Balancing Innovation & Integrity: AI in Nonprofit Grant Writing
$87September 10th 1:00pm ET
This session will provide practical strategies, expert insights, and best practices to help you harness AI’s potential while upholding the highest standards of transparency and professionalism, as outlined in the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) Code of Ethics. Whether you're an experienced grant professional or new to the field, you’ll gain the knowledge and confidence to navigate the intersection of technology and ethics in nonprofit grant writing to ensure that your applications are as competitive as possible in this new funding landscape.10 Tips and Tricks for a Successful Grant Seeking Strategy
FREESeptember 16th 1:00pm ET
Participating in “10 Tips for a Successful Grant Seeking Strategy” will give you some “insider” tips and tricks from the funder’s perspective that will assist you when working on creating and implementing your grant-seeking strategy. Use the tips discussed in this webinar to ensure that you are putting together highly competitive grant applications and ultimately achieving your desired grant funding success.Start Your 2026 Grant Strategy Off Right!
FREEDecember 3rd 1:00pm ET
As the calendar year begins to wind down and you think about the new year, are you also thinking about how to strengthen your grant-seeking strategy in the upcoming year? Starting your year off with a strong plan and clear goals in place will ensure that you secure the funding necessary to achieve your goals for grant revenue. Participating in “Start Your 2026 Grant Seeking Off Right!” will provide you with a strong understanding of your success in 2025 and how to set goals for 2026 that will help expand your grant-seeking strategy and revenue. We will also discuss how to increase the engagement of your colleagues in being part of the grant planning process to further increase your success.
Workshops
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Creating & Building Your Blueprint for All Grant Applications
September 24th 1:00-3:00pm ET
In this live, interactive workshop, we will guide you through creating a program design blueprint (a logic model) that you can use to write all of your grants, whether foundation or government. We will look at specific successful examples to provide you with a variety of ways to present your organization’s programs and projects, and their impact, in a clear and concise logic model.
Presented by Diane H. Leonard, GPC, RST AND Beth Archer, GPC, RSM
$119
How to be as Competitive as Possible for Large Grants (Foundation OR Government)
October 14th 1:00pm-3:00pm ET
In this workshop, we will teach you how to facilitate a process that can be used to support any grant application process but is FANTASTIC for large grants (whether foundation or government) or six figures (or more!) so that your actual writing work in grant applications is as competitive as possible.
Presented by Diane H. Leonard, GPC, RST AND Maggie Perry, GPC, RPO
$119

Look for the “Earn My Certificate” on the CharityHowTo website and earn a certificate of competency by completing trainings with our team.
Conference Season
GPA Summit
October 29th – November 1st
Oct 30th 11:00am ET –
Mastering Grants: Align Your Strategy, Calendar & Team for Winning Results
Presented by Maggie Perry, GPC, RPO
Oct 31st 11:00am ET –
Weaving the Red Thread: Don’t Just Write the Grant, Tell Your Story
Presented by Beth Archer, GPC, RSM
Oct 31st 1:30pm ET
The Perfection Game & Other Unique Ways to Solicit Feedback
Presented by Diane H. Leonard, GPC, RST
NPST Conference
November 13th – 15th
Official Schedule pending
Nov 13th –
The Feedback Loop: Crafting Compelling Fundraising Stories Together
Presented by Diane H. Leonard, GPS, RST
Nov 15th –
From Objectives to “YES!”: Aligning Your Grant Story with a Powerful “Red Thread”
Presented by Diane H. Leonard. GPC, RST
Use discount code DianeL50 for $50 off your ticket price
(good until July 31st)
Recorded Sessions
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2024 Lunch and Learn
Unlocking Grant Readiness Strategies and Best Practices for Successful Funding
$19.99How to Avoid Grant FOMO Fear of Missing Out
$19.99How to Build Authentic Relationships with Your Funders
$19.99Good Better Best Telling Your Story of Impact Through Program Design and Evaluation Tools
$19.99Creating Twice the Impact in Half the Time An Agile Approach to Grant Writing
$19.99
How to Think Like a Reviewer
Expanding Your Grant Seeking Strategy While Still Being Sustainable
Expanding Your Grant Seeking Strategy While Still Being Sustainable
Expanding Your Grant Seeking Strategy (While Still Being Sustainable)
How to Make Reporting to Your Funder a Snap Based on Your Application
How to Make Reporting to Your Funder a Snap Based on Your Application
How to Make Reporting to Your Funder a Snap Based on Your Application
How to Make Reporting to Your Funder a Snap Based on Your Application