Happy Halloween! This is my favorite holiday, and in honor, I’m sharing 10 grant writing tips to help you make sure your grants aren’t the scariest thing this spooky season. #1: Keep a grant prospect sheet & update it regularly...

If you’ve been in the nonprofit field for a while, then you’ve probably heard people say that you shouldn’t design a program in response to a grant opportunity. If you’ve followed me for a minute, then you’ve probably even heard...

It’s the first week of the final quarter of 2022, which is the perfect moment to talk about the relationship between goal setting and strategic planning for nonprofits. Q4 tends to be a hectic period. Not only do we have...

One of the questions I get the most from y’all is whether I know of any nonprofit start-up grants. The need for nonprofit start-up funding is huge, and today’s post is your guide to finding it. On the one hand,...

I think we can all agree that there’s no feeling quite like finding out you won a grant. When we find out that grants we’ve written for our clients are awarded, we are THRILLED. Maybe you can relate. I hope...

Today I want to share why you need to take the time to track your grant pipeline (and by that I mean all the opportunities you want to apply for, the ones you have applied for, the ones you’ve been...

Small nonprofit leaders, watch this video to find out: + The #1 piece of advice that I give to folks who want to work with me who have budgets under $50k (and which they sometimes don’t want to hear ....

When I founded my grant writing consultancy back in 2015, I knew that I wanted to serve the small nonprofits that make a big impact in our communities. Since then, I’ve seen my clients and students doing the most important...

I want to help you write successful grants because I know the work you do matters. And I know that a lot of the grant writing advice out there isn’t going to get you the results you want. Why? Because...

There are some grant writing experts and instructors who believe that the key to getting grant funding is to… …Do more …Go faster …Work harder And I couldn’t disagree more. Taking this frantic approach is a recipe for burnout. Plain...