Get organized before you apply for a federal grant
If your nonprofit is even thinking of writing a federal grant, it's important you take a step back and make sure you have...
Grant readiness tips
Proving your nonprofit’s qualifications in a grant
If you think about a grant as an investment by a foundation or government body, it's easy to understand why that entity would...
Use data to strengthen your grant writing
All nonprofits and their programs should track basic demographics of clients that participate in their programs at a bare minimum. More and more...
What are outcomes versus outputs in grant writing?
Grant writing can involve a frustrating set of jargon — terms like goals, objectives, outcomes, outputs, and a great many more. Even if...
The top 4 grant writing mistakes
Grant writing is extremely competitive; even the best prepared organizations often fail. To increase your chances of success, here are four common grant...
Resources to get started with grant writing
Nonprofits are often eager to get started with grant writing. And often, we advise a cautious approach. Grants are extremely competitive, with an industry...
How to write the chosen intervention section of a grant
We've talked a lot about using evidence to establish the need or the problem your nonprofit is working to solve. You need to...
Grant writing advice for first time grant seekers
Nonprofits seeking their first grant should heed some grant writing advice to ensure their efforts are successful, beyond just writing a strong grant...
Why was my grant request denied?
One of the most common questions people ask us is, 'Why was my grant request denied?' And the answer is that there can...
Positioning your nonprofit for foundation grant writing success
As if grant writing itself wasn't complicated enough, there's a significant barrier to receiving grants on the foundation level, and it's often overlooked...