Thanking grantmakers builds positive funder relations
It's important to consider longterm funder relations beyond the grant award. Often, nonprofits receive grants and completely forget to thank the foundation that...
Using board connections to help get foundation grants
Receiving foundation grants can be an exercise in futility, especially if your nonprofit is new and/or not well connected. But your board of...
Targeting local foundations with your nonprofit’s grant writing
Lately the word "local" is on everyone's lips. Local food movements inspire locavores to eat produce and meat from local producers. Local small...
How to prepare for a successful site visit from a foundation
Foundations and other funders may request a site visit before they approve funding for a grant. This is often a typical part of...
How corporate matching gifts can boost your nonprofit’s grants revenue
More and more nonprofits seem to be competing for fewer and fewer grant dollars every year. Submitting application after application with little positive...
Become a grant reviewer — and improve your grant writing skills in the process
Sometimes grant writers are so consumed by their work, so close to their subject matter, that they stop looking at it critically. It's...
Four questions to ask when your grant request is denied
Receiving a denial of your grant request from a foundation is extremely frustrating. All those hours of hard work, of agonizing about the...
Finding credible sources for your grant’s need statement
Every grant has a need statement — and every winning grant has a great need statement. This part of the grant proposal is...
Improve your grant’s chances by calling the foundation
The best way to get a foundation's attention and increase your grant application's chances of succeeding is to simply pick up the phone...
The importance of grant readiness
We have lost track of how many nonprofits write to our team hoping to hire a grant writer, only to find out they're...