What to include in an MOU for a federal grant application
Some federal grants will ask you for MOUs — memoranda of understanding. With the dizzying requirements for a federal grant, this breakdown will help...
Is your nonprofit truly ready to apply for a federal grant?
Our team of professional grant writers talks a lot about nonprofit grant readiness. We are constantly assessing our clients to make sure they're...
Getting started with nonprofit grant writing
New nonprofits are often eager to start grant writing. Grants are often seen as free, easy money, given the abundance of foundations and...
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...
Direct versus indirect costs in a nonprofit budget
The budget is often one of the most difficult parts of a grant application. One common point of confusion surrounds direct versus indirect...
Three examples of SMART objectives for nonprofits
We recently discussed the acronym SMART and how it relates to developing strong objectives. Now we'd like to present some examples of great...
How to write SMART objectives for nonprofit grants
In grant writing, we hear a lot about objectives, goals, outcomes, outputs, evaluations, measurables, logic models...
Instantly improve your grant with a strong need statement
A strong grant proposal is a rare thing. To write one, you should incorporate a range of elements, from a sound budget to...
Write a strong grant proposal by listing successes
Strong grant proposals have lots of important elements: measurable objectives, a sensible budget, and a clear program description. One aspect of a strong...
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...