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Mastering grant writing: Essential tips for securing funding

Charity Village

Does the concept of grant writing cause you to wake up in the middle of the night with a cold sweat? Does the very mention of mandatory documents, project plans and grant budgets cause you to panic? Do you look at grants as a labyrinth of technical terms, deadlines and impossible expectations?

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5 Steps to Improve Your Nonprofit’s Grant Management Process

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofits may scramble to gather details or documents and submit last-minute applications for grants. Here are five tips to cut the chaos.

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Why Accurate Payroll and Time Allocation Is Crucial for Your Nonprofit Grant Reporting

sgEngage

And payroll and grant reporting are two areas of your financial processes where accuracy is non-negotiable. You want your staff paid fairly, and you want to maintain good relationships with your grant funders. But allocating your payroll and time to your grants can be a cumbersome, manual, and time-intensive process.

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What is the Secret to Successful Grant Writing?

Blue Avocado

We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What is the secret to successful grant writing?” Align yourself with your organization’s highest intentions, and ensure your grant writer knows how to tell a compelling story that connects the dots between your needs and the funder’s interests.

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Best Practices for Creating an Effective Eligibility Quiz in Grant Applications

sgEngage

Your eligibility quiz should be concise, with questions reflecting the information provided in your program documentation. Options could be, This grant provides between $5,000 and $10,000 in funding. or I understand this grant program awards $5,000 to successful applicants. Is the amount you are requesting within that range?

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How to Write a Killer Letter of Inquiry (LOI) to Get a Grant

Get Fully Funded

Often, the first step in getting a grant is a Letter of Inquiry (sometimes called a Letter of Intent ) – or LOI, for short. On rare occasions, a funder is so convinced by a Letter of Inquiry that the fit is just right, and they’ll write you a check without additional information or supporting documents. So make it count!

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Building an Effective Partner Ecosystem for Your Grant Management System

sgEngage

Document signatures. Now your grant management system (GMS) is the hub of your grantmaking organization, and simple API integrations allow you to plug in the systems that work best for you. Look for a preferred vendor list or marketplace to see if your grant management vendor has organizations they know work well with their system.

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