How to write grants for small nonprofits
Finances are always tight in the nonprofit sector; if you run a small nonprofit, you’re likely dealing with even more financial restrictions. Even...
Professional Grant Writing Readiness
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...
Be sure to avoid these common grant proposal mistakes
Especially when a grant application has a long list of guidelines and requirements, it can be pretty easy to mess something up. And...
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...
Three things to know about federal government grants
Federal government grants are complex creatures that can take quiet a bit of expertise to understand. The applications are not for the faint...
Nonprofit articles you should be reading this week
The internet is awash in useful resources from industry experts. Here are a few articles we've found especially useful this week: What's...
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...
How to use social media to improve your grant writing success rate
Social media is rarely discussed as an element of successful grant writing. But in the modern age of grant writing, social networks can...
Types of grant sources and who can access them
In the great, wide world of grant seeking, it's important to understand where grants come from and who can apply for them. This...
The most important elements of grant readiness
Grant readiness is a common topic among grant writers. At Professional Grant Writers, we either don't take on new clients if they're not...