How to Find Grants through Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
You can find all sorts of information about grants offered by the federal government in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). The CFDA contains information about every competitive and formula [more…]
How to Register as an Organization on Grants.gov
In order to apply for a grant from Grants.gov, your organization must complete the (not so easy) Grants.gov registration process. To get your organization registered to submit grant applications on the [more…]
How to Register as an Individual on Grants.gov
If you want to apply for a grant from Grants.gov as an individual, you must complete the (not so easy) Grants.gov registration process. Individual registration can take up to one business day to complete [more…]
How to Download and Upload Grant Applications on Grant.gov
Since the arrival of the Grants.gov e-grant system, all the federal grant application forms that you need are available on that Web site. You can find, download, fill out, and upload an application electronically [more…]
Good Online Resources for Grant Funding
The Internet can be a great tool in your search for grant funding. Online resources for information about grants abounds. Here are some of the better Web sites for grant funding information: [more…]
How to Read a Request For Proposal for a Contract Bid
When a company issues an opportunity to bid on a contract for funding, often referred to as an RFP (Request For Proposal)or RFQ (Request for Quote), you must be able to quickly scan the technical proposal [more…]
How to Find Federal Resources to Help You Write Your Grant Applications
Most government agencies that award grants or contracts produce publications that can give you a leg up on writing all types of grant applications and RFP narratives. You can find these valuable resources [more…]
How to Write an Application That Wins Grants
The opening section of your application for funding is a key ingredient of your winning grant, cooperative agreement, or contract bid recipe. When you write your application, focus on the problem you want [more…]
How to Write Your Grant Application's Program Design Section
When you write the program design section of your grant application, cooperative agreement, or RFP narrative, remember that the point is to explain what you want to do with the grant, agreement, or contract [more…]
How to Complete Grant Application Cover Forms
Many groups of grantmakers, from foundations to corporations, have created their own customized common grant application forms and formats. Look for these types of common forms and formats on the [more…]
How to Complete Federal Grant Application Cover Forms
The electronic Grant Application Cover Form (also known as Form 424) has four pages (it used to be just one page). When you fill in the Grant Application Cover Form at [more…]
How to Present Your Organization's Capabilities in a Grant Application
When writing the organizational capability section of your application, you need to tell the grant reader, clearly and concisely, just enough information about your organization’s experience and accomplishments [more…]
How to Determine the Required Elements for a Contract Bid
When you respond to an RFP (Request For Proposal), you position your organization to win a contract bid. Pursuing contracted services on a regular basis can strengthen and grow your business. In the first [more…]
How to Construct Your Grant Application's Problem Statement
Sometimes the hardest part about writing the problem statement for your grant application is knowing when you’re done. You know you’ve written a convincing and compelling problem statement when you get [more…]
How to Prepare a Grant Funding Timeline
A timeline in your grant application tells the grant reader when activities (also called process objectives) will begin and end during the grant’s funding period. When you develop a project timeline, keep [more…]
How to Create a Program Blueprint for a Grant Application
When you apply for a grant, use a Logic Model (a graphic blueprint of the key elements of your proposed program) to sway the reader. This blueprint, or Logic Model, looks at inputs, activities, outputs [more…]
How to Prevent Mistakes on a Grant Application
After putting so much time and energy into your grant application or bid proposal, you may miss fatal writing or formatting errors. Unfortunately, when program officers and peer reviewers reading your [more…]
How to Follow Up on Government Grant Requests
As soon as you send your grant application off to a state or federal funding agency, start the tracking process so that you can do any necessary follow-up on the application. You have specific rules to [more…]
How to Follow Up on Foundation and Corporate Grant Requests
When you submit a grant application to a foundation or corporate funder, you may find information on procedures for grant proposal awards and declines on the funder's Web site. If you can’t locate the [more…]
How to Uncover Hard-to-Find Statistics for Your Grant Application
Knowing how to find current and relevant demographics (also known as statistics) is crucial to writing an effective grant application. Unfortunately, these statistics aren’t always easy to find when you [more…]
How to Prioritize Your Potential Private Funders and Grant Applications
After you identify the potential private funders that are the best fit for your program, you need to determine which funders get your attention first. Prioritize the funders to whom you want to submit [more…]
How to Fill In Federal Grant Application Forms
Each federal agency has its own grant application forms and its own guidelines for filling out the forms. All the federal agencies have standard cover forms, budget forms, and assurances, certifications [more…]
How to Find Grant Funding for Your Organization
The best way to sustain a high funding success rate is to identify multiple funding sources for each project initiative. Then submit your grant proposals to all of them. Sending out multiple proposals [more…]
How to Write a Grant Application Cover Letter
Your cover letter should be brief, it should get to the point, and it shouldn’t regurgitate the information that’s in the grant application or proposal. The grant app cover letter should provide the first [more…]
How to Create Your Grant Application's Abstract or Executive Summary
The abstract or executive summary of your grant application is a brief, one-page overview of what the grant reviewer will find in the full grant application. Keep your abstract short [more…]
