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…]
How to Compose Your Grant Application's Management Plan
The management plan of your grant application tells the grant reviewer who’s accountable to whom. It clearly shows where the buck stops when questions arise from the funder. In your management plan, the [more…]
How to Organize Your Grant Application's Attachments
The attachments to your grant application go in a specific order. For most government grant applications, the attachments are compiled in the order that you refer to them in the narrative you construct [more…]
How to Submit Your Grant Application Electronically on Grants.gov
E-grants are the only way to submit your funding request to many corporations and foundations, as well as to most government agencies, especially the federal government. [more…]
Knowing Where to Look for Grant Funding
Before you can write a grant proposal, you need to know who’s interested in funding projects similar to the one you’re proposing for funding. Do your homework to locate as many potential grant-funding [more…]
Writing Effective Grant Proposals
To make your grant writing stand out from other proposals, you have to know how to write grants effectively. Do some research for your specific grant proposal and incorporate the following guidelines to [more…]
Grant Writing and Funding Websites
Grant websites have largely replaced weekly trips to the library as the best way of finding grant-funding opportunities. You can also submit the grant applications you write to the funder online. The following [more…]
Maximizing Your Chances at Winning a Grant
A good grant writer spends hours researching and drafting a winning grant application. You don’t want to give a funder the chance to reject your funding request. To increase your chances at winning the [more…]
Grant Writing For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Building your grant writing skills is the best way to secure funding for your organization. The keys to finding grant-funding opportunities and writing award-winning grant proposals are knowing where to [more…]
How to Research Prospective Donors to Your Nonprofit
Find out as much as possible about a prospective contributor to your nonprofit organization before you send a fundraising letter, submit a proposal, or visit a corporate giving director. Do you have anything [more…]
How to Use the Foundation Center to Find Nonprofit Grants
Over the past 60 years, information about funding sources for nonprofits has become increasingly available to the public. One milestone in this movement was the creation of the [more…]
How to Search the Foundation Center’s Grant Information for Your Nonprofit
Foundation research for nonprofit grant funding opportunities generally has two phases: Developing a broad list of prospects, and then refining that list until you find the likeliest sources. Here are [more…]
How to Determine the Best Grant Prospects for Your Nonprofit
It’s time to take your broad list of prospects for grants to your nonprofit and find out more about each of those prospects. See what you can discover from the following sources: [more…]
How to Pursue Federal Government Grants for Your Nonprofit
To pursue government funds for your nonprofit organization, you should look at Grants.gov. Grants.gov only covers federal grant programs. If you’re seeking personal financial assistance, follow the links [more…]
How to Get Started on a Grant Proposal for Your Nonprofit
Generally, a grant writer for a nonprofit organization develops a proposal by talking with staff members, volunteers, or the board about a project idea. The writer builds the members’ enthusiasm and refines [more…]
How to Write a Nonprofit Grant Cover Letter and Summary
Technically, the cover letter isn’t part of the proposal narrative for the grant application for your nonprofit. It’s attached to the top of the proposal where it serves as an introduction to the document’s [more…]
How to Introduce Your Nonprofit Agency in a Grant Proposal
Some nonprofit grant proposals contain introductions.Others contain background information sections. Choose which to use by following the preferences of your funding source or, if no preference is given [more…]
How to Describe the Need in Your Nonprofit’s Grant Application
A grant writer begins to shape the argument behind the nonprofit’s proposal plan in the problem statement or a statement of need. Generally a writer prepares a problem statement when proposing a new relationship [more…]
How to Set Nonprofit Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes in Your Grant Application
After the grant writer has described a problem in ways that interest the reader’s concerns, the next step is to introduce what the nonprofit can achieve if it takes on the proposed project. [more…]
How to Present Your Nonprofit’s Project Idea in a Grant Proposal
The project idea section of your nonprofit’s grant application answers the question Who will do what to whom over what period of time? If you’re writing your proposal for a research project, generally [more…]
How to Establish Evaluation Criteria for a Nonprofit Grant Proposal
If the grant writer has carefully shaped the goals, objectives, and outcomes section of the proposal, the nonprofit’s desired project results are clear. The [more…]
How to Discuss the Budget in a Nonprofit Grant Proposal
Because a proposal is a request for money for the nonprofit, your proposal should present information about project costs and the other funding that’s available. [more…]
How to Include an Additional Funding Plan in a Nonprofit Grant Application
When writing grant applications, your nonprofit should follow the age-old concept of not putting all your eggs in one basket. Between many foundations’ reluctance to pay for 100 percent of a project’s [more…]
How to Compile an Appendix for a Nonprofit Grant Application
Not all nonprofit grant proposals include a conclusion.Some writers feel that a conclusion is repetitive and unnecessary. On the other hand, if the proposal ends with a discussion of future and additional [more…]
