Philanthropy Perspectives
Finding the Right Words: Making Your Writing Matter for Your Organization
The process of writing grant proposals, fundraising letters, case statements, or other documents that describe your nonprofit can be about so much more than fundraising.
Are you REALLY ready to send out that grant proposal?
Are you REALLY ready to submit that grant proposal? Here’s a free quiz to help you figure it out!
How it’s Supposed to be Done: Lessons from the Refrigerator
Are you doing things a certain way just because you think that’s how it’s supposed to be done, even if it’s not serving you?
Questions to Ease Organizations into a New (and better) Normal
How are your organizations staff? Partners? Board members? Donors? How are YOU? We can rush our organizations towards a post-pandemic “old normal” or pause to ask questions and build a meaningful present and future.
Tricks for Getting Proposals Out the Door On Time
After 25 years of grant writing, I’ve developed some systems for getting proposals out the door on time. Here’s a peak behind the curtain.
25 Reasons Why Your Grant Proposal Didn’t Get Funded
Grant proposals are like baseball; you can’t hit a home run every time. Here are 25 reasons your proposal may not have been awarded a grant.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
