by Lauren Brownstein | Sep 21, 2022 | Writing
Something extraordinary happened: my teenage daughter told me I had a great idea. (OK, I exaggerate, but only slightly!) My daughter is a senior in high school and in the midst of the college application process. Her Common Application essay is tremendous. Truly...
by Lauren Brownstein | Sep 9, 2021 | grants, Nonprofit, Writing
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. Finding the right words to say what you do, how you do it, and why it matters will help your...
by Lauren Brownstein | Aug 4, 2019 | Fundraising, Nonprofit, Writing
Picture this: You’re meeting with a potential donor (It could be an individual donor, or it could be a foundation representative.). The meeting is going GREAT. You understand each other. Your organization’s work is in alignment with the potential...
by Lauren Brownstein | Apr 25, 2019 | Nonprofit, Writing
Say and Write What You Actually Mean Let me start by saying: I have nothing against the Gap. I have lots of clothes from the Gap. As far as I can tell, Gap, Inc. is a solid company that sells things that almost everyone I know has, or had, or will have. But this post...
by Lauren Brownstein | Apr 3, 2019 | Writing
A Case Study in Proofreading Sometimes, the internet sends you a gift. No, I’m not talking about Amazon.com. I’m talking about when you are hungry for the inspiration for your next blog post, and you stumble across something on the internet that is a big,...
by Lauren Brownstein | Apr 21, 2017 | Fundraising, Nonprofit, Writing
Over spring break, my daughter and I visited the Tenement Museum in New York City’s Lower East Side. This inventive museum, housed in a tenement apartment building that housed more than 7,000 working class immigrants over many decades, tells the story of America’s...
