Faith Based Organizations CAN Receive Foundation Funding
As you research grant opportunities you’ll notice on many corporate foundations’ guidelines that they don’t fund “religious...
Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with Partners
Keep it simple. It doesn’t need to involve a team of attorneys. If you partner on a grant, develop a MOU to spell out who is...
Partner Up!
Foundations prefer to fund organizations that partner with other nonprofits, businesses, schools, faith based agencies, and/or civic...
Grants are NOT a Quick Fix toward Sustainability
Typically, it takes between 90 – 180 days from the time you submit a grant proposal to receive a response. And, no foundation wants to...
Don’t Bug the Program Officer
If you’re writing a grant proposal and there is no contact information listed in that foundation’s guidelines that means THEY DON’T WANT...
Use the K.I.S.S. Principle and Leave the Acronyms Out of your Proposal
Okay, so I have a background in Emergency Management, so when I review a grant from ARC who is partnering with the local EOC to do a CPR...
Bring Sexy Back
Naming your project or program is the most important task you will face in writing an interesting grant proposal. When you go into a...
You Don’t Receive United Way Funds? No Worries.
United Ways across the nation are changing. They often do direct service by offering workforce development, after school programs, and...
Letters of Support/Partnership
About 20% of the time, funders will ask for a couple of letters of support to be uploaded or attached to your grant application. Have...
Stay Away from Government Grants Unless You Enjoy Jumping through Hoops
There was a time when multi-year, federal, state or county grants were the way to go. You could get one of those grants and rest on your...