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Develop a grants calendar to stay on top of deadlines

Professional Grant Writer

The post Develop a grants calendar to stay on top of deadlines appeared first on Professional Grant Writer. If you’ve written grants for a while, you’ve probably experienced it: that sinking feeling when you realize — or your employer tells you.

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Grant Professional: We Are Strong & Mighty

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

We tease out the research that explains the community’s need. We develop proposals that demonstrate what is going on and how we can help, usually within a minimal character count within an online portal that was not meant for grant applications. We match the right funding programs to our organization’s programming.

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CFP: Journal of Advancement, Communication, and Development in Academic Libraries #OpenAccess

A Library Writer's Blog

The Journal of Advancement, Communication, and Development in Academic Libraries (open access journal) publishes articles that offer strategies and case studies for practical application of strategic fundraising and communication in academic libraries. This journal will be published twice annually, fall and spring. Tell us all about it.

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Practical Ways to Use AI in 2024

Grants4Good

From prospect research to meeting notetaking, AI can help with routine activities, allowing you to focus on the more strategic aspects of your nonprofit work. Use AI to develop initial drafts quickly but always review and edit content to align with your voice and values. Try out these prompts and make up your own.

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Dear Private Funders, Take a Cue from the Feds, Pretty Please

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Our friends at grants.gov have created a FREE central clearing house for grant prospect research related to federal grants – both current and days gone by. The ones with websites don’t always offer very much information; many don’t even provide you with a process for applying to their funding.

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Does Revenue Diversification Actually Work for Nonprofits?

Peak Proposals

You may not have a good sense of this until you do some preliminary research, so the first step is to engage in prospect research. Prospect research is the term used for researching potential funders using tools like a funder database. Another cost to be aware of related to fundraising is legal fees.

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The Right Time to Apply for a Grant

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Together, we navigated the choppy seas of registration through login.gov, sam.gov, and grants.gov for the executive director (ED) and the chief development officer. After extensive prospect research, we had identified this opportunity and added it to the grants calendar.