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Searching for Grant Opportunities Using Google

Peak Proposals

While a grant database is ideal for conducting prospect research, many non-profits lack access to a subscription database and instead rely on free sources such as Google and other search engines. And many databases offer additional features, like the ability to store search results and even manage grant proposals.

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Grant Professional: We Are Strong & Mighty

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

My buddy Lisa works for Westcare, which offers programs across the continuum of health and human services, programs that treat substance use, manage mental health disorders, and help those dealing with HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, and homelessness. We tease out the research that explains the community’s need. Then we do it again.

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Grant Tools, Tips, Lists, and Hacks

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Top 5 prospect research companies. But when I stop and think about it, do I really need five project management platforms, 86 ways to communicate with my clients, and 22 software programs to check my spelling and grammar? Is it just me, or are grant professionals obsessed with numbered lists? Top 8 ways to ruin a grant proposal.

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Does Revenue Diversification Actually Work for Nonprofits?

Peak Proposals

Grant management. If you are not accustomed to this level of reporting, and especially if you suddenly have several grants requiring management, you may need to hire dedicated staff to oversee them. 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.

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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. And grant management comes with its own set of hoops and nightmares. Federal grants often require hours and hours of work to assemble a proposal.

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

A Library Writer's Blog

We are using the OJS system for managing the journal submissions and review process. This journal will be published twice annually, fall and spring. Fundraising Tidbits Section —Want to share a fundraising tip with other development officers? Let us know. You can find more detailed submission information here.

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Writing Grants When You’re NOT a Grant Writer

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Typically, the individuals writing and managing grants for your organization are not people with titles like grant administrator, grant manager, or director of grants. Many workshop attendees admit that two days ago their boss told them to start looking for and writing grants because they needed money for their organization.