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6/20/2025

How To Get Into Grant Writing: The Diverse Career Paths of 8 Grant Professionals

Discover how to break into grant writing through unconventional career paths. Learn from eight grant professionals about their unique journeys and find inspiration for starting your own career in this rewarding field.

6/21/2025

4 Ways to Supercharge Your Grants with Volunteer Metrics

Learn why volunteer metrics matter and how they can supercharge your grant proposals. Discover the importance of utilizing volunteer data, effective tracking methods, and aligning metrics with grant objectives. Gain insights from successful case studies and explore how Instrumentl streamlines grant management. Presented by Geng Wang, CEO & Co-Founder of Civic Champs.

6/21/2025

Beyond the Trend: AI in Grant Seeking

Join us for an insightful panel discussion featuring Krista Kurlinkus and Margit Brazda Poirier as they delve into the world of AI and its profound impact on grantseeking. Discover real-world applications of AI in the grants field, gain insights into navigating potential pitfalls, and uncover time-saving techniques to enhance your grant writing process. Most importantly, engage with our experts and audience as we address your burning questions about AI. Whether you're skeptical or enthusiastic about AI, this discussion promises to shed light on its possibilities and provide valuable guidance for navigating this transformative technology.

6/19/2025

5 Tips For Using AI To Write Grants: 4 Experts Putting It To The Test

These days, it feels like Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. We spoke to four industry experts to learn how they are—or are not—using AI to support their grant-seeking efforts.

6/19/2025

6 Ways to Make Your Letter of Inquiry Stand Out To Funders

Learn how to write compelling Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) with practical advice from grant experts. Discover essential tips from recorded events with Arnisha Johnson and Margit Brazda Poirier to increase your chances of success in securing funding for your nonprofit.

6/19/2025

How to Find Foundations Giving Grants To Nonprofits Like Yours

Explore how to uncover potential funders by leveraging Instrumentl's Recipient Profiles feature. Discover funding opportunities from foundations supporting organizations similar to yours.

6/19/2025

How To Win Grants: 8 Grant Writing Tactics That Raise Millions

Unlock the secrets to becoming a game-changing grants professional with insights from industry experts who have secured millions in funding. Learn from their years of experience.

6/19/2025

Best Practices & Strategies for Securing Invite-Only Funding

To provide nonprofits with advanced, thoughtful recommendations on finding and building relationships with invite-only funders.

6/19/2025

Rounding Up the Best Grant Management Training Courses and Resources

Grants management is a complex field that requires specialized knowledge and skills. This article highlights the top grants management training courses, workshops, and self-guided resources available to help grants managers enhance their skills and expertise.

6/19/2025

Why You Shouldn't Use Deficit Based Language In Your Grant Proposals

Discover the transformative impact of shifting from deficit-based to asset-based language in your nonprofit communication and grant proposals. Learn why this change matters and how to effectively make the transition.

6/19/2025

How to Respond to RFPs: Crafting a Winning Response

In this extensive guide, we dive into the strategies that can elevate your nonprofit's effectiveness in RFP responses. Grant-seeking has evolved in the nonprofit sector, becoming competitive and nuanced.

6/19/2025

Grant Application Guidelines: A Comprehensive Guide for 2025

From deciphering grant objectives to managing eligibility, this guide provides a comprehensive roadmap to confidently navigate the grant application process.

6/19/2025

A Comprehensive Guide for Cold Email Fundraising [+Templates]

This guide unveils the essential steps to success, revealing the secrets of impactful cold emails and offering actionable tips to boost open and click-through rates. Plus, gain access to specialized cold email fundraising templates designed for nonprofits.

6/19/2025

How to Prepare for a Nonprofit Interview (5 Tips Included)

You scored an interview with a new nonprofit organization. You’re ready to save the world and get paid to do it! Now all you have to do is ace the interview to get the job.

6/21/2025

Fundraise Awesomer! A Practical Guide to Staying Sane While Doing Good w/ Patrick Kirby

In this 1-hour special workshop hosted by Instrumentl, you’ll get clarity on how to make the job of fundraising as awesome as it can be and learn a simple and easy-to-understand "5 Day Fundraising Framework" to organize your fundraising life.

6/19/2025

The Best Grant Writing Exercises to Improve Your Grants

Get the best compilation of 15 grant writing practice prompts, worksheets, blogs, and more to take your grant writing skills to the next level.

6/19/2025

How to Write a Nonprofit Press Release in 7 Steps (With Examples)

Learn step-by-step how to write a successful nonprofit press release with real-life examples.

6/21/2025

Tips from a Former Grantmaker: Live Proposal Review w/ Shavonn Richardson

In this one hour workshop, Shavonn Richardson, founder and CEO of Thank and Ink Grants, digs into how to set your proposal up for success before you even start writing, how to make your proposals more competitive, and common mistakes to avoid.

6/19/2025

7 Steps to Write an Annual Appeal Letter for Nonprofits in 2025

In this blog post, discover what an annual appeal letter is, its importance to your nonprofit, and 7 expert tips to write one effectively.

6/19/2025

How to Write a Fundraising Appeal Letter in 2025

A fundraising appeal letter is crucial to your funding success. Learn how to write a fundraising appeal letter that moves the needle in these 5 proven steps.

6/19/2025

Grant Professional Certification: Fees, FAQ & 5 Study Tips to Crush It

Learn everything you need to know about grant professional certification, including eligibility, fees, and 5 proven study tips to succeed.

6/19/2025

How to Write a Grant: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide

In this blog post, discover the 9 essential components of a good grant proposal and learn the timeless tips and tricks to make yours stand out (along with 4 extra resources).

6/19/2025

Writing Powerful Performance Indicators w/ Lori Foltz Fabian

In this 1 hour special workshop hosted by Instrumentl, you'll learn how to set your nonprofit up for success with funders by designing accurate and achievable performance indicators.

6/21/2025

How To Effectively Manage Your Grants Department With A Lean Team w/ Sheleia Phillips

In this 1 hour special workshop hosted by Instrumentl, you’ll be able to leverage automation and cloud systems, facilitate cross-departmental collaboration, and create basic workflows and plug-and-play grant templates.

6/21/2025

How to Write a Compelling LOI w/ Arnisha Johnson

In this 1-hour special workshop hosted by Instrumentl, you’ll be able to know what an LOI is and why it is important to the grant writing process, how to obtain the key elements necessary for an LOI, and how to understand the construction of an LOI.

6/21/2025

Data Isn't Just for Science! 5+ Secrets to Writing Evidence-Based Grants w/ Amanda Faye Lipsey

In this 1 hour special workshop hosted by Instrumentl, you’ll be able to find evidence-based data and evidence-based means, how to read and understand the data, and how to summarize evidence-based data and use it to support/justify your grant proposal.

6/21/2025

Make New Friends But Keep the Old: A Case for Consistent Prospecting w/ Amy Mauser

In this 1 hour special workshop hosted by Instrumentl, you’ll be able to build a funnel and know who goes in, how to steward funders, and how to add new prospect.

6/21/2025

How to Craft Effective Letters of Inquiry w/ Margit Brazda Poirier

In this 60-minute grant writing deep-dive session, Margit Brazda-Poirier shares her 1-page formula for writing LOIs that get attention from funders every time and we dive deep into two registrants' draft LOIs for feedback.

6/19/2025

How to Cite a Nonprofit Grant Proposal

This post details why citing sources are so important for grant proposals and then five steps you can take to do so correctly.

6/21/2025

Setting Grant Targets Through Your Prospect Research w/ Rachel Werner

In this 1-hour special workshop hosted by Instrumentl, you’ll be able to examine the criteria for weighing low, medium, and high-level priority prospects and how this can feed into dashboard data and your fundraising plan.

6/19/2025

The Best Grant Writing Software for Nonprofits

Discover the best grant writing software and learn how to choose the right one for you as a nonprofit representative or consultant (or both!).

6/19/2025

Ideas for Grant Proposals: 7 Ways to Come Up with Them

This post explores what makes a great grant proposal, 7 easy ways to come up with grant proposal ideas, and where you can find inspiration for grant proposals.

6/19/2025

5 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Writing an Executive Summary (and How to Fix Them)

Curious about the most common mistakes when it comes to writing executive summaries? Read on in this post as we dig into errs folks make, as well as how to make sure you avoid making the same mistakes!

6/19/2025

15 Key Components of a Winning Grant Proposal

This post explores the common structure of grant proposals along with what is most important for grant proposals to help you level up your grant writing.

6/19/2025

Storytelling for Nonprofits: 45 Powerful Examples & Tips

In this blog post, we will explore exactly what to do to tell your organization’s story, delving into the most comprehensive list of 45 organizational storytelling examples and tips.

6/19/2025

27 Proven Grant Writing Examples for Every Nonprofit +Tips

This post dives into the 21 best grant writing examples to show you how to compose an impactful cover, make your case for support, and weave data into your proposal, among many other actionable tips.

6/21/2025

How to Use Logic Models to Show Outcomes from Correlations w/ Steve Boland

In this 1-hour webinar (with 15 minutes Q&A), Steve Boland will share with you how to use logic models to show outcomes from correlations.

6/19/2025

How to Optimize Your Grant Application and Win More Funding: Cobb Community Foundation (Ep. 1)

​Want to win more grants for your nonprofit? Struggling to figure out how to position your nonprofit in the best light possible for grantmakers? ​If you're trying to take a deep dive and learn what grantmakers are looking for in their applicants, this podcast interview episode is for you.

6/19/2025

3 Examples of Grant Budgets That Will Win Over Funders [With Template]

Explore various budget types and real-world examples and gain insights from seasoned grant professionals. Plus, access a downloadable budget template.

6/19/2025

How to Build a Logic Model for Grants

In this post, we'll explore what are logic models for grants, when you should use them, five simple steps to build your own logic model, and then set you up with tips to help you build your own.

6/19/2025

24 Tips for Stronger Grant Proposals

In this post, we'll dig into what makes a strong grant proposal, effective tips you can use to plan grant proposals better, and give you techniques you can use to bolster your proposals.

6/19/2025

How to Write the First Draft of a Grant Narrative

This post digs into what is a grant narrative and why are they important, how to write your first draft in five steps, and how long a grant narrative often is.

6/19/2025

Grant Writing Basics, 11 Things You Need to Know

In this article, you'll learn the basics of grant writing, the most common sections of grants, and what to do before and during the grant writing process.

6/19/2025

Is This Grant Worth Pursuing? 7 Signs It Is

In this post, we'll explore whether or not grants are worth all the effort, the seven signs to help you determine if a grant is worth pursuing, and bonus tips for when and when not to pursue a grant.

6/19/2025

Grant Narrative Tips: The Ultimate 2025 List

This article will describe what a grant narrative is, what the keys to an effective grant narrative are, the best tips & tricks for making your narrative stand out, and some additional resources to help you in developing your grant narrative.

6/19/2025

Transforming Grant Rejection Letter into Future Success

In this post, you will learn how to respond to rejection letters by learning how to move on and improve your proposals. We also include several samples of responses to rejections.

6/21/2025

You Found a Grant! Now, What's Next? with Shavonn Richardson

In this 1-hour webinar (with 15 minutes Q&A), Shavonn Richardson, founder of Think and Ink Grant Consulting, will share with you how to take action today and develop a proven reusable strategy for every grant your organization finds.

6/19/2025

How to Write Grant Reports [Template]

This article explores what a grant report is, what should be included in your grant report, five easy steps to write a grant report, and sample grant reporting templates.

6/19/2025

Sample Grant Rejection Letters: Examples & What to Do

This article will explore what a grant rejection letter is, various examples of grant rejection letters, how to understand your rejection letter, and some of the top reasons grant applications are rejected.

6/19/2025

The Grant Proposal Template Experts Use To Raise More: [Free Download]

In this post, we'll dig into what grant proposal templates are, how to use them, and give you specific examples to get a head start on building your grant proposal template library.

6/19/2025

How Much Money Can I Ask This Foundation For? How To Determine The Size of A Grant Request

Knowing how much to ask for in a grant can be stressful. This post explores 3 factors to ask when figuring out how much to ask for. We'll dig into tools you can use starting today to know exactly what you should ask for in your next grant application.

6/19/2025

How to Write a Cover Letter for Your Grant Proposal

In this post, we dig into answering what are cover letters for grant proposals, what makes a good cover letter vs. a bad one, three examples of cover letters for grant proposals, and more.

6/19/2025

Guide to Becoming a Grant Writer: Expert Advice From Seasoned Professionals

Wondering how to become a grant writer? In this post, we explore why grant writing makes for a great career, 7 steps to become a grant writer, and answer frequently asked questions on becoming a grant writer.

6/19/2025

How to Manage Grants in 2025 [Checklist]

This post explores must-dos when it comes to grant management, best practices to adopt when tackling grant management and how to manage a grant.

6/19/2025

How to Write An Executive Summary For Your Grant Proposal

Are you curious why executive summaries are important? In this post, we explore the answer to that question along with how to write an executive summary step-by-step. You'll leave with clear examples you can reference as well!

6/19/2025

What Does a Grant Writer Do? A Day in the Life of a Grant Writer

Grant writers research, draft, and submit proposals for funding. But they do a lot more. In this article, we outline what grant writers do in their day-to-day.

6/19/2025

How To Perfect Your Needs Statement

Wondering how to write an effective needs statement? In this post, we dig into what makes a needs statement powerful, good vs. bad needs statement examples and how to get started writing a good needs statement.

6/22/2025

Grant Writing Calendar: How to Better Manage Your Grants

In this post, we explore what a grant calendar is, how to create a template for yourself in managing your grants, and how to use Instrumentl as your ultimate grant calendar.

6/19/2025

How Many Grants Should I Apply For to Raise $1M? 6 Steps to Find Out

Learn how to use Instrumentl to set and achieve grant application goals, guiding nonprofits through a step-by-step process to manage and reach specific fundraising targets, like $1 million. Optimize your grant strategy with these actionable insights.

6/19/2025

The Best Grant Writing Books of 2025

Whether you're new or experienced in grant writing, having the right resources can be helpful for you to make sure you're set up for success. In this post, we dig into what some of our favorite grant writing books are to check out as you master the art of grant writing.

6/19/2025

How to Write a General Operating Grant Proposal in 2025

In this post, we'll dig into what general operating support is, give you tips to write an effective general operating grant proposal, and leave you with clear examples of general operating support grant proposals.

6/19/2025

The Best Grant Writing Podcasts of 2025

Looking for your next great listen? In this article, we dig into what the best beginner friendly grant writing podcasts are, what the best listens for consultants and agencies are as well as the best podcasts for EDs and nonprofit leaders.

6/19/2025

How To Get Noticed By Invite-Only Grant Funders

In this post, we break down all your questions about invite-only funders, teach you how to get invitations from these funders, and tell you what mistakes to avoid making when approaching invitation-only funders.

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