It’s finally here! After many months of writing, editing, late nights, and tons of excitement, our 2nd book is here! Bruce Ripley and I are thrilled to say that “Granted: How to Break Into Freelance Grant Writing and Build a Business and Life You Love” is available for sale on Amazon now! What are…
Something I hear often from nonprofits that are newer to grant seeking or are maybe working on their own for the first time, without the benefit of a consultant or specialist staff member, is that they aren’t sure where to find good arts and culture grants. Never mind pulling together all the materials and actually…
We are entering the home stretch with our book, Granted: How to Break Into Freelance Grant Writing and Create a Business and Life You Love. It’s set to be released on June 18th and I and my coauthor, Bruce Ripley, are both really excited about it. If you’ve ever wanted to start your own business…
Last week I shared with you that my co-author, Bruce Ripley, and I are getting ready to publish our 2nd book though Painted Post Publications: “Granted: How to Break Into Freelance Grant Writing and Create a Business and Life You Love”. We are both really excited for this book, which is due to be released…
Grant readiness is a topic that is near and dear to my heart. For any of you who haven’t heard the term before, “Grant Readiness” refers to a nonprofit’s readiness and competitiveness to win grant awards and their capacity to manage them if they do win them. When someone contacts me for the first…
If books were the key to unlocking hopes and dreams, then the one I’m about to tell you about would help you unlock the door to a new life as a successful, grant writing business owner. Intrigued? Watch the video for more details. The book will be available in paperback and…
Responsive marketing has been around for a while now, but if you’ve never heard that term before, don’t feel bad. It’s not something that gets talked about a lot in the nonprofit sector. Which is a shame, because it could really boost engagement with nonprofit patrons and donors and who doesn’t need a little more…
I have never encountered a nonprofit that wasn’t short on time, staff, or both. It’s just the nature of the industry that we all try to do as much as possible with as little as possible. We could have a debate about whether or not that’s a good thing, but for now let’s just…
Today, most organizations in both the nonprofit and for-profit worlds have websites (and if you don’t, stop reading this article and for the love of all that’s holy, contact a web developer!). That’s great because it’s how the majority of Americans get our information. Gone are the days when the telephone book reigned supreme…
Usually when you hear the terms “equity” and “inclusion” used in the same sentence as “grant writing” it means you’re talking about writing grants which will fund programming to address imbalances and inequities in various facets of society. Or you’re writing grants to fund nonprofits whose missions directly address these things. (Or maybe you’re just…