How Do I Find a Great Grant Writer? How do I Know a Grant Writer is a True Grant Professional? You want to hire the best grant professional you can find. You want a good return on investment and the best possible outcomes for your grant seeking efforts. How do you assess an individual’s knowledge-base, performance abilities, integrity and ethical standards as they relate to the grant development process? How do you know that they are capable of making informed decisions about relevance of funding opportunities to programming and the real needs of your constituents and your organization? You turn to…read more →
6 SIGNS YOU MIGHT NEED A GRANT CONSULTANT Do you need to hire a Grant Consultant If you are experiencing one or more of these situations you might need to hire a Grant Consultant: Denied funding No Grant Strategy Limited funding threatens organization or programs Highly competitive grants No time, No GPC Taking it to the next level Your organization has been denied grants throughout in-house attempts. You have done your very best to secure grants. You hear from the funder that your application was denied. Telling your Board or your Mayor or – the worst – your…read more →
Top 3 Reasons for Government Social Media Why is your local government on social media? Why is your mayor tweeting? Are you surprised to see your community development agency posting on Facebook? Why are local Governments Embracing Social Media? When a 5.9 earthquake hit near Richmond, Virginia on August 23rd, 2011, residents and first responders in New York City read about the quake as Twitter feeds exploded with news of the quake 30 seconds before they experienced the actual quake themselves, giving emergency personnel more response time and many citizens the opportunity to find a safer location. The City of San Francisco released…read more →
Grants and Social Media Two Paths or One Direction? It depends on your perspective. I work in what most people would consider 2 very distinct fields. I believe they are the same. I am a Grant Professional and I am a Social Media Strategist. I believe that Grants and Social Media are the same because they both key into one of the most important human drives: the desire to connect. My Passion for Being a Connector I like being a grant consultant because I like to help others make the connections they need to see their vision become a reality….read more →
How Do You Measure Grant Success? What does it take to be successful as a Grant Professional? How do organizations hire and evaluate grant professionals? We put this topic to the Grantchat community and – of course – it was a great success! Why are award rates so low now? Grant success rates vary by industry and by type of grant, such as community development, education, technical studies and family foundations. (Grant geek – numbers and acronym alert – next paragraph) The National Institute of Health success rate report shows a drop in the percent of applicants successfully receiving award went from…read more →
The following is a portion of our June 2014 Grant Ready post on Grantchat.org Link to full article. Are You Grant Ready? You are a Do Good organization! You have an amazing program, great staff, super-human volunteers and you serve a community in need – all you need is a grant! Right? You’ve got that proverbial ball rolling! On your way to doing good you stop by your grant professional's office or call a consultant to keep it rolling; but when they ask you about annual reports, audits, IRS documents, needs assessments….all that ‘rolling’ feels like it comes to a screeching halt. We are…read more →
Spring into Grant Connections This is our second blog in an exciting partnership blog link group “Linky Party” with esteemed grant writers from across the country, including Jana Jane Hexter, Diane Leonard, Heather Stombaugh, and Mark Whitacre. Click on the links throughout this article to read their fascinating and educational perspectives on Grants in springtime. Look for more Linky Party articles in the future! How-Do-You-Do? In the Upper Midwest, for nearly 6 months, we rarely see our neighbors. During our sub-zero winters, when we do venture outside for a walk in the neighborhood we are unrecognizable anonymous bundles of…read more →
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