Whether you are a teacher in the classroom, a school district administrator, or a nonprofit organization, writing a winning grant to improve the education of children seems like it would be easy. What funder wouldn’t want to help kids learn? However, those who write grants...
Letters of Support and Commitment Basics Many grants now require attachments called letters of support or letters of commitment. These letters, if created well, can provide significant additional information and credibility to your proposal. Important content to include in each type of letter will be covered...
Simply put, there are three main challenges that nonprofit leaders face when trying to write grants: time, time and time. If you’re in a leadership role, you know that I’m only partially kidding! Grant writing – when done right – takes time, and I’ve never met...
I have worked with a wide variety of organizations in the last ten years, but I have found no direct program staff more reticent to write grants than classroom teachers. They, like most program staff are "too busy", "don't know how" or "not sure even...