Grant awards are contracts: accepting funds means committing to funder terms, fulfilling promises, and maintaining trust for future opportunities.

How is grant management like holiday gift-giving? From clear requests to thoughtful thank-yous, get practical tips to secure and manage funding effectively.

Here are a few of my tricks to deal with restrictive character limits, plus a few other considerations to take into account when writing grants.

Here are some ways you can go “back to school” in the grants profession.

Here are my five strategies for overcoming the grant professional’s nemesis: writer’s block.

After Florida’s governor vetoed the state’s entire arts budget, nonprofits have scrambled to make up the difference. What if it happens to your organization?

Almost every grant application and report will ask for a budget. Rather than putting it off for last, you should *start* with the budget. (Hear me out!)

I had no experience or formal training in grants when I wrote my first grant proposal 15+ years ago. Here are three things I’d go back in time to tell myself!

While it’s easy to focus on the big numbers of a grant program, establishing key performance indicators can help set realistic goals and reduce burnout.

With so many grants out there, how do you decide which ones to pursue?

Considering you have limited resources and time, funder research is critical in helping you decide which funding opportunities to pursue. While public grants can be a bureaucratic maze, researching private funders can feel like it takes serious investigation. Read on for the difference between public and private funders.

What I’ve learned on the road (and in running my own business) is that I need to learn how to exist in discomfort. For me, discomfort comes in the uncontrollable.

Too busy to read a funder’s entire 990-PF? Here are my favorite shortcuts.

You’re just a few steps away from receiving monthly messages tailored to busy nonprofit executive directors. And who doesn’t love a checklist?

Nonprofits are accustomed to providing demographics about the populations they serve, but funders want more demographic information than ever before. Is your nonprofit ready to answer funders’ questions?

Here are the three top grant mistakes I’ve seen and ways to avoid them.

There are a variety of paid and free grant opportunity search engines available. Here are a few of my favorite ways to find new grant opportunities, plus some tips and tricks.

Lessons from 18 months as a full-time RVer and digital nomad

Part 4 of a four-part series that addresses questions you can use to evaluate whether grants are the next step for your organization. Are there other fundraising mechanisms you should pursue?

Working harder, not smarter? Here are five topics your nonprofit and grants team can consider to work more efficiently.