Grant Reporting Made Easy: Best Practices for Keeping Funders Happy
Hello Fundable Friends, You’ve secured the grant and launched your project — now comes a critical step that keeps funders confident and your organization in good standing: grant reporting. Reporting doesn’t have to be a dreaded chore. When done well, it’s a powerful...
Crafting a Winning Grant Budget: Balancing Vision and Reality
Hello Fundable Friends, Your program idea is strong, your outcomes compelling, but your grant proposal’s budget is where vision meets reality. A well-crafted budget not only shows funders you understand the financial side of your project but also that you can...
Leveraging Partnerships: Collaborate to Win Bigger Grants
Hello Fundable Friends, In the world of grants, partnerships are powerful. Collaborating with other organizations can not only expand your impact but also open doors to larger, more competitive funding opportunities. This month, we’re exploring how to build and...
Grant Policies and Procedures: More Important Than You Know
Chances are, if you are the lone grant professional at your organization, you’re swamped with work. Heck, even if you are part of a larger grant team, you’re probably overwhelmed. Everyone needs funding NOW. Which means grant prospect research and proposal development...
What is Post-Award Management?
Often, organizations are so focused on crafting and submitting grant proposals that they don’t think about what happens when the grant is awarded. Post-award work, also known as grant management, are all the activities after the grant is awarded. It includes...
The Art of Grant Renewal: Strategies to Keep Funders Coming Back
Hello Fundable Friends, You’ve secured the grant, delivered results, and demonstrated impact...now the next challenge awaits: renewing your grant funding. Renewals are often easier to win than new grants because you’ve already built trust and proven your capacity. But...
SMART Objectives & Data Collection Go Hand-in-Hand
I once heard a fundraiser tell me that grant writers are the “keepers of the lore.” In other words, we are storytellers. We understand the communities we serve; the history of our organization; and how our programs benefit individuals, families, the environment,...
Mission Fundable: Maximizing Grant Impact: Measuring Outcomes and Using Data for Growth
Hello Fundable Friends, Securing a grant is a huge win, but your work doesn’t stop there. Funders want to see real, measurable impact from their investment. That means measuring outcomes and using data not just to report, but to improve and grow your programs. This...
Partnerships for the Win!
Ah, collaboration. Everyone claims to collaborate with their community’s nonprofits, governments, school systems, and more, but do we really? Collaboration is more than meeting for lunch twice a year to complain about the state of things. True collaboration includes...
Integrating Grant Strategies: Building a Unified Approach Across Organizations
In today's competitive funding landscape, organizations must adopt a holistic approach to grant management that transcends departmental boundaries. In the latest episode of the "Grant the Mic" podcast, hosts Allison Boyd and Olivia Smith-Daugherty delve into the...