The Grant Goddess Speaks. . .

I had an evaluation contract recently to evaluate an organization's safe schools programs. My job was to evaluate the degree to which ...

I like to think I am a pretty organized person. I like knowing where to find things. I tend to put my keys and wallet in the same place each...

I'm stuck in a very difficult position with one of my evaluation clients right now. I have a report due very soon and there are some poo...

I usually like to publish positive tips for improving your grant writing skills, but every now and then I come across such a great example o...

Excellent writing fascinates me because it is so powerful. I believe that writers are born. But even born writers must be trained. I was a w...

I attended a script writing seminar recently in Los Angeles. I went because I wanted to see what writers from another genre talk about and I...

I’ve worked as a consultant for many years now and one thing I know is that establishing trust with clients is important. I’ve watched many...

Refreshing your brain is important for anyone who, a) has one, b) must use it to make a living. Keep close to Nature's heart... and bre...

In the broadest terms, grant writing is like fiction writing because the grant writer describes a future state that results from delivery of...

I started writing grants in about 1995 during what I have come to think of as the Golden Age of education grant writing. Government grants w...

Here are just ten of the scores of things you might want to use your summer months to accomplish.   Since summer tends to be a bit of a lull...

On Sunday I attended an elegant house-warming and BBQ in the wine country with a friend. During the party, I had an interesting conversation...

One of the key attributes our clients seek in a grant writer is a positive attitude. Agencies and managers who seek grants customarily d...

I am enjoying my coffee and my Al Stewart station on Pandora, it’s a nice little interlude in the day. This blog is about the importance of ...

The deadline is coming, it’s less than 36 hours away. Your narrative is coming along, but you aren’t confident about it yet. You haven’t rec...

There are lots of possible reasons why a grant isn’t funded. Obvious ones are things like missing the deadline (I want no scuses Lucy), the ...

1. Being paid to write. 2. Finding money to fund energy and ideas. 3. Helping other people achieve their dreams. 4. Supporting worthwh...

Grant Writers are either hero or goat depending on the outcome of our latest application. It is a fact of the profession that our best effor...