HayDay Services is bringing you a series of “how-to” articles related to successful grant prospect research. Part 1: Establish Funding Priorities Whenever a new employee or consultant shows up with the word “grant” in their title, they tend to become everyone’s new...
With a military dad, my family moved about every 3 years from my birth until I graduated from college. It’s all I knew – packing up, starting over, and making the best of every new location. I often wonder if I would have been more introverted if not forced to figure...
Spoiler alert: grant writing is so much more than writing. Building and maintaining funder relationships is a big part of your role as a grant and/or nonprofit professional. We’re joined by Carolyn Caldwell to talk about how to best build such relationships. JOIN THE...
I cannot remember a time when I wasn’t reading or being read to. As I grew, writing felt so familiar and right. But math? Not so much. Something warm and wonderful in the universe had helped me test out of even having to take a single math course as an...
It is unethical for a grant professional to charge a percentage of the grant award. FULL STOP. And I get it; so many people do not understand the world of grants. Clients ask all the time – can I just pay you a percentage of the grant? Many industries work that way –...
Can I just charge you a percentage of the grant once it gets awarded? If you’ve worked long enough as a consultant, you’ve gotten that question at least once. Today we’re sharing why that is against the grant professional code of ethics, and how to handle the...
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