Kimberly Hays de Muga

Amanda and I have known each other for YEARS and started podcasting together in 2018.  Back then, “should I let a robot write my grant?” wasn't a question anyone was asking. Now it comes up in nearly every training we lead, from brand-new grant writers who assume AI...

And now for a bit of good news...You may recall Amanda and I having a lot to say and write over the last few weeks about the proposed changes to the OMB/Uniform Guidance, and how they would politicize grant making and hamstring the abilities of nonprofits and local...

If I had a dollar for every board member or executive director who told me, "we're a nonprofit, we can't do advocacy," I could fund a small foundation myself. Here's the short version: advocacy and lobbying are not the same thing. Advocacy is a broad effort to support...

If you touch federal grants in any way—direct recipient, subrecipient, or pass-through entity—I need you to put down your coffee, because OMB just proposed a major overhaul of 2 CFR Part 200, the Uniform Guidance. This is the rulebook governing how we apply for,...

For better or worse, grant applications with character and word counts instead of page limits are the new norm for most online proposals. And yes, I have been writing grants long enough to remember white-knuckled trips to the post office, emergency toner runs, and...

When I first landed in a grant writing role where capital campaigns were part of the job description, I was equal parts excited and terrified. It was giving major figure it out energy. Sound familiar? So, when Amanda and I got to interview Steven Shattuck, Director of...

HayDay Services is bringing you a series of “how-to” articles related to successful grant prospect research. Part 4: Go/No Go Decision Guide When Grants Aren’t Worth Chasing Nonprofits and local governments are stretched thin, budgets are tight, and leadership is...

If you have written even one grant, you know the feeling. The deadline is looming, your proposal is half-finished, and you’re still missing the vital bits of information for the budget, or the objectives, or the evaluation, or anything in between. The truth is,...

You probably already know that 501(c)3s are not the only organizations doing meaningful work in communities. But how often do we actually stop to map the full landscape? Amanda and I tackled a whirlwind overview of nonprofit-adjacent organizations in the latest...

Here's what I know from decades in this field: grant writers have been conditioned to see themselves as separate from the fundraising team. Back office. Siloed. Tapping away on their ancient keyboards while major gift officers get the glory. (If a little rant or two...