Grant Writing

Audit season. Isn’t that everyone’s favorite time of year? Whether your fiscal year ends June 30, September 30, December 31, or some other date, it’s the time of year when an organization’s accountants, budget officers, finance staff, leadership, and grant...

Back in my day (yes, I’m officially old enough to start stories with this fun phrase), writing a college paper was an ordeal. Research took days with the card catalogues at the library. First, and sometime second, drafts were written by hand. Once I finally had the...

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 5: Reading a 990 For the first 15 years of my career, I worked in local government. I could bore you for hours with my knowledge about federal grant...

More often than not, I find myself frustrated with the work of foundations. If you’ve written a grant or two, you have probably already experienced $1,000 grant requests that take 30 hours to complete, problematic portals, funders who expect a diverse board even...

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,...

HayDay Services is bringing you a series of “how-to” articles related to successful grant prospect research. Part 3: Public Funding Two weeks ago, I shared insights about private grant funding, and if you missed that blog post, you can read all about it HERE. Today...

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...

HayDay Services is bringing you a series of “how-to” articles related to successful grant prospect research. Part 2: Private Funding When it comes to grant funding, you have two options: Private or Public. Today’s blog post focuses on private grants, which include...