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This week, I’m going to teach you how to write winning grants with this 5-step How to Write a Grant Proposal.  This will help you with your confidence if you are a beginner grant writer or even an advanced grant writer.

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So if you’re a new grant writer, but you aren’t sure how you can write winning grants, or you’re an experienced grant writer looking to understand the basic formula of all grant structure, you’ll discover how grant writers like you and me can write winning grants – and why it’s critical you focus on this right now.

In last week’s podcast, we talked about a process for creating award-winning grant applications.  I shared how this is going to immediately help you simplify grant lingo, so you feel less overwhelmed, check out Grant Language Made Easy.  So, if you listened to that podcast go back and watch it now – and then come back to this one.

This week I am going to build on what we discussed by sharing the #1 thing you must master if you want to write winning grants.  Think of this as your “first step” towards making this happen.

This is an entirely new way of thinking about grant writing, so you will want to pay close attention.

I am also going to share how to write a budget.  When you know how to do this, you will know exactly what funding you can request.

The goal is to break you free of being unsure of how to ask for money.  This way, you will never have to worry about how to write winning grants which means you’ll with your confidence if you are a freelance grant writer or write a grant for a specific nonprofit.

We have got a lot to cover today, so be sure to have your pen and paper ready to take notes as you follow along.

Any time you are trying to write winning grants, it is inevitable you’ll hit roadblocks.  You might have experienced some of them already.

Things like pulling out your hair, staring at a blank screen, and even not even knowing where to start.

Well, here is what I know to be true: if any of this sounds familiar, it’s totally normal.

But if you simply accept this at face value, you will never write winning grants.

And I know where you are coming from.  I get that it feels like some of this is out of your hands.

It’s frustrating to come up against these things – again and again.  I’ve been there myself, and I’ve seen other Grant Writers go through the same thing.

And it’s especially stressful because you know that getting past these challenges is key in helping you write winning grants.

So, in this podcast and article, I’m going to make it easy for you.  I’ll help you avoid these usual headaches by showing you the simple steps I follow to write winning grants which will save you lots of frustration.

So let’s get into the meat and potatoes of today’s article and podcast with these 5 Hacks to Write a Grant Proposal.

Okay, so when starting to write a grant application the first thing you need to do is:

#1) Get the Funding Opportunity Announcement or Request for Proposal

I never start with a blank page because I copy and paste what it is in the FOA for the criteria directly into my Word document or Google doc.

Firstly, I do this because I need to make sure the nonprofit is eligible for the grant program, but secondly, I do this because I am writing in response to what the funding source has requested. Now if you spend time writing a flowery narrative but it includes WAY more (or none) of the information requested the funding source is going to be a bit frustrated.

Sound harsh?

It is the truth and it’s not meant to be mean at all. A lot of these funding sources receive hundreds of applications and they need to follow