Every grant writer has been there—it’s an unusually frustrating application, last minute leadership revisions, surprise character limits after you crafted the perfect response—the deadline is quickly approaching and as you prepare to click submit, you get a pop up, “Almost there! Upload these 10 documents to finalize your submission.” Ugh! Hopefully, you have that magic…

The biggest lie in fundraising is that grants are low hanging fruit. I cannot count how many times this comes up in conversations with newly formed nonprofits, new Board members, and leaders that are just starting to look into grants as a quick and easy funding stream. They ask, “can we just apply for the…