Grant learning · 4 articles
Grant Writing Courses, Certificates and Training Compared
How to choose grant writing training: course or workshop, certification or certificate, beginner curricula, and what nonprofit-specific actually means.
Category hub · 8 clusters · 22 articles
Grant Writing: Templates, Funder Research and Proposal Guides
Grant writing is a sequence, not a document: decide whether a funder is worth pursuing, assemble the proposal that answers what that funder actually asks, price and evidence the program honestly, submit cleanly, and run the pipeline so deadlines are kept by a system rather than by memory. This library holds every published guide in that sequence, written for the person at a small nonprofit who carries most of it alone.
The guides are organised into clusters, each with its own hub page. Funder research covers screening with hard gates before enthusiasm. Proposal development carries the document templates, from the letter of inquiry to the core narrative. Program design and evaluation cover the logic model and evaluation plan, budgets and compliance cover the numbers and the submission mechanics, and grant operations covers tracking. The learning cluster compares courses and credentials, and the services cluster covers hiring help with the scope defined first.
The templates here are free, complete and downloadable, and no page promises an award, because nobody honest can. The Nonprofit Grant Proposal System is the method behind the templates, taught end to end.
The clusters in Grant writing
Proposal development · 8 articles
Grant Proposal Templates and Drafting Guides
Grant proposal templates with real drafting guidance: full proposal assembly, needs statements, letters of inquiry and the reusable core narrative.
Funder research · 1 article
Funder Research and Prospect Screening
How to research and screen grant funders: a fail-closed eligibility matrix, gate checks before fit scores, and dated reasons behind every pursue or drop.
Program design and evaluation · 3 articles
Logic Models and Evaluation Plans for Grants
Logic model and evaluation plan templates for grant proposals: five-column program logic, indicators with owners and baselines, and defensible outcomes.
Budgets and compliance · 3 articles
Grant Budgets and Submission Compliance
Grant budget templates with formulas and reconciliation checks, plus a submission checklist that runs from first read of the guidelines to confirmation.
Grant operations · 1 article
Grant Tracking and Pipeline Operations
Grant tracking with defined stages and owners: a free pipeline spreadsheet, and the operating discipline for deadlines, statuses and post-award duties.
Professional services · 1 article
Grant Writing Services: Scope Before Provider
How to buy grant writing services: define the scope first, compare freelancer, firm and staff options, and know what no provider can honestly promise.
Ethics and special cases · 1 article
First Grant Proposals, Ethics and Special Cases
Guidance for a first grant proposal and the unusual cases: readiness before persuasion, honest claims, and the situations standard advice does not cover.
Cornerstone articles
Grant Writing Course or Workshop: Choose by the Work You Need to FinishGrant Writing Certification vs Certificate: Know What You Are BuyingGrant Proposal Template: Nine Sections, Format Rules, and a Free SkeletonLogic Model Template for a Grant ProposalNeeds Statement Template for a Grant ProposalGrant Budget Template With Formulas and Reconciliation ChecksEvaluation Plan Template for a Grant ProposalLetter of Inquiry Template for a Foundation GrantGrant Eligibility Matrix With Fail-Closed GatesCore Grant Narrative Template for a NonprofitGrant Submission Checklist From First Read to ConfirmationGrant Tracking Spreadsheet With Defined Stages and OwnersGrant Writing Services: Choose the Scope Before the ProviderYour First Grant Proposal: Build Readiness Before Persuasion