- September 3, 2013Last year, Isaac noted this about the vaunted Race to the Top-District competition: Perhaps the strangest aspect of this oddball…
- August 19, 2013We've written innumerable proposals for programs to give students computers or access to computers. Some, like "Goals 2000," have already…
- August 4, 2013Many nonprofits think they should try hard to develop "relationships" with funders, particularly with foundations and, to a lesser extent,…
- July 8, 2013We've gotten a number of e-mails and comments over the years in which people say we're cynical or worse.* But…
- June 23, 2013Faithful readers will remember previous posts we've written about "Tools of the Trade—What a Grant Writer Should Have" and "Tools,…
- May 12, 2013The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)…
- May 2, 2013Despite sequestration and budget worries, the Feds are churning out a new grant program every month or so; today, let's…
- April 24, 2013I got my first federal RFP amended last week. It's a bit like being blooded when you're in the Mafia:…
- April 14, 2013Despite all the teeth gnashing and flailing of arms over the recent sequestration non-calamity, the Department of Labor has found…
- April 7, 2013Many RFPs ask for data that simply doesn't exist—presumably because the people writing the RFPs don't realize how hard it…
