- August 27, 2011A recent email from a prospective client got me to thinking about the best time to prospect and apply for…
- August 21, 2011When you find an ambiguity or outright contradiction in an RFP, it's time to contact the Program Officer, whose phone…
- August 6, 2011Have you ever wondered where grant programs come from, like a child asking about the nature of baby making? Programs…
- August 1, 2011A continuing avalanche of bad economic news confirms the upheaval in the nonprofit world that I've been blogging about for…
- July 1, 2011The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance* just issued a Funding…
- June 26, 2011In the 280 or so years I've spent grant writing (grant writing years should be considered as dog years because…
- June 19, 2011According to the New York Times, "the city’s too fertile and apparently pesky geese will soon face a grim fate,…
- June 18, 2011Social and human service proposals are usually geared toward outcomes: you're going to get a grant to provide after school…
- June 12, 2011For reasons not clear to me, I am on the (usually) happy-talk email distribution list of Dorothy Stoneman, doyenne of…
- June 1, 2011I'm working on a HUD Healthy Homes proposal, and sections b and c of "Rating Factor 1: Capacity of the…
