- May 20, 2012YouthBuild season recently ended, at least for those of us lucky enough to be writing the proposals and preparing the…
- April 15, 2012In The Millions, Guy Patrick Cunningham* says: More and more, I read in pieces. So do you. Digital media, in…
- March 25, 2012Donna Shelley asks a perceptive question in response to "Upward Bound means more narrative confusion:" Why is this [grant-making process]…
- December 18, 2011From page 21 of the California 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) RFP: A nutritional snack must be served…
- December 4, 2011Astute readers of our e-mail grant newsletter may have noticed the unusual project description for the Our Town program: "Grants…
- November 6, 2011Mark Zuckerberg is supposedly only eating animals he kills this year. It's a "personal challenge" for him, rather like not…
- November 1, 2011Subscribers to our free weekly Email Grant Alerts and faithful blog readers know that I have been predicting for a…
- October 16, 2011As a kid, I loved reading Ripley's Believe It or Not! Who knew if these fantastic stores were true, but…
- October 10, 2011Grant writing is inherently confusing—particularly when it comes to federal "pass-through" grant programs. A pass-through program is one in which…
- September 25, 2011Most people who claim to be grant writers or "involved" in grants don't actually write proposals. They're more often engaged…
