Are you afraid of what’s going to happen if you don’t win the grant? Feel the pressure of the weight of the organization is literally on your shoulders to fund it? 🏋️ We have six great tips to manage that debilitating pressure.
Recognize that in grant writing, nobody bats 100%. ⚾ You’re working in a sport that has odds. Not all proposals are funded. We get that you sometimes still might have anxiety and fears about not winning a grant. It’s real, but we have ways to manage it:
1️⃣ Develop a Funding Strategy Roadmap 🗺️
This system works! You can’t write a grant application and not be able to show the picture of how the rest of the project will be funded if that one grant isn’t covering it alone. Even if that one grant can cover it, it’s important to demonstrate diversified funding.
Want a free grant budget template? You can download a copy of ours here: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/free-grant-writing-resources
2️⃣ Build Relationships With Funders
Relationship building is one of the most valuable and important things you can do. As a grant writer, you like sticking behind the scenes and that’s probably why you chose to become a grant writer versus a fundraiser. Building a relationship with funders helps you understand what they want and helps you put together a relevant grant proposal.
3️⃣ Debrief With the Funder Win or Lose
With many Federal programs, you receive a scorecard of your application. This helps you know where to strengthen your application for next time! 💪
4️⃣ Get Trained
Don’t waste years making stupid mistakes. Research and consider the many options available. At Learn Grant Writing, we have two programs. Grant Writing: From Start to Funded is a self-study online course. Second, the Global Writers Collective features training, community, coaching calls. See what’s right for you and get trained so you don’t have to do it the hard way.
5️⃣ Build Peer Community Support
The weird thing about grant writing is that it’s lonely. As a consultant, asking questions all the time could undermine your authority. When you’re a grant writer in an organization, you are the person that knows the most and you don’t have anyone to ask when questions arise.
Having a community is huge and it’s the magic in the Collective. ✨
6️⃣ Recognize What is in Your Control and What is Not
It’s easy to get super hung up on trying to control every aspect of the grant writing process. Grant writers are kind of control freaks. The plus side is that this characteristic makes us detail-oriented, but the downside is that it can also hurt us. When you are fretting about something, it’s really important to physically write out what you can control and what you cannot control. ✏️ Then, surrender the pieces you can’t control.
Resources and links:
🔸 Check out this training we did with Instrumentl about our methodology ➡️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvn1vKggFiI&t=1s
🔸 What’s the difference between grant writing and fundraising? ➡️ https://www.learngrantwriting.org/blog/difference-between-grant-writing-fundraising
🔸 “How To Write a Grant: Become a Grant Writing Unicorn” by Meredith Noble ➡️ https://www.learngrantwriting.org/learn-grant-writing-book
🔸What Grant Funders Want You to Know In the Indigenous, Environment, and Cultural Preservation Space video ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTYkugcNSgs&t=1821s
Indigenous Funder Panel
🔸Review of Top 20 Online Grant Writing Classes video ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWVWLQyaS3c&t=747s
Questions about the Global Grant Writers Collective? Check out this elaborate FAQ page: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/faq
Did you know we have a self study online grant writing class for nonprofit professionals? Or for those that aren’t sure they will like grant writing. You can learn more about Grant Writing: From Start to Funded here: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/grant-writing-class
Feel free to DM us on Instagram as well. https://www.instagram.com/learngrantwriting/
🧡 The Team at Learn Grant Writing
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:36 Nobody Bats 100%
02:05 #1: Develop a Funding Strategy Roadmap
02:53 #2: Build Relationships With Funders
05:17 #3: Debrief With the Funder Win or Lose
06:26 #4: Get Trained
07:45 #5: Build Peer Community Support
09:35 #6: Recognize What is in Your Control and What is Not
11:30 Recap
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