We know this is usually the case in business and the grant world is no different. If you want to get 100s of thousands or millions of dollars in funding for your project, then you are going to have to spend some money to do it. Why? Because no-one is going to invest...
There are a few jargon words that pop up in the grants world a lot and one of these is What is it? Leveraged funding means that the grant funding is ‘leveraging’ other funding – so because the grant money is provided, other organisations also put in money to the...
Over the past couple of years, I have worked with a number of different grant writers, both as employees of Whitney Consulting and as co-consultants on bigger jobs. Every time I work with a new grant writer, I realise some things about the way I write grants that I...
We all know that lessons can come in the strangest places. This past week my daughter’s primary school science homework taught me something. Firstly, that she is sooooo much like me it is scary, but I pretty much knew that already! The interesting lesson was that...
Writing tenders is a necessary evil for many businesses and organisations. You need to do it to get the work but it probably isn’t something you have been trained to do. This is why tender writing companies such as ours see some common issues coming through in the...
Funding is becoming increasingly difficult to get with more competition and less money available. So I have put together my Top 5 Grant Writing Tips to ensure you write a standout application that gets you the grant! Demonstrate the need for your project! If the grant...
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