Every now and then we like to post about the amazing grant writing tools we have to help you be successful. Most are totally FREE. Those that aren’t free are very inexpensive. Please feel free to share these tools with your friends and colleagues. Grant writers need all the help they can get.
New Text Message Tips. This is really new for us. We’re sending out grant writing tips and grant sources via text message. There are four different groups you can join – you can join them all or juts the one or two that interest you the most. The tips are totally free, but if you don’t have an unlimited text plan with your mobile provider, standard text message rates apply. We’re sending out 2-3 messages per week for each group, so you won’t be inundated with texts and we do not sell third party advertising so you won’t be flooded with ads, either. Here’s how you sign up:
- Text GRANTS to 313131 for grant writing tips.
- Text EDGRANTS to 313131 for grant sources relating to education.
- Text KIDGRANTS to 313131 for grant sources for youth programs.
- Text NONPROFIT to 313131 for non-profit development and fund raising tips.
Free online webinars. Right now, we offer free recorded webinars on the following grant writing topics:
- Top 10 Tips for Grant Wsriting
- Collaborating with School Districts on Grants
- Writing Good Letters of Support
- Grant Research: The Basics
- Effective Grant Research
In addition to these topics, we have other webinars on various program evaluation and non-profit development topics. All are between 20 and 40 minutes long (most are about 30 minutes) and all are available for viewing on demand.
BlogTalk Radio Tips from the Grant Goddess. Every Friday at 3:00 p.m. (Pacific) we air our 30 minute online radio show, Tips from the Grant Goddess, on BlogTalkRadio. If you miss the live show, you can listen to the recordings on demand at any time. There are currently over 35 shows archived for listening at your leisure. Some of the many grant writing topics covered in these shows include:
- The Art and the Science of Grant Writing
- Tips for Effective Collaboration
- Budget Development
- Writing Good Letters of Support
- Grant Writing: The Basics
- Grant Seeking
- Developing a Logic Model
- Selecting Evidence-Based Programs and Practices
Grant Writing Resources Page. This page has quite a selection of great FREE grant writing resources and tools, including articles and links to other sites with good grant writing resources.
Past Blog Posts. Take some time to go back through the archive of blog posts here.The posts you find are different than the articles we put on the Grant Writing Resources Page. With the exception of news posts, most of our posts are about grant writing tips and techniques that you can still use long after they were initially published.
Grant Tips iPhone App. We took the time to put together an iPhone application with 101+ grant tips to help you succeed with your grant writing. Currently, the app is available for 99 cents in the App Store. You can get more information here. Pretty soon, the FREE version of the app (Grant Tips Lite) will be available. It will have only 50 tips, rather than over a hundred, but the other features will all be the same. Stay tuned for more information as we release the new app.
Membership at GrantGoddess.com. Everything I’ve told you about so far has been free (or very inexpensive). A membership at GrantGoddess.com costs only $9.95/month (or you can save some money and get an annual membership for $99/year). On the member site, you’ll have access to the largest collection of grant seeking, grant writing, program evaluation, and non-profit development resources available on the web! The content is not duplicated from the free site; it’s all developed just for members. We launched the member site in January 2010 and it’s growing every day. But here’s the rub — the early bird rate of $9.95/mo is only good until the end of May. On June 1, the price will go up to $19.95/month. Lock in your lower membership rate now!