Next Level Nonprofit Consulting

Our client, MANIT, had a ceremony and ribbon-cutting for their new office space in Salem. Congratulations! We are excited for your recent and future growth as an organization supporting the Marshallese community in Oregon, and we are honored to be part of the journey.

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Attended Nonprofit Impact Conference at the loveliest venue. There were windows all along the wall of the conference ballroom. Amazing! Conference rooms are usually dark and make you sleepy. This, on the other hand, was delightful :)

Ann and Whitman working the table at the 2025 Impact Conference. We love meeting everyone!

You’d be justified to feel anxiety about the time investment of writing a grant application. Fulfilling the requirements is an involved process and throughout this process a lingering doubt may nag at you. “What if we’re not awarded funding and all this effort is wasted?” While it’s disappointing when a grant proposal fails to acquire funding, that effort isn’t necessarily wasted, because there is value in going through the grant application process itself.

Full article by Whitman at the link in the bio.

Link to our new substack is in our bio. Let us know what you think! #

A lot of overlapping space occupies the Venn-diagram of grant writing vs grant coaching. Understanding the nuances between these two spheres will help you understand where value is being added to your organization’s grant application process. 

A companion blog to How to Win a Grant
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How do grant applications get selected by funders and is it fair?

Funders receive hundreds of applications for each grant opportunity so they need to develop processes to review applications carefully and efficiently in order to select grant awardees. As a matter of fact, a good scenario gives you about a 30% chance of having your application selected, so it can already feel like the cards are stacked against you. I’ve even heard concerns from organizations that are not awarded funding that they feel it's not a fair process and question how these decisions get made. Similar to applying for a job, we can wonder if they already have someone in mind? Were they going on gut-feel? Were they being biased?

Read the rest of the article on our new blog on Substack!

How to Win a Grant by understanding the selection process

We work with several smaller nonprofit and recommend for them to invest in training for board and staff. Here are some low-cost training opportunites. These topics sound great! You don't have to be a member to take classes but members often get a discount.
Keep Nonprofit Association of Oregon trainig page bookmarked to check often. Or better yet, register now get them on your schedule.

Workshops - Nonprofit Association of Oregon Subject matter experts offer insight on various topics to deliver practical and actionable tools and resources for success.