Reflecting on RFPs

Just because it’s familiar, doesn’t mean it’s naturalJust because it’s familiar, doesn’t make it permanentA resource revolution is needed to help our collective and community care models become a sustained practice Get full access to The Grant Glow Up at thegrantglowup.substack.com/subscribe

Demystify the grant writing process so you can use someone else’s money to make sh*t and shift happenThe FREE Grant Glow Up masterclass series began February 19th and will happen every THIRD THURSDAY of the month at 7pm ET every third Thursday [Feb 19th, Mar 19th, Apr 16, May 21, Jun 18, Jul 16, Aug 20, Sep 17, Oct 15, Nov 19, Dec 17]For easeful note taking, here is a notebook that includes the slides shownComment below to share what landed for you during this months masterclass =]And if you’re ready to get your change making dreams funded, no need to wait until next months classWAYS TO WORK TOGETHERMonthly Class Pass Sessions -[Apr 16, May 21, Jun 18, Jul 16, Aug 20, Sep 17, Oct 15, Nov 19, Dec 17]Substack* Free subscription = replays + bimonthly articles* Paid subscription = replays + weekly Q+A [your grant questions answered], monthly grant audit submissions - $11/month or $100/yrThe Grant Glow Up Guided Planner: Your Fairy Grant Mentor’s Easeful Grant Writing Workbook* Printed paperback edition $33.33* Digital download edition $33.33Grant Glow Up beta - Draft & submit your next grant application in 6 weeks without downplaying your vision* 6 week group program, March 2nd - April 10th* Learn More & Join - $150 or $75 x 2 Get full access to The Grant Glow Up at thegrantglowup.substack.com/subscribe

The Grant Glow Up Class Pass series begins with The Life’brary Lab: Leveraging What You’ve Lived Through to Guide Your Grant WritingWAYS TO WORK TOGETHERMonthly Class Pass Sessions - [Mar 19th, Apr 16, May 21, Jun 18, Jul 16, Aug 20, Sep 17, Oct 15, Nov 19, Dec 17]SubstackFree subscription = replays + bimonthly articlesPaid subscription = replays + weekly Q+A [your grant questions answered], monthly grant audit submissions - $11/month or $100/yrThe Grant Glow Up Guided Planner: Your Fairy Grant Mentor's Easeful Grant Writing WorkbookPrinted paperback edition $33.33Digital download edition $33.33Grant Glow Up beta - Draft & submit your next grant application in 6 weeks without downplaying your vision 6 week group program, March 2nd - April 10th Learn More & Join - $150 or $75 x 2 Get full access to The Grant Glow Up at thegrantglowup.substack.com/subscribe

The Grant Glow Up Podcast is back with a clearer vision for demystify grant writing for creatives, entrepreneurs, and change makers so they can access the resources they need to break intergenerational cycles of harm!If you’ve ever found yourself wondering where to find grants when they seem few and far between, this episode is for you 🧚‍♀️Grab your copy of the Grant Glow Up Guided Planner: Your Fairy Grant Mentor’s Easeful Grant Writing WorkbookWant 1:1 support with crafting your grant ecosystem? Complete the Grant Glow Up Consultation interest formMay all your funding wishes be grant’d Get full access to The Grant Glow Up at thegrantglowup.substack.com/subscribe

The Grant Glow Up Podcast is back with a clearer vision for demystify grant writing for creatives, entrepreneurs, and change makers so they can access the resources they need to break intergenerational cycles of harm!If you’ve ever found yourself wondering what grants are, what they aren’t, and how you’d even take a first step towards receiving grant funding, this episode is for you 🧚‍♀️Grab your copy of the Grant Glow Up Guided Planner: Your Fairy Grant Mentor’s Easeful Grant Writing WorkbookWant 1:1 support with crafting your grant ecosystem? Complete the Grant Glow Up Consultation interest formMay all your funding wishes be grant’d Get full access to The Grant Glow Up at thegrantglowup.substack.com/subscribe

This is part 1 of a 4 part series on RFPs and how to demystify what they really are - a menu from funders on what they are willing to support and the terms in which they will do so.Check out this episode for a sneak peek of what is coming up the next 3 weeks - something I call the ELF method of reviewing RFPs with more ease!Lets connect on Instagram http://www.instagram.com/thegrantglowupReach out at [email protected] Get full access to The Grant Glow Up at thegrantglowup.substack.com/subscribe

Before we can demystify how to write and manage grants, we first need to acknowledge how difficult it can be to locate grants. All too often we are told 'just join x and y list serves', but those can be predatory, even charging you to view RFP information that is already expired, you are not even eligible for, or that is invite only. Blah blah what a waste of timeIn today's episode I share 3 of my alternative practices for finding where the grants at, because they have to be somewhere!The short and sweet of it:1. Build your own list of funders to periodically check2. Credential creeping - check websites/marketing of similar organizations/projects for who their funders are and then check out those funders for their funding sources, and soon a web is formed of potential grants3. Table Time - where are funders and potential partners spending their time? events/ trainings/ community forums? How can you partake, reach out, begin relationship building so you're in the loop of future funding opportunities because you're not on funder radarsIf you'd like a template or for me to dive further into any of these, let me know!Email [email protected] out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thegrantglowupPeep my website https://www.loricrawford.me Get full access to The Grant Glow Up at thegrantglowup.substack.com/subscribe

Join Lori Crawford, Your Fairy Grant Mentor, as she shares the problematic origins of grant funding and nonprofits at the detriment of grassroot organizations. This awareness lets us understand that funders are gatekeepers. This episode offers language for why grant writing can feel so 'off' as we're expected to write ill about the people we are serving just to justify why we need funding to support them. Listeners are invited to consider what it would be like to tell their full story and do so in a more humane way, all while receiving grant funding that gets them a seat at the funder table where they can push the envelope through accountability based relationship building. For more Fairy Grant Mentor magic, visit  http://www.instagram.com/thegrantglowupTo explore how adulting can suck less, visit http://www.instagram.com/improvide.with.loriAnd to explore how life can be more livable, listen to the Improviding Life Podcast http://improvidinglife.buzzsprout.com Get full access to The Grant Glow Up at thegrantglowup.substack.com/subscribe

Join Lori Crawford as she shares the origin of The Grant Glow Up as an initiative to not only make grant writing suck less but make it a more human centered practice despite the problematic structures in place that even dictate that grants are a thing we have to navigate to get our needs met.For more Fairy Grant Mentor magic, visit  http://www.instagram.com/thegrantglowup To explore how adulting can suck less, visit http://www.instagram.com/improvide.with.loriAnd to explore how life can be more livable, listen to the Improviding Life Podcast http://improvidinglife.buzzsprout.com Get full access to The Grant Glow Up at thegrantglowup.substack.com/subscribe