The State of Grantseeking: A Story of Growth and Strategy for Nonprofits

The most interesting fact to emerge from GrantStation's spring 2013 State of Grantseeking survey was that 81 percent of organizations that applied for grants won awards. The really interesting figure, however, was that the number of organizations that received awards increased 6.1 percent. How should this information affect your own grant strategy? First, you want to make sure you keep your grantseeking pipeline full. Second, you should set a goal of increasing your success rate by 5 percent or so over the next six months. How do you do that?