Seven Tips to Improve Grant Proposals

5. Get edited. “The harder you work on your proposal,” Teitel writes, “the more difficult it may be to see the gaps in logic, redundancies and failures to be clear.” Fixing this requires two things: a good editor and a willingness to be critiqued.

6. Talk with successful grantees of that foundation. Ask colleagues who have received grants from a foundation in the past to tell you about their experience. This has the twofold effect of helping you understand the nuances of a particular foundation, and building an alliance and network with other organizations.