Grant Pathways is a division of Pathways to Growth
The Seven Steps of Effective Grant Writing

The Seven Steps of Effective Grant Writing

Many nonprofit organizations have members of their staff or contractors who assist with grant writing. The position title implies that writing grants consumes the majority of time for this position. In reality, grant writing is a 7-step process, and steps 2-7 are on a...
Grant Writing is a Team Sport

Grant Writing is a Team Sport

Grant writing sometimes feels like a lonely and repetitive role at an organization. On the surface, writing a grant isn’t a fundamentally difficult task – it’s simply presenting a problem, and your organization’s solution to that problem. However, telling that story...

Getting Your Ducks in a Row

A large portion of the effort required for submitting a grant happens in the preparation phase. You are likely to find this process to be the most time consuming, yet the most vital aspect of the process. In fact, one way to instantly separate yourself from the piles...
Why “It Depends” is the Answer to Many Grant Writing Questions

Why “It Depends” is the Answer to Many Grant Writing Questions

I think most people in the U.S. could name the TV show that has contestants clapping, high fiving each other and saying, “Good answer! Good answer!” Of course, that is none other than Family Feud. Unfortunately, when it comes to specific answers to burning questions...

3 Grant Writing Lessons from the Rio Summer Olympics

The Art of Grant Writing As I became enthralled with the Summer Olympics television coverage this year, I realized I was being drawn into the event through techniques that were about much more than athleticism and that those same techniques could be related...