How to Make Your Grant Writing Application Stand Out

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With competition for grant applications at an
all-time high, its important that your grant
writing applications hit the mark every time. In
fact, you should assume that every time you
submit a grant writing application, you are
competing with hundreds of other organisations
and/or individuals for the same money. Is it any
wonder that many grant writing proposals get
shelved without a second look? However, there are
certain things that you can do to make your grant
application stand out.
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Here are our top tips
SHOW THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE FUNDING BODY Funding
bodies can tell when organisations are looking
for a cash grab. Therefore, the first question
you ask, and the question that drives the initial
stages of your grant writing application, should
be, What does the funder want? In grant
application writing, its vital to know what the
funder cares about, their purpose, mission, and
objectives. Without a full and profound
understanding for why they exist and how they
want to invest their money, your proposal is
likely to miss the target. Besides which, why
would you want to partner with a funding body who
objectives dont match your own?
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MAKE THE FUNDER CARE ABOUT YOU Once you
understand what the funding body cares about,
demonstrate why your organisation is like-minded.
Explain how funding your proposal will be
mutually beneficial because it will achieve the
mission an objectives of both your organisation
and the funding body. Above all, the best way to
make a funder care about what you are doing is to
clearly demonstrate to them that without your
program, your community suffers. You need to show
them the gaps, the issues, and the problems in
your community and help them understand how your
solution is one that will make a difference in
solving the problem. Skillful grant writers paint
a picture of a problem or a need that stirs a
passionate discontent in the grant reviewer that
makes them want to open their wallet and give.
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SHOW THE FUNDER THE DIFFERENCE THEY COULD
MAKE Finally, tell a vivid story about how the
world will be better or different because your
organisation received this grant application.
Make sure the grant application reviewer can
picture it in their mind. Therefore, it must be
achievable, measurable and desirable. Also, as a
grant writer, you need evaluation and assessment
measurements to ensure that your goals are
achieved and the reassure the funding body that
you will use their money wisely.
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DARE TO BE DIFFERENT Funding Bodies receive
hundreds of grant writing applications and you
can bet that many of them offer the same kind of
solutions to the same kind of problems. If you
want to stand out, then think outside the square.
Funders are looking for innovation. Funders
prefer to try something new than to constantly
fund the old. Shoe the funding body that your
solution is distinct, that its unlike anything
they have seen before.
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GET PROFESSIONAL HELP If youre a grant
application writer, consider getting some
professional help. Red Tape Busters are
specialist in grant and tender writing and can
help your organisation or business win grant
funding or achieve successes with tenders.
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Get professional help

• We are specialists in providing the following
  services
• Lobbying
• Tender Writing
• Grant Writing
• Resumes/Job Applications
• Organisational/Business Development.

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