Great Grant Writing Tips For Small Business Grants
Robert Smethers
Great grant writing tips for small business grants starts from inside of you. If you want to make a difference in this world and get free grant money from the government to do it. You must know what they want. This is a must read if you want to receive federal grants. This is speaking from experience. Learning the hard way.
Know that before you even approach and agency that they want to make a difference in the world. Help them do that. They want to create jobs and educate America. They will only give small business grants if they know they are going to make a difference in the world.
Know what the goals are of your funding source are. They will be all too happy to tell you. They will also tell you if they give funding to your local area and what institutions they fund for.
Know the person who will be looking over your proposal. Are they a person who knows nothing of your field? Or are they someone who knows a lot about your field and what is going on in it. If they know nothing about your field you need to stay away from technical information that they may not understand. Write to their level of understanding. If they know your field than it is acceptable to use the more technical definitions.
Always follow their instructions. They will give you clear guidelines to go and your best source for tips. If you want funding do not deviate at all. Most agencies will review your grant proposal for you and give you good suggestions.
Know your funding source. It will help you to know how to sound and feel in your proposal. Always back things up in fact and a clear understanding of the need for your federal grants and how they will help your business and community.
Prepare a budget that is easy to read and clear on what it is you want to do. Always fully explain everything that is going to cost and include other match funding from other organizations. Explain when your self sufficiency point is and when you should get there. They will not give small business grants for long term, ongoing needs.
At all cost never, ever slop together a proposal and hope for the best. It never works and they see this right away. If you are pressed for time due to a deadline or closing then recruit more help.
Do not spend a lot of money going all out on the presentation. It almost never impresses the funding agency and it is a waste of time.
If you do not receive a federal grant. Ask in writing why. This will help you do further applications. It will help you do a better job redoing your proposal. Each time your federal grant proposal gets better. You may also appeal some federal government grants agencies. This gets you into a face to face meeting with the the department head. I have overturned denials this way.
Never give up! If you are put on a waiting list or denied outright, don’t wait. Revamp and polish your proposal and hand it in somewhere else. Each time your work gets better.
You are on our way to writing grant proposals for small business grants and with these grant writing tips you can win the federal grants that you need. Lets go over more grant writing tips with how to write grant proposals.
About the Author
I am a college student and single parent who relies on federal grants everyday. I built this free information and education website that helps find federal grants to promote economic development. http://www.federal-grant-news.com/grant-writing.html
