Storytelling for Grantseekers: A Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising

GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND STORYTELLING?

I now want to address the topic of government grants. Government granting agencies include those at the federal, state, county, and local levels. Does the storytelling approach I’ve described apply to the writing and preparation of government grants? Yes, it can. I acknowledge that government grant applications are a topic unto themselves. Government grant applications tend to be more complex, with more rigid requirements and space limitations than what one typically encounters from other grantmakers. The formatting is different. The budget section is often onerous. Questions on the application form can seem redundant. Government grant applications are also usually far longer than proposals to a foundation ...