What Federal Funding Cuts Mean for Your Grant Strategy
The federal funding environment that nonprofits built their budgets around has shifted in ways that demand a different nonprofit grant strategy for federal funding cuts than most organizations currently run. One third of nonprofits reported government funding disruptions in the first half of 2025 alone. The organizations that come out of this period with stable […]
3 Trends Shaping Funding for Food Insecurity in 2026
usionFood banks across the country watched federal dollars disappear in 2025 while demand at their doors grew faster than reserves could absorb. The organizations keeping programs funded through this year are not the ones doing the most work or running the largest operations. Each of the three trends now shaping how food insecurity funding flows […]
What Nonprofits Deserve From a Grant Writing Partner
A nonprofit director writes a $10,000 check to a grant consultant. Three months pass with no proposals sent, no funder conversations started, and no updates returned. The consultant vanishes with the retainer, and the organization absorbs a loss from a budget already stretched past its limit. Stories like these repeat across the nonprofit sector every […]
Pre-application planning for Maryland grant programs
Most organizations find the right Maryland grant opportunity at the wrong time. The application opened two weeks ago. The deadline sits six weeks out. And the team has none of the documents, data, or funder relationships needed to submit something competitive. Organizations that build a disciplined planning process before applying to Maryland grant programs enter […]
