Keep it Real. Keep it Pithy.
I’m Sharmila; mom, immigrant, proud Sri Lankan, and experienced grant writer with a critical eye for how social dynamics and systems play out in our world.
This is a space for sharing reflections, advice, and resources about the nitty gritty of impactful grant writing and grant consulting — insights and stories from lessons learned, life lived, and mistakes made.
Blog content is created and curated for nonprofits, grant consultants, and aspiring grant writers.
Adventures in Grant Writing
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The Art of Pithy Storytelling—Advice from Petey the Cat
Making your grant writing clear, concise, and powerful with limited space? — Simple tips for writing pithy and effective, content with a little help from Dav Pilkey’s Petey the cat.
Voting-Style Grant Competitions Are Unfair By Design
I ran into a spot of trouble with a grant competition some years ago. It took me a few more years to realize the justice issues in the broken system that I was participating in.
Cutting Through Budget Confusion
How do you submit a grant proposal budget for a special project that’s planned for the NEXT fiscal year, when your board has only approved this year’s budget—and next year’s budget won’t be finalized before the grant deadline?