Grant Writing is Not Magic

Coming soon! Join the founding cohort for $129 (email info@signalandproof.org for discount code). Founding price for the first 100. Price goes to $199 at launch. Grant Writing is Not Magic: An intro course for the people at small nonprofits who were told to “go get a grant” Someone handed you grant writing and didn't hand you any training. This is the course that shows you it's a skill you can learn—not a secret trick other people know and you don't. WHAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO By the end, you can look at any funding opportunity and know: 1. Whether it's even worth chasing — so you stop pouring 40 hours into grants you were never going to win. 2. What case you need to make — the real argument underneath the application, not just the sections to fill in. 3. How to prove it — outcomes a funder believes, using evidence your organization already has. And you won't just know it in theory. You'll build the skeleton of a real proposal for an opportunity your org is actually considering, right alongside the lessons. WHAT'S INSIDE Six short modules, about two hours of video, plus templates you'll reuse on every grant: 1. Grant writing is not magic — what funders are really buying, and why a proposal is an argument, not a form. 2. Should you even chase this grant? — reading a funder, checking fit, and saying no with confidence. 3. The case underneath the proposal — the three-part case: real need, right organization, right moment. 4. Proving impact without a research team — outcomes vs. activities, a starter logic model, evidence you already have. 5. Writing the core sections — need statement, goals, methods, evaluation, and budget narrative, in plain English. 6. Submit, follow through, and know when to get help — final review, funder relationships, and your next step. Templates you keep: the "Should-You-Chase-This-Grant?" checklist, a fill-in-the-blank need-statement template, a starter logic-model worksheet, and a proposal-section outline.