The Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint!

Hi, Maryn Boess here - long-time grants pro and founder/chief magic-maker of GrantsMagic U.

And believe me, I get it. I know what it's like.

You care deeply about the life-changing work your nonprofit is bringing to the world.

It's vital that you find funding to support that work in the highest, most authentic, most mission-driven way.

I know how much you want to be more successful in your grantseeking ... how much it means to you both professionally and personally.

And I know - because I've been there - what it's like to struggle, every day, to bring the very best of yourself to your work, your community, and your world ...

... and then go to bed at night

wondering how you can do better tomorrow.

You'll learn how to build a solid, fundable proposal from the inside out and the bottom up - every time.
You'll develop x-ray vision into the underlying anatomy of all grant proposals - so you'll never again wonder what a grantmaker is really asking for, or how to deliver it.
You'll work with a unique set of tried-and-tested planning tools, worksheets, roadmaps, checklists, and step-by-step, fill-in-the-blanks templates to make your proposals clear, concise, complete, coherent - and compelling.
You'll learn literally hundreds of invaluable "insider's tips" from grantmakers and successful grantseeking organizations that you can put to work right away - to give your proposals the winning edge.
And you'll learn how to organize the details of your work in a way guaranteed to take you to the next level of grantseeking success - no matter where you're starting out.

You’ll get 8 online, anytime, anywhere video training sessions of about 2 hours each, carefully sequenced to guide you step by step and section by section through what it takes to build an A+ grant proposal - every single time.
You’ll get a detailed session-by-session printable workbook and resource guide to follow along with as you watch the videos . . . and to keep at your desktop in the months ahead as an at-your-fingertips reference.
You’ll get nearly 100 planning guides, checklists and step-by-step, fill-in-the-blanks templates to help you capture, organize, and articulate your good thinking - in digital form - that you can save to your own computer and use again . . . and again . . . and again . . .
You’ll get lots of real-life samples of "what works" - what wins grants - that you can borrow, virtually word for word, for your own projects.
And you’ll get my ongoing personal support, via an "Ask Anything" Facebook community page, to help make sure you're on track for a successful experience inside the course - and beyond.
Plus other surprises, bonuses, and special gifts that I haven’t even thought of yet!

The 8-session program is divided into three parts. Each session you’ll get access to a new, 2-hour video-based training, plus detailed handouts and resource materials for you to download, print, and save to your computer.

As soon as you enroll you'll have full access to all your program materials. However, we strongly recommend you pace yourself and plan to complete no more than one session per week.

You'll get helpful weekly emails from me to support you in pacing yourself for the best results - and staying on track for success!

Our self-pacing guide includes two Get-It-Done weeks, to give you time to catch up, go deeper, review, and practice what you've been learning so far - before moving on.

(And remember - because the training materials are pre-recorded and online, you - and your team! - can watch any session any time, again and again - at your convenience.)

This first session is all about meeting you right where you are – wherever you’re starting out - and getting you ramped up and ready for the journey ahead.

We begin by “packing your travel bag” – getting you grounded in the powerful concepts and paradigms we’ll be exploring together – the very big big-picture thinking at the heart of The Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint.

Also in Session 1, you’ll get your first look at the framework we’ll be working with throughout the course. You’ll take a high flyover of our Blueprint territory and start exploring the key tools, processes, and ideas that’ll support you on your journey.

Over these six sessions you’ll be taking a deep dive, one at a time, into each of the key sections of your Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint – each of the Essential Planning Questions.

Building on the framework we laid out in Part A, you’ll work with checklists, planning tools, formulas, and fill-in-the-blanks templates that guide you step by step through exactly how to shape the details that bring your project to life and create a clear, compelling proposal.

Here’s what that looks like:

Session 2: What's the Problem? - Crafting a Statement of Issue, Need, or Opportunity that's Clear, Compelling - and Completely Irresistible.

We begin by laying the foundation for our entire proposal with the statement of need or opportunity - what I call "the engine of the proposal." We'll meet Grumpy Grantmaker - and you'll learn three words that can quickly take you into the deepest, most compelling, most motivating heart of the issue - what really matters most.

Session 3: Impact Outcomes: Where Do We Want to End Up? or, Let's Visit Emerald City!

What is the positive future vision we're inviting our grantmaking partners to step into with us? What does our finish line look like? Here we'll work with a fill-in-the-blanks model for making sure our outcomes statements are S-M-A-R-T-? (No, the acronym doesn't stand for what you're thinking. And yes, that question mark is intentional.)

Get It Done Week: Catch-Up, Integration, Review, Practice

Session 4: Work Plan/Partnership: ... How Will We Get from Where We Are to Where We Want to Be?

When it comes to building that bridge to our positive future, the key is making sure nothing gets left out. We'll work with tools that help you and your team frame out your work plan, step by step. You'll also learn why I call partnership "the greatest amplifier and accelerator of your grants success" ... and how to make it work for your community.

Session 5: The Essential Evaluation Toolkit: How Are We Doing . . . and Why Does It Matter, Anyway?

I'm not supposed to have a favorite section ... and I love them all ... but still ... This is where we get to take a look at Logic Models in a whole new way as I show you how to build a rock-solid Logic Model to support your project planning, management and evaluation. (Who knows? You may come to love them as much as I do!)

Session 6: Building an Unbreakable Project Budget - Guaranteed!

Here I’ll introduce you to the ground-breaking concept of “The Total-Value Budget.” We'll also do a complete, step-by-step walk-through of budget-building using one of the Blueprint's most powerful planning tools. I promise, you’ll never think of budgeting the same way again.

Get It Done Week: Catch-Up, Integration, Review, Practice

Session 7: The Summary – What’s This All About – Quickly? – and The Credibility Statement: Who Are We and Why Should Anyone Trust Us?

In our final week of Part B we circle back to our last two proposal sections. We'll look at how to "muscle up" the summary for the hard work it needs to do. And we'll explore exactly what grantmakers want - and need - to see in your proposal's organizational background or credibility statement, and why.

At GrantsMagic U, we love teamwork. We teach it, preach it, practice it. And we think it should be celebrated and rewarded. So to clinch the deal, here’s an offer you absolutely will not find anywhere else.

With each primary enrollment, you can enroll up to 3 additional team members - for just $25 each.

Your team members can be co-workers, volunteers, board members, even community partners - it's entirely up to you. And every team member will have a full enrollment; will be able to take the course on their own, at their own pace and on their own schedule - and will earn their own keepsake Certificate of Completion.

Just like you!

NOTE: You'll get an email with details on how to enroll your team members shortly after you complete your primary enrollment.

The statewide nonprofit associations serving Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington have all chosen to partner with GrantsMagic U in bringing The Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint to their members.

And here’s the deal:

By special arrangement, if your nonprofit is already a member of one of our partnering associations (or becomes one), your membership automatically qualifies you to save $50 on your registration.

That means that, as a member your investment is just $147 – that’s $50, off the top!

This super-special price is available only to member nonprofits. CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE HOW-TO DETAILS (including how your nonprofit can join if it isn't already a member!).

"I'm a seasoned grants veteran, with a lot of success - so I don't need a 'Grantwriting 101'-type course. I've stopped counting the number of grants I've won. And I really appreciate the value of short-cuts, planning guides, and other people's good thinking. What I'm wondering is: What's new out there that might help me do what I already do well even better - that might give my proposals an even sharper, clearer, more powerful 'winning edge'?"

(Barbara just wanted a brush-up. Here's what she got instead.)

"I'm an independent grants consultant. I work for myself - which means I work for all my clients, all at the same time. They're super-busy and it's a challenge to get them to give me the basic information I need to write good grant proposals on their behalf. I'm wondering: What if there were a simple proposal framework I could lead them through to help them understand the whole process ... and get clear on the information we need to build a solid proposal?"

(George wondered the same thing. See why he says he "struck gold" with the course.)

IF you care about creating meaningful change in the world through your nonprofit and community service ...
IF you're serious about stepping up your grantseeking game ...
IF you believe that healthy, sustainable, successful grantseeking doesn't have to be so hard ... and
IF you're ready to think differently about your place in the grants world and put your new way of thinking to work on behalf of the causes you care about.

You have good ideas ... ideas that can make a big difference in your community, in the world.

And you want to turn those ideas into great grant-funded programs.

That's the "magic" of healthy, sustainable, successful grantseeking.

And that's exactly where The Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint comes in ... by giving you a meet-you-right-where-you-are, instantly actionable step-by-step roadmap - a blueprint - to help you capture, clarify, crystallize, and communicate your very best thinking about the change you want to create in the world, and how you envision doing it.

Jeannie and Trey, a married couple from a rural community in Arizona, came to a live two-day version of the Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint training hoping to get some tips for helping their children’s school.

They were so fired up by what they learned that they stayed over for the weekend, shut themselves away in the hotel room, wrote a proposal for a Federal grant, got their school superintendent’s approval to submit it, sent it off that Wednesday . . . and won a Federal award of $110,000.

They had never written a grant proposal before.

And until our training, they didn’t even know they'd be writing this one.

Since then, Jeannie and Trey have gone on to win hundreds of thousands more in grant awards for their children's school district.

Five days from novice to completed proposal - and a $110,000 award. Not a bad return on an investment of 16 training hours!

First, you get the full 8-session online program, including eight 2-hour video sessions that you (and your team) can view on your own schedule; all the handouts; and your session-by-session course workbook-slash-resource guide that you’ll turn to again and again in the months and years to come.

And you get a full 12 months of 24/7 access to all the course materials – any time, anywhere.

Remember, you can enroll an additional 3 team members for just $25 each.

Finally, you get lifetime membership in GrantsMagic U’s exclusive “Ask Anything” Facebook community, where you can share with your fellow grads and ask me – well – anything!

And here's your no-risk investment:

GrantsMagic U and our partners are proud to make The Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint - the entire course, along with everything we've just reviewed here - available to you right now for an investment of just $197.

Enroll as a member of one of our partnering nonprofit associations, and you’ll save another $50 – bringing your cost down to just $147 for everything.

Finally, you get my personal 100%, No-Risk, Peace of Mind Guarantee that promises every penny back if you don’t think the Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint lives up to its promise as being one of the best investments you’ve ever made.

I have attended other grant workshops in the past, and I can say unequivocally that The Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint was the most comprehensive, useful, worthwhile class I've ever taken. The skills and resources that I took away have already helped me write three proposals, and I'm optimistic they will succeed. There is much information here that carries beyond grant writing to nonprofit planning and management. Maryn's style is friendly and engaging; she really knows the grant writing world from both the funder's and the fund seeker's perspective.

-- Marilyn Smith, Executive Director, Unite to Fight Paralysis (OR)

So that’s it, my friend. Are you ready to take this journey with me?

I sincerely hope your answer is yes.

I have been so very blessed to work with and serve so many remarkable, gifted, and caring people in the nonprofit world . . . and I would be deeply honored to serve you and be a member of your success team too.

If you say yes, you can be sure I’ll be right there with you, every step of the way, with field-tested, expert guidance, examples, stories, encouragement and inspiration to keep you moving forward, with confidence.

You see, your success really does matter to me.

Why?

Because what you do matters to the world.

I believe that with all my heart.

If you do too, then let’s do this – together.

Over her 30+-year career in the nonprofit world, Maryn has been an on-staff program developer and grantwriter; a independent grants consultant (winning more than $42 million for her clients over 10 years); a grants project manager; a grants trainer; a grants reviewer, author, speaker, mentor and coach; and - starting in 2006 - even a grantmaker.

This done-it-all background gives her the unique 3-D "insider's" perspective she brings to the practical and inspiring trainings on healthy, successful grantsmanship that she has been blessed to share with thousands of nonprofits of every size, nationally and internationally as well.

GrantsMagic U, launched in fall 2015, is the "virtual academy" she created to make her extensive portfolio of grantsmanship trainings available (and affordable!) for anyone, anytime, anywhere.

GrantsMagic U is an Approved Continuing Education Provider for both the Grant Professionals Certification (GPC) and Certified Fund-Raising Executive (CFRE) credentials. GrantsMagic U is also one of only 14 "Approved Trainers" for the Grant Professionals Association.

Since 2006 Maryn has also been “in the grantmaker’s chair,” managing up to $2 million annually in grantmaking for K-12 education in the Southwest.

She considers herself a dual citizen in the grants world, and may be the only person to hold concurrent membership in both GPA (Grant Professionals Association, for grantseekers) and GEO (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, for grantmakers).

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