Resources
Practical, ungated guides for grant seekers, and the latest updates to Grantary. Free, always.
Written for the person doing the job, by someone who has done it. Only the topics I know deeply, and only when I have something worth adding.
I’ve built this free grant tracking resource for grant professionals who prefer using spreadsheets or who are not quite in a place to adopt a grant management tool. No sign-ups or paywalls.
Topic: Grants management12 min read
Is frequent prospecting needed? This guide answers that question, and provides the best methods for finding and evaluating new grant funders without using an expensive paid database.
Topic: Prospecting12 min read
This resource was designed for grant writers looking to integrate AI into their processes, nonprofit or fundraising leaders seeking to responsibly roll out AI for their teams, and all nonprofit professionals looking for AI implementation tools.
Topic: AI18 min read
From my experience, the feedback I hear most about AI is that it generates bland, vague content which rarely leads to a well written grant proposal. The emphasis of this resource is: good output starts with good setup. Learn how to configure AI around your organization so its grant drafts are accurate, on-brand, specific, dynamic, and genuinely useful. Everything in this resource applies across Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini.
Topic: AI15 min read
The to do list after the award or denial email is just as important as the application itself. This resource provides my suggested approach for what to do in either case, and how Grantary can help.
Topic: Grants management10 min read
The answer? Any of them: Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini are all capable and their features are comparable. This guide walks you through the details, the key components I’ve learned, and how to decide which AI platform is best for you.
Topic: AI7 min read
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What’s new in Grantary, newest first.
What’s New
This month I spent most of my time on funders. One of the questions I hear most is some version of “Have they funded us lately?” Grantary can now answer that for you. Every funder has a Status, and you don’t have to set it yourself. Grantary looks at the grants you’ve won and marks the funder Active if they’ve funded you this fiscal year or last, Past if it was before that, and Prospect if they haven’t funded you yet. A multi-year grant counts for every year it runs, so a funder on a three-year award stays Active the whole time.
See all updatesIf there’s a part of the work you’d want written up, tell me and I’ll write it.
These come from questions I’ve been asked or problems I’ve had to solve myself, so what’s worth covering is mostly other people’s idea. Email reaches me directly.
michael@grantary.appThen $600 a year for your whole organization. If your current setup is working, there’s no rush. It’ll be here when you need it.
