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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take a course in grant writing. Start at small non-profits and work your way up.  [/quote]

That’s an interesting suggestion. Can you explain who offers grant writing courses and what a good candidate could start at? It is a full-time job or they would try to put you on as like a freelancer or something? Do they only try to pay you for successful applications?[/quote]

NP. I work for a community based non-profits. I think many of the grant writing courses are a waste of money. I'm looking for strong writers and then I'll train for the specifics of grant writing. We would pay maybe 45k-53k for someone with no experience (small east coast city). I would hire for part time or full time, but would not hire someone inexperienced as a freelancer. It's considered unethical to tie compensation to the success of applications, so no one should be offering a cut of a successful grant or payment based on success rate.

So much of grant funding is tied to cultivation that writing a solid application vs a brilliant application doesn't really matter. What I look for in a grant writing is: organized and can describe the organization system they use, detail oriented, can keep others on track (you often need info and documents from other people and need to be assertive about getting what you need in a timely manner), clear and understandable writer, makes it work and does not miss deadlines.

If you think this might be for you, you could offer to write a grant for your local school, PTO, small non-profit and see if you like while building some experience.[/quote]

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