Why Grants are Start-Up Funding and How Services Can Sustain Programs

Many nonprofit leaders come to me and believe that it is good for grants to cover all their programs. While grant money is very helpful for nonprofits (I mean, we definitely promote grants as our name is Grant Writing & Funding), grants should be viewed as start-up or expansion funding.

Diversifying your nonprofit organization’s funding portfolio is essential to sustain your programs. Grant funding can be extremely helpful, and should be a revenue stream for your nonprofit, grant funding should not be the only revenue stream.

Other types of funding include:

✔️ Individual donors

✔️ Corporate sponsorships

✔️ Crowdfunding

✔️ Fundraising

✔️ Products

✔️ Services

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Grant Funding