{"id":920,"date":"2015-06-18T03:52:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T03:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2015-06-18T03:52:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T03:52:39","slug":"dont-waste-your-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/index.php\/dont-waste-your-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Waste Your Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When is it a good idea to hire a grant writer?<\/p>\n<p>The short answer involves considering the following criteria:<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-list check\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Is your organization a startup? If so it is not wise to hire a grant writer unless you have identified a funding source that matches up well with your services. There are some exceptions, but most funders do not give money to startups<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Are you expecting a turn-key solution from your grant write? Meaning: do you expect that just finding a good writer is enough? If so, don't waste your $. Writing a grant is easy. Winning requires a partnership and a commitment from the client. If I do\u00a0 not sense that level of commitment from a client, I do not accept the work. It's your baby -- take ownership!<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Do you have a track record of raising funds and getting results? If you raised $10,000 last year, don't expect a $100,000 grant. That type of growth is generally not realistic or sustainable and scares away most funders. Does your organization have past accomplishments to point to? This is important. If not, again, very tough for even the best grant writer to win you $.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThere are many factors that influence a funders decision to fund, and the level of effectiveness a contracted grant writer can achieve.\u00a0 Be realistic. Do your homework. Understand what you need to do to achieve results before hiring anyone. You may be better off doing some of the writing\/ research yourself -- both saving money and learning important skills and context.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When is it a good idea to hire a grant writer? The short answer involves considering the following criteria: &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,5,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":921,"href":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions\/921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aaronrome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}