On-Demand Trainings
Practical, pre-recorded webinars for grant professionals. Purchase a session and start watching right away — learn at your own pace, on your own schedule.
GPCI CEU credits available. After viewing your webinar, email admin@gdsgrants.com to receive your certificate of attendance.
How to Screen Clients
Screening clients well is the first step to a healthy consulting relationship. Learn how to spot the right-fit clients for your services — and recognize the red flags that signal trouble ahead.
Why You Shouldn't Work for Free
Many grant consultants work for free without realizing it. Learn to recognize your value, choose the right pricing model, and track your time so you're paid for every hour — unless you're going pro bono by choice.
Firing Clients for Professional Survival
Sometimes the healthiest business decision is letting a client go. Learn to identify the 12 types of clients that make grant writing a burden, and the resources that support you through a difficult separation.
Contract Considerations
Build strong, ethical contracts that protect your work and your business. Learn to define scopes of work, set payment terms, clarify client responsibilities, and plan for the 'what if' scenarios — the foundation of a sustainable consulting practice.
Grant Readiness / Using GEMS
Assess grant readiness from every angle and put effective readiness strategies to work — whether you're vetting new clients or preparing your organization to pursue funding, with GEMS as your management tool.
How to Onboard Your Clients/Agency for Grant Seeking
Onboard an agency for grant seeking the right way. Learn how economies of scale can grow grant revenue and how to build systems that support consistent, efficient grant writing.
How to Identify Great Funding Sources
Uncover the right funders through strategic research. From databases and 990s to internal networks and alignment checks, learn to find grantmakers that fit — and organize what you find for successful outreach.
How to Read the IRS 990 Tax Form for Grant Success
The IRS 990 is a powerful, free tool for finding funders and gauging your odds. Learn to read a 990 and put the information inside it to work — for prospecting and for telling your own organization's story.
How to Conduct an Intro Letter Campaign & Creating a Grant Seeking Strategy
An introduction letter campaign opens doors with funders who don't take unsolicited proposals — learn to identify, track, and cultivate those relationships. Then turn scattered opportunities into a focused, realistic strategy built around your calendar, bandwidth, and priorities.
Grant Management Throughout the Grant Seeking Cycle
Grant management isn't just a post-award task. Learn best practices for every phase of the cycle — from funder research through reporting and close-out — that improve efficiency and grow grant revenue.
Program Narratives: Writing Smarter Not Harder
Craft grant narratives that are strategic, engaging, and efficient. Learn to break down funder questions, use storytelling with purpose, align to funder priorities, and reuse existing material so every application is faster and more fundable.
How to Cut Characters without Cutting Content
Meet tight character limits without losing what matters. Through real examples and rewriting exercises, learn hands-on strategies to tighten your narrative while keeping its impact.
Keep Calm & Proof It Again, and Again, and Again, and Again, and Again!
Learn a professional six-step proofing process that makes grant documents accurate, consistent, and funder-ready. Practice in pairs, proofing and giving feedback on real writing.
Creating Impactful Supplemental Materials
Build a toolkit of supplemental materials that make applications stronger. From flowcharts and impact reports to partnership letters and media packets, learn to create clear, strategic pieces that help you stand out.
Getting Stellar Support Letters
Secure and craft support letters that genuinely strengthen proposals. Learn to approach supporters, capture their authentic voice, and manage the process efficiently — turning a small detail into a big asset.
Show Me the Money: Budgeting for Grant Writers
Build strategic, funder-ready budgets that strengthen your proposals. Learn to create, scale, and narrate budgets that demonstrate need, sustainability, and impact.
Understanding Fiscal Documents for Grant Writers
Navigate the financial documents behind every proposal — cash flow statements, P&Ls, audits, 990s, and comparative budgets. Learn to interpret them and use the insights to prove organizational capacity.
Communicating Impact with Data — How to Track Client Data & Program Outcomes and Create Impactful Reports
Turn program data into stories funders trust. Learn to build simple, sustainable systems for tracking client data and outcomes, and to shape that data into compelling impact narratives and reports.
Why You Should Love Writing Reports
Grant reports are one of your best relationship-building tools. Learn to write reports that meet funder requirements while deepening trust, showcasing impact, and setting up repeat and increased funding.
Understanding the Logic of Logic Models
Build logic models that map a program's path from resources to impact. Learn to define success, measure outcomes, and connect activities to results — then create a full model for a program of your choice.
Building Strong Relationships with Funders through Communications
Strong funder relationships are built well beyond the application. From reports and site visits to thank-you and denial letters, learn how every touchpoint deepens trust and increases future funding.