Notes

An RFP (Request for Proposal) is basically a public “help wanted” ad for businesses. Organizations list their project requirements on bidding sites like MERX or Biddingo and invite qualified applicants to submit a proposal. The process sounds simple, but there is a massive gap between the RFP guidelines and instructions and the reality of winning […]

📌 A quick note: The July digest (Part I & II) is now FREE for everyone! If you find it useful, the national Canadian RFP digest launches August 15, covering opportunities from coast to coast. The Pipeline Outlook This is the second of two digests for the month, picking up where Part 1 left off.

If you’ve applied for a grant lately, you know the drill. Emailing a clean, simple PDF to a program officer is so 2010s. You’re now battling logins, character counts, and systems that feel more like filing your taxes than telling your organization’s story. Think of It as a Job Application If you’ve looked for work

You’ve found an RFP that looks promising. The deadline works, the budget is reasonable, and the cause matters to you. Then, you read the scope of work: it requires three different skill sets, and you have none of them. Most people close the tab at this point. If that sounds familiar, you’re missing out on

The funding landscape is bigger than you think. And harder to track than it should be. Whether you’re an Ontario-based nonprofit staff member, an Executive Director wearing every hat, or a contract grant writer managing multiple clients, the research is where time disappears. I’ve been there. I spent close to 15 years in the nonprofit