Course Description


Do you have a great grant idea you'd like to create, but not sure how to start? Come and join me - Maryn - as I show you how to develop a fundable project concept in a matter of minutes. No more going back to the office to get it done - have a first-draft proposal concept in about 90 minutes!

In this fast-paced interactive session:

  • You'll learn what questions will lead you more deeply into your own best thinking about a successful project or funding need.
  • You'll learn how to organize your ideas quickly.
  • You'll learn how to tap into your own passion to discover the most compelling story behind your great idea.
  • You’ll learn the key planning questions every grantmaker needs you to answer in order to make an informed, intelligent, and confident decision about your proposal.
  • BONUS: Dozens of organizations just like yours have won grants of up to $144,000 – with a simple one-page, fill-in-the-blanks form. Want to know how? It’s called the "Magic Wand One-Page Proposal Template" – and you’ll discover how to put its power to work on behalf of your organization, right away.

Recorded live for Washington Nonprofits in May 2015.

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Maryn Boess

Chief Magic-Maker

Over her 20+-year career in the nonprofit world, Maryn has been an on-staff program developer and grantwriter; a independent grants consultant (winning more than $42 million for her clients over 10 years); a grants project manager; a grants trainer; a grants reviewer, author, speaker, mentor and coach; and - for the past 10 years - even a grantmaker. This done-it-all background gives her the unique 3-D "insider's" perspective she brings to the practical and inspiring trainings on healthy, successful grantsmanship that she has been blessed to share with thousands of nonprofits of every size, nationally and internationally as well. GrantsMagic U, launched in fall 2015, is the "virtual academy" she created to make her extensive portfolio of grantsmanship trainings available (and affordable!) for anyone, anytime, anywhere. GrantsMagic U is an Approved Continuing Education Provider for both the Grant Professionals Certification (GPC) and Certified Fund-Raising Executive (CFRE) credentials. Since 2006 Maryn has also been “in the grantmaker’s chair,” managing up to $2 million annually in grantmaking for K-12 education in the Southwest. She considers herself a dual citizen in the grants world, and may be the only person currently holding membership in both GPA (Grant Professionals Association, for grantseekers) and GEO (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, for grantmakers). Every hour of GrantsMagic U training qualifies as 1 credit toward CFRE and GPC continuing-education and certification requirements.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    The 60-Minute Grant Proposal: Tapping into the Magic of the One-Page Worksheet!

    • Welcome from GrantsMagic U!

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