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Five-star student reviews:

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WOW. I don't feel like a newbie any more

Roger McIver

Never written a grant proposal before, coming on a board where that's a big part of my job. Taking "Grants Research Super-Charged" was the perfect place for me to start. Maryn's approach is so down-to-earth and crystal clear. She really sets out t...

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Never written a grant proposal before, coming on a board where that's a big part of my job. Taking "Grants Research Super-Charged" was the perfect place for me to start. Maryn's approach is so down-to-earth and crystal clear. She really sets out the big picture in a motivating way, then zooms us right down to the tools and how to use them. Can't wait to get started. Five stars plus!

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A five-star gold mine for a seasoned grants research veteran

Sharon Bostwick

I've been a grant pro for years and took this course primarily to see if there were any new tricks this old dog could learn. Boy, am I glad I did ... Maryn goes way, way beyond the usual on-the-ground tactics and showed me a whole new way of think...

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I've been a grant pro for years and took this course primarily to see if there were any new tricks this old dog could learn. Boy, am I glad I did ... Maryn goes way, way beyond the usual on-the-ground tactics and showed me a whole new way of thinking about grants research - from what she calls a 3-D perspective. I'm excited to share what I learned with my team and SO excited to go back to my "old" grants tools and start using them in a whole new way. THANKS, GrantsMagic U!!

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Found 12 completely new grantmakers for my biggest client

Debbie Smithers

FIVE STARS. So impressed. I took the strategy Maryn teaches here for expanding and then narrowing the search by 'stacking' search terms. I found 12 new funders for my biggest client, and three of them are 'three-fers.' Who knew! GrantsMagic U isn'...

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FIVE STARS. So impressed. I took the strategy Maryn teaches here for expanding and then narrowing the search by 'stacking' search terms. I found 12 new funders for my biggest client, and three of them are 'three-fers.' Who knew! GrantsMagic U isn't kidding when it calls this course super-charged. Worth every penny a thousand times over.

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A MUST for grants success!

Lauren Holland

The Grants Research - with a Twist! training is a MUST for success in your grant seeking. Maryn introduces tips and tricks that reveal the secret to true grant seeking success. Not only does she familiarize you with the resources to find these f...

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The Grants Research - with a Twist! training is a MUST for success in your grant seeking. Maryn introduces tips and tricks that reveal the secret to true grant seeking success. Not only does she familiarize you with the resources to find these funders, but she will show you how to save PLENTY of time in your grant search. This course will open the door to at least hundreds of funders you may have not considered in your previous searches. An A+ proposal is of no value without the proper, interested funder to read it. This course is crucial to your grant success!

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For Experienced Grants Writers Seeking an Edge

Elaine Penn

Maryn, you did it again! I have been writing grants for years and with great success -but I wrote for school districts that were eligible for federal and state money. Most of these have been Title grants earmarked for under-performing school dist...

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Maryn, you did it again! I have been writing grants for years and with great success -but I wrote for school districts that were eligible for federal and state money. Most of these have been Title grants earmarked for under-performing school districts and for schools that met NCLB guidelines. I didn't have to seek and find grantfunders - I just had to apply and write applications strong enough to get the most money and to meet the school district's needs. Now that I am working for non-profits that are not schools or whose grant projects are not related to secondary education, I've found myself almost completely clueless about how to do grants research to find suitable funders. This course has met every expectation I had for meaningful information and instruction that I can use right now - and I have already utilized valuable tools you provided in the Q & A that introduced this course. Thank you again and again for always delivering high quality instruction with clarity.

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Another home run for GrantsMagic U!

Mary Tewksbury

Maryn hits another home run! She takes the sometimes stressful and overwhelming task of funder research and breaks it down into manageable pieces. Who knew the power of asterisks and parenthesis!

Maryn hits another home run! She takes the sometimes stressful and overwhelming task of funder research and breaks it down into manageable pieces. Who knew the power of asterisks and parenthesis!

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Finding more good funder matches, with ease = winner!!

Janis K Wheeler

In the “Grants Research… with a Twist" training I learned to strategize and amplify my grant search, dramatically saving me time and making my efforts more efficient, but it didn’t stop there. She revealed the two best places to look for grants, a...

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In the “Grants Research… with a Twist" training I learned to strategize and amplify my grant search, dramatically saving me time and making my efforts more efficient, but it didn’t stop there. She revealed the two best places to look for grants, and how to search for them with the greatest ease. Maryn shares her secret strategy on how to find the “sweet spot funders” for my project and organization! Maryn Boess of GrantsMagic U is a grant writing process champion who cares very much about our success. She is a Super Star on my grant writing success team. I highly recommend this training! Maryn Boess, YOU totally ROCK!!

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I have some good news ... and some bad news. 

Did you know there are over 120,000 grantmaking organizations in the U.S. alone? 

That’s good news!

The bad news is, fewer than 1/10th of 1% of them have any interest at all in seeing a proposal from your organization.

Don’t take it personally - there’s more good news:

That 1/10th of 1% still leaves plenty of grantmakers who would be happy to consider supporting your organization’s work with a grant award.

You can think of that 1/10th of 1% as your “sweet spot” funders … and there’s more good news: You don’t have to knock on 120,000 doors to find them. 

That’s what thoughtful funder research is for: To help us cut through all the “no thank you’s” and zero in quickly and efficiently on that much smaller group in your organization’s “sweet spot” who are most likely to give your proposal an enthusiastic thumbs-up.

In this lively, fast-paced session, we’ll look at how you can make sure you get the very most from the time you invest in your grants research!

Featuring a real-life search demo:

Let's put our new skills to the test! I'll take you inside GrantStation's searchable funder database and show you exactly how to use our "sweet-spot" strategies to zero in on the perfect prospective funders for your next grant project! 

Your big take-aways:

  • Are you thinking “mission match”? That’s a great start! – But did you know some of your best prospective grantmaking partners may have no specific interest at all in your organization’s mission?

  • Five ways – beyond mission match – to frame the work you’re proposing to do that will connect you with five completely different groups of potential funders!

  • Using two-fers and three-fers (and maybe even four-fers) to really power up your connection with “sweet-spot” funders

  • A real-life scenario: How our unconventional simple tweaks helped a struggling nonprofit turn up 12 new-to-them “sweet-spot” funders resulting in over $100,000 in grant awards!

  • And finally - I'll take you inside a popular online funder database and show you exactly how to use our "sweet-spot" strategies to zero in on the perfect prospective funders for your next grant project!

Meet Maryn!

Maryn M. Boess

Founder/Chief Magic-Maker

Over her 35+-year nonprofit career, Maryn Boess has been an on-staff grantwriter; a grants consultant (winning $42 million for her clients over 10 years); a grants trainer; a grants reviewer, author, speaker, mentor and coach; and – starting in 2006 - even a grantmaker. This 3-D background brings a unique insider's perspective to the practical, inspiring trainings on healthy, successful grantsmanship she shares with thousands of people each year through GrantsMagic U (Go.GrantsMagic.org).

A true dual-citizen of the grants world, Maryn may be the only person holding membership in both Grant Professionals Association (for grantseekers) - and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (for grantmakers). In 2020, Maryn became just the second inductee into the international Grant Professionals Class of Distinguished Fellows, in recognition of her long history of contribution to the field.

Accepted Continuing Education Credits:

GRANTS RESEARCH - WITH A TWIST! (1 hr. 40 min. viewing time) is accepted by the following credentialing institutions for professional Continuing Education (CE) points: