Using Data to Tell Nonprofit Stories: 6 Tips to Flex Your Grant Writing Muscles [Episode 64]

Data can be one of those tricky areas in grant writing, because grant applications request the data, but they don’t always tell you what data. How’s a grant writer supposed to know?

Today I’m sharing 6 tips for better data-driven storytelling in your grant writing:

1. Use elements of a good story. Figure out what carries the reader and moves the story along; then weed out the rest.
2. Figure out what data do you need to be collecting in the first place
3. Start collecting way before you need it
4. Have a central place to keep it
5. Check for updates regularly
6. Always be accurate and truthful!

In Episode 60 we talked about nonprofit storytelling tips, and I recommended that you build a bank of stories to draw from. It’s the same with data.

Do You Struggle with Using Data in Grant Writing?

This is exactly how I help nonprofits. We work on helping you build a solid, adaptable framework for your grant applications. You’ve got to have a good foundation if you want to build long-term, sustainable funding.

We also go through specific examples of this in the Fast Track to Grant Writer VIP Program. I show you different ways to use the data to make the most impact, and then we have homework exercises to practice doing that with different types of data.

I’d love to support you so you can scale your nonprofit or grant writing career much faster. Let’s create a ripple effect!