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The Book

The Grant-Writer’s Toolkit

The 60-Day System That Takes You From Not Ready to Funded

by Gwen Valentino

You care about your mission. You can even write. But when a grant deadline hits, you find yourself guessing what funders actually want.

Kindle, paperback and hardcover

About the book

The whole system, in order

The Grant-Writer’s Toolkit is the 60-day system that takes a small nonprofit from scattered and stuck to grant ready and submitted. Written by a working grant writer who has helped small nonprofits and rural New Mexico communities win millions, it gives you the exact order of operations:

  1. Audit your grant readiness
  2. Tell your story
  3. Find funders who fit
  4. Write a problem statement backed by real data
  5. Set goals funders can measure
  6. Build a budget that holds up
  7. Submit with confidence

No jargon. No theory. Just the system, in order, finally in your hands.

What’s inside

Inside you get

14

Copy-and-fill templates

1

A fully worked example

From a youth robotics team.

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Mindset minutes

For the days it feels impossible.

30

Day Grant Lab bonus

For building your funding pipeline.

Get your copy

Kindle$9.99 (read free with Kindle+)
Paperback$19.99
Hardcover$29.99

250 pages · English · Published October 10, 2026

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