To Hire or Not to Hire a Professional Grant Writer?

That is the question that many nonprofit and government professionals struggle to answer. Using a grant writer is an additional—sometimes unanticipated—expense of an organization…and, there are no guarantees of a return on one’s investment when using a professional.

There are three main avenues that agencies, like yours, can take to boost their grant writing activities:

Option #1. Using existing personnel to write grants
Option #2: Hiring a grant writer as an employee
Option #3. Outsourcing a grant writer subcontractor

There are numerous benefits and some disadvantages to each of these options. In this article, we explore 5 specific benefits for going with options 2 and 3.