How to Write a Grant: Become a Grant Writing Unicorn

#1 bestseller for nonprofit fundraising and grants

This book answers all your questions related to grant writing and the questions you want to ask like…

🔸 How do I build a career in grant writing?

🔸 What if the grant I write doesn’t win?

🔸 How do I make time for this?

Here’s what we want you to know: if you can think critically and commit to being the best version of yourself, you will succeed as a grant writing unicorn.

We often get ahead of ourselves, and fear overruns our hopes and dreams. But did you know that you can get started sooner than you realize? As soon as you close this book, you are ready. Marked with chocolate fingerprints, coffee stains, post-its, and highlights, you will feel confident and inspired to take action.

Freshen that cup of joe or tea my friend. We move quickly around here. You are on your way to becoming a Grant Writing Unicorn! 🦄

🧡 Meredith, Alex, and the Entire Team at Learn Grant Writing

"It's obvious that Meredith's methods are tried and tested! Her desire to see her readers succeed in grant writing is evident in the first chapter when she immediately shares the 7 steps to win a grant. Love the passion and relatable content this book brings to the table! Can't wait to try out all the new tips in my own grant writing!”

-- April Tabor, Senior Grants Management Officer, Frontier Nursing University

“As a special needs mom, I know I can learn anything. But I still struggle with imposter syndrome and overwhelm as a new grant writer. Meredith's witty and wise insights are clear, authentic, and immediately actionable. You will not regret reading this book.”

-- Abby Gromlich, New Grant Writer

“When it comes to raising money for yourself, your cause, or your community, How to Write a Grant by Meredith Noble leads you step by step on how to find the needle you need in today’s multi-billion dollar haystack of available grant funding!”

-- Carol Tuynman, Community Volunteer

“I have agonized over the grant writing process for more than 30 years. How to Write a Grant has provided me with an organized approach and beginner's mind that has empowered me to be productive while maintaining a stress free existence.”

-- Mike Gardner, Northflow LLC

"Meredith has woven her decade long experience as a grant writer and grant writing coach into this newly-revised, hands-on resource for those new and not so new to the grant writing field. Whether you're a nonprofit professional who's been selected to write grants for your team or you just launched your own organization, you'll be sure to find tangible help to writing grants that get funded. And with Meredith's fun writing style and amazing sense of humor, you'll be fully engaged from beginning to end."

-- Hope S. Holman, BCMHC, CTSS, CAC, CPC

“How To Write A Grant is one of the few "how to" books you're likely to ever truly enjoy reading! Meredith takes future and present grant writers on a journey with truisms about personal process and self-limiting beliefs, how to do the work, and anecdotes that keep it all real. Her willingness to pull back the curtain on grant writing, removing the mystery and the either-you're-in-the-club-and-know ... or not aspect out of the process. What a wonderful reference tool!”

-- Paula Lewinski, Grant Writer

“I can't believe a book like this actually exists! I own the first edition. It has been a big help especially when it came to my confidence. The second edition is just as great as the first. This is a wonderful feeling to be a grant writing unicorn.

-- Donna Pearson, Grant Writer

Meredith is an entrepreneur, community leader, and outdoor adventurer. She is part of Geeks in the Woods, a new wave of pioneers building technology companies from remote, yet connected Valdez, Alaska. She is the co-founder of Learn Grant Writing, an online professional development program for aspiring grant writers. Her expertise has been featured in Fast Company, and her book, How to Write a Grant: Become a Grant Writing Unicorn, is a #1 bestseller for nonprofit fundraising and grants on Amazon. Meredith has secured over $42 million in grant funding, and her students in the Grant Writing Unicorn Collective have secured over $250 million - a number that grows daily.