Winning Grant Strategies with Peggy Downs

Most school leaders understand the value of grants. Far fewer feel confident navigating the process — the research, the deadlines, the proposal writing, the question of what actually sets a winning application apart.

That's exactly what this video, created in partnership with the New Hampshire Department of Education, is designed to demystify. Peggy Downs of Granting Your Vision breaks down what makes a grant proposal succeed, from finding the right funders to crafting a proposal that stands out.

Peggy brings a perspective few grant writers can offer: she has served as a peer reviewer for federal grants, including the Charter School Program (CSP) and Education Innovation and Research (EIR), as well as state charter school grants — so she's seen firsthand what reviewers reward and what they pass over. She's also the author of the Grant Writing for School Leaders series.