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Read our articles listed below for answers to frequently asked questions from our members.
What Are the Similarities and Differences Between a Grant and a Loan?
If you’re looking to fund a growth initiative, the two most common ways to do it are through grants and loans. While there are some similarities between a grant and a loan, they are actually very different methods of paying for your growth projects. In this blog, we’ll explore similarities, detail how grants differ from
What Types of Grants Do Manufacturers Qualify For?
To understand the answer to this question, it is important to recognize that grants fund outcomes. Outcomes are what will change as a result of a company getting a grants. For for-profit companies, examples of outcomes include job creation, capital investment, upskilling employees, and increasing the market for goods made from recycled products. If
Where Do Grants Come From For Manufacturers?
In the non profit world, the answer to this question is pretty simple (foundations, primarily). However, this is a significantly more complex question for the manufacturing and business community, primarily because the sources vary by state and type of project(s) the manufacturer executes. Here is a non-exhaustive list of the typical sources of manufacturing
What Is a Small, Medium and Large Grant? How Many Hours Does It Take To Write Each Type?
Small, medium and large. So many things come in sizes. Fountain drinks. Clothes. Starbucks Coffee (even though they don’t use the normal words!). Similarly, grants come in various sizes and categories as well. Here is a deeper explanation of small, medium and large grants, from my humble perspective. Small Grants – I consider small
Will you Identify Grant Opportunities I Can Immediately Pursue in your Research?
DoorDash. GrubHub. Uber. We live in a world of instant gratification. That’s why I am not terribly surprised when I get the question, “If you find us a grant opportunity, will we be able to apply and get the money right away?” And, the answer is yes…and no. When our grant professionals do
Can Grant Professionals Take a Percentage of the Grant?
This is a question our clients commonly ask when requesting our assistance. While I understand that lawyers take a percentage of their awards as compensation for their work, there are three sound reasons why grant professionals like those on the team at Lakeview Consulting cannot take a percentage of the grant as payment for writing