Training Overview

Our signature 3-day intensive gives you everything you need to plan, write, and submit stronger grant proposals. Through presentations, live demos, and hands-on exercises, you’ll tackle project planning, proposal writing, and key attachments—plus get a workbook and digital resources to keep you on track long after the training.

  1. Get the Grant

  2. Day 1: The Landscape, the Guidance, the Setup, the Writing

  3. Day 2: The Problem, the Solution, the Results, the People

  4. Day 3: The Money, the Bookends, the Plant, the Funder

About This Training

  • $750.00
  • March 4-6, 2026
  • Community Foundation of Southern NM
  • 640 El Paseo Rd, Las Cruces, NM 88001

Your opportunity for hands-on learning

This is one of our most popular trainings. Join us to build the skills, tools, and confidence needed to plan, write, and submit strong, competitive grant proposals.

  • Build a grant-ready project from the ground up! Participants learn how to assess organizational readiness, screen funding opportunities for fit, and map a clear, fundable project using practical tools they can reuse for future grants (from “Can They, Should They, Would They?” to full project mapping).

  • Write strong, competitive grant narratives with confidence — Through guided instruction and hands-on exercises, participants practice drafting key proposal sections (need, solution, results, and summaries), learn how reviewers read applications, and sharpen clarity, concision, and alignment with funder priorities.

  • Translate programs into clear budgets, results, and workplans funders expect. Participants learn how to plan realistic grant budgets, define outcomes and measures, and organize timelines, attachments, and quality control so proposals are complete, compliant, and ready to submit.

Instructor(s)

Aly Sanchez

Director of Strategy and Organizational Development

Aly Sanchez, Director of Strategy and Organizational Development for The Grant Plant, has more than two decades of grant writing experience including planning, proposal preparation, and reporting for complex private, state, and federal awards. In addition to direct grant development, she specializes in proposal strategy, project design, and staff and organizational development for The Grant Plant. Aly also leads the company’s capacity-building services, in which she develops learning materials, workshops, and trainings. Aly has completed UNM Evaluation Lab’s Evaluation Summer Institute and is trained and experienced in Results Based Accountability (RBA). Aly holds a BA in Psychology and an MBA focused on executive leadership.

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Testimonials for Get the Grant

“The presentation was excellent. The presenter was engaging and responsive to questions and willing to talk to people individually. It seemed like she was enjoying teaching.”

Spring 2025 Participant

“The Funders Panel was great! The trainer and her experience were invaluable. ”

Spring 2025 Participant

“Aly is the consummate professional and shared her expertise during lunch breaks as well. Overall, I knew I would take much needed information from the workshop because the Grant Plant is an A-plus organization.”

Spring 2025 Participant

GPCI Approved!

The Grant Plant is a provider of training sessions that have been accepted in the GPCI Accepted Education Program.

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