Spark the Fire Grant Writer Community
A free home for grant writers who want more than a feed of hot takes and horror stories.
Grant writing can be a lonely job, even when you love it. You're often the only one in the building who understands what a logic model is, why the funder's guidelines contradict themselves, or why a "quick edit" request three days before deadline is not, in fact, quick. This is the place where 370 grant writers and aspiring grant writers show up to talk shop, celebrate wins, and figure it out together.
🪵 Fireside Discussion
The main gathering space. Post about anything on your mind: a tricky RFP, a client boundary you're not sure how to set, a rejection you're still processing, a strategy question with no clean answer. Anyone can start a thread, and you'll hear back from grant writers who have likely faced the exact same thing.
What happens inside
Everything below is free. No catch and no upsell required to participate.
🎉 Wins & Celebrations
A space built for good news, defined broadly. Post the award you just landed, sure, but also the proposal you finally submitted, the promotion you earned, the first client you signed, or the deadline you hit despite everything working against you. Progress counts here, not just outcomes.
🤘 Community Meetups
A space built for good news, defined broadly. Post the award you just landed, sure, but also the proposal you finally submitted, the promotion you earned, the first client you signed, or the deadline you hit despite everything working against you. Progress counts here, not just outcomes.
💼 Job Board
Curated opportunities from grant writing firms and organizations Allison knows personally. This isn't a scraped job aggregator; every listing has a real connection behind it.
📚Book Club
A recurring read-and-discuss series for grant writers who want to keep learning past the last course they took.
The more you show up, the more you get
Active members climb a leaderboard built into the community. Higher levels unlock rewards: Spark the Fire merch and discounts on courses and resources. It's a small thank-you for the people who make this community what it is: engaged, generous, and genuinely useful.
When you’re ready for more
The community is free and always will be. When you're ready to build specific skills, Spark the Fire offers three flagship courses and a rotating set of mini courses, available for a fee, covering everything from the fundamentals of grant writing to running a freelance grant writing business.
Coming soon: The Vault, a growing library of templates and resources for grant writers, available as a $997 annual subscription.
Come talk shop with people who get it
Free to join. No credit card, no sales call, just a community of grant writers who understand exactly what you're dealing with.