“A grant is one of the government’s tools for funding ideas and projects to provide public services, stimulate the economy, and benefit the general public.”
What is a grant? by Charlie Thomas
Site
Launched
May 1, 2016 via WordPress.com
Purpose
Connect the grants community and provide learning resources for prospective applicants
Goal: Our team's goal was to cultivate a unique, personal voice within the often opaque federal grants landscape.
My Responsibility: Manage the Grants.gov Community Blog, including writing and editing all posts from launch through September 2018.
Tasks: Lead content strategy, topic ideation, maintain content schedule, write posts, edit all posts, coordinate review process, and analyze performance data.
Totals: As a team of two contributors, we published 227 blog posts generating 523,110 views as of January 25, 2018.
What we’ve accomplished:
392%
Increased average monthly page views by 392%—from 6,682 in FY 2016 to 25,994 in FY 2017.
289%
Increased average monthly unique visitors by 289%—from 2,595 in FY 2016 to 12,778 in FY 2017.
Growth
Increased average monthly views by 84% from FY2017 to 47,813 in FY2018
Increased average monthly readers by 87% from FY2017 to 23,918 in FY2018