Get Grant Ready · A short course

You don't need more grant lists. You need to be ready when the right one shows up.

A short, practical course for small business owners, nonprofit leaders, and ministry leaders who keep hearing "there's grant money out there" and don't know where to begin.

Black Friday price: $47 through Monday, November 30 at 11:59 pm ET. Regular price $127.

Get Grant Ready for $47

All sales are final.

Most people start with the search.

They find a grant, open the application, and freeze. The budget page asks for numbers they've never pulled together. The evaluation section asks how they'll measure impact. The deadline is two weeks out.

The people who win grants usually did their work long before the deadline. They were ready first.

And if you haven't gotten there yet, it isn't because you lack heart or a good cause. Grant writing has its own language, its own players, and its own expectations, and nobody hands you the map. So you guess, or you pay someone to guess for you, and you never learn why one proposal lands and another doesn't.

Three moves, in order.

  1. Foundations. How grants work, who decides, where money comes from, and the mistakes that quietly sink first applications.
  2. Fit. How to research opportunities with AI and traditional tools, and how to say no to a grant that isn't yours.
  3. Proposal. The eleven sections reviewers look for, from the executive summary to the budget, sustainability, and supporting documents.

Readiness is a skill, not a lucky break. Each lesson is about three minutes and comes with a fillable guide, so you don't just watch. You build. By Module 3 you have a working draft of every core section, ready to shape for the next funder.

Who's behind it

I'm Donna Davis. As a child, I ate the school meals that federal programs paid for. Decades later, I oversaw those same programs as South Carolina's State Director of Child Nutrition Programs.

In nearly 30 years of public service, I helped bring in almost $1 million for a statewide Administrative Review training grant and was part of the team that secured nearly $2 million in a breakfast grant awarded to only four states. I've written proposals and I've worked inside the systems that review them. This course is what I wish every small organization knew before they hit "submit."

What Masterclass clients said

"The entire presentation was life changing. I’m new to Chat GPT and grants in general. I’m currently in the process of dipping my toe into the grant pool and this opportunity came at the right time. I never considered using chat GPT to assist me with this process nor did I even know it was possible to do. Donna opened up a brand new door of opportunities with this tool. And the possibilities are endless. Thank you Donna for your extensive knowledge and for opening us up to the possibilities of another source of funding for our businesses and how to go get it! #winning"— Masterclass client
"This grantwriting with AI Mastertclass was incredibly comprehensive and enlightening. For someone that knew nothing of AI until this class I am very excited to start my Grant Writing journey with the knowledge gained from this incredible resource! Donna Davis has an ability to make something that seems so overwhelming, like grant writing, and putting into perspective, clearly expressing how easily I can level up my own company and grow my funding opportunities."— Masterclass client

What's inside

  • 20 short video lessons in 3 modules (about 70 minutes total)
  • A fillable Lesson Guide for every video: key ideas, 2024–2026 rule updates, and an exercise that builds your proposal piece by piece
  • Module check-ins where you upload your work, plus a Final Capstone: your own Grant Ready Portfolio
  • Module workbooks: Grant Readiness Self-Check, Funder Research Tracker, and Proposal Builder
  • Six bonus tools: Grant Tracker + Reporting Calendar (Excel), Grant Budget Builder (Excel), Boilerplate + Letter Kit, AI Grant Prompt Library (23 prompts), Business Grant Readiness Toolkit, and the Grant Ready Document Checklist
  • Access for as long as the course is offered, at your own pace, on any device
A plain word on who this is for. This course is for nonprofits, churches and faith-based organizations, and small business owners who want to understand and prepare for grants. Many grants are open only to nonprofits or public agencies, so eligibility always depends on the funder. This course teaches you to read that early, so you don't spend weeks on an application you can't win. It does not promise funding.

Why now

Grant deadlines don't wait for us to get organized. If you do the readiness work in December, you walk into the new year with your documents gathered and your story written. The $47 price is my Black Friday thank-you and ends Monday, November 30 at 11:59 pm ET.

Get Grant Ready for $47

Because you get every lesson and download the moment you join, all sales are final.

For such a time as this, be ready. — Donna

© 2026 D.W. Davis Consulting, LLC · West Columbia, SC

Educational content only. Not legal, tax, or financial advice. Grant eligibility is set by each funder, and this course does not guarantee funding.