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Dewlyn’s courses and webinars help nonprofit leaders and small business owners build practical skills in grant writing, funding, and organizational development.

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Grant Writing for Small Business Owners

Grant funding for small businesses is often misunderstood. This course breaks it down in plain language so business owners can clearly see where to find legitimate opportunities, and how to apply without wasting time.

For small business owners

Build your grant-seeking toolkit.

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Understand which types of grants are available for small businesses
  • Identify government, corporate, micro-grant, prizes, challenges, and innovation funding opportunities
  • Prepare strong, reusable grant responses that save time
  • Use AI as your helper with prepared prompts – ready to use
  • Avoid common misconceptions and red flags around business grants
  • Build a simple system for tracking and applying for funding over time

Cheryl Smith walks you step by step through finding grant opportunities, developing a reusable common grant application, gathering your documents and submitting your application. Includes video lessons, templates and a regularly updated grant list for small business owners.

Grant Writing for Small Business Owners course
$79
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Course questions

A few helpful answers

Who is the small business course for?

Owners and future owners of for-profit businesses. The course focuses on finding and applying for grants for for-profit businesses. Nonprofit webinars are listed separately below.

Will the course guarantee a grant?

No. Funding decisions belong to the funder. You will learn to recognize your business’s eligibility for grants and complete a Common Grant Application that helps you prepare future applications efficiently.

How long will I have access?

You have lifetime access when you enroll through Dewlyn.com. The course is also offered on the SCORE.org Academy with one year of access.

What is the refund policy?

Read the course terms of use and refund policy. For questions about the course, email support@dewlyn.com.

Free recorded webinars

Start with a focused lesson

Choose a topic that matches the question you are working on today.

Free webinar

Is Your Nonprofit Struggling to Stay on Track?

Practical steps to steady your organization and plan what comes next.

Free webinar

How to Develop an Awesome Mission Statement

Craft a concise mission statement that reflects your organization’s values and goals.

Free webinar

Determining Nonprofit Executive Compensation

Board and staff compensation, and the legal and ethical considerations of paying nonprofit leaders.

Free webinar

Measuring What Matters

Set SMART goals and measure your program’s inputs, outputs and outcomes.

Free webinar

Nonprofit Internal Controls

Policies and procedures that reduce your risk of fraud and misuse of funds.

Free webinar

Nonprofit Budgets

Build a program budget, forecast income and expenses, and adjust budgets for funding requests.

Cheryl Smith, CEO of Dewlyn Nonprofit Services
Meet your instructor

Learn with Cheryl Smith, MPA

Cheryl is the founder and CEO of Dewlyn Nonprofit Services. Her work brings together nonprofit leadership, grant writing, strategic planning, and training. She trains over 3,000 leaders each year.

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Participant experiences

Hear from people who have learned with us

From participant evaluations of The Art of Grant-Writing with AI: Leveraging ChatGPT, a live SCORE.org workshop, May 2026.

A well-deserved 10/10. Cheryl was phenomenal, delivering a stellar presentation filled with a wealth of valuable information. What set this class apart was her use of real-life examples, which made the complex concept of grant-writing incredibly practical.
Workshop participant
I feel less intimidated to use my ChatGPT to write my first grant due to Cheryl’s live demo.
Workshop participant
The webinar was extremely informative, well-organized, and provided practical tools and strategies that I can immediately begin implementing within my organization.
Workshop participant
I am a SCORE mentor. However, I also lead our chapter’s Fund Raising Committee. This webinar was especially helpful.
SCORE mentor and chapter Fund Raising Committee lead
Cheryl is thorough, very relevant and an excellent presenter.
Workshop participant
Instructor was very knowledgeable on the topic and I did learn a lot from her.
Workshop participant

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