For a number of ideas, start with our article Ten Ways to Streamline.
Then check out our articles that explore in-depth how and why funders right-size their requirements, shorten their applications and reports, streamline their financial due diligence, and even accept proposals written for other funders.
Project Streamline, a project of PEAK Grantmaking, is another wonderful resource on ways to streamline and how to make the case to your board. Project Streamline focuses on helping grantmakers get the information they need while reducing the burden of application and reporting practices on nonprofit grantseekers.