Wheres The Money?: Grant Writing Workshop Tim Smeeding, Mary Tschirhart, Christina Leigh Deitz, and...

Where’s The Money?:Grant Writing Workshop

Tim Smeeding, Mary Tschirhart, Christina Leigh Deitz, and

Mitch Wallerstein

March 2, 2007

Welcome Goals and Objectives: What Can be Achieved

in a Three Hour Seminar?

Introduction of Presenters

The View from the Funder Experience Things Funders Like Things Funders Don’t Like

Types of Funding Grants Contracts Donations/Gifts

In-kind, cash, assets Earmarked or not Solicited or unsolicited

Funding Organizations Government Agencies

Federal, State, and Local Private Organizations

Foundations Corporations Federated Funders Membership Associations/Clubs

Types of Foundations Independent Company-sponsored Community Operating

Sources of Ideas for Proposals,Focus on Community Organizations: Strategic plan with funding priorities Packages of fundable units LAI Analysis: Linkage, Ability, Interest Collaboration partners

ADSR andOffice of Sponsored Programs Maxwell ADSR

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/sponres/ Office of Sponsored Programs

http://osp.syr.edu/ ; http://osp.syr.edu/ProposalPreparation.htm Agency Contacts and Forms Background Research Funding Announcements Budget Preparation Workshops

Identifying Foundations Notification Services and Databases

Community of Science (COS): http://fundingalert.cos.com/helptoc.shtml Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS): http://iris.library.uiuc.edu/~iris/alert/ Grant Advisor: http://www.grantadvisor.com Grants.gov: http://www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription.jsp Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org/newsletters/ Thompson.com:

http://www.grantsandfunding.com/grantsandfunding/reports/writingproposals.html

Newsletters and Periodicals Regional Association of Grantmakers Foundation Web Pages Word of Mouth Directories

Online Resources for Grant Writing and Funding Opportunities Foundation Center -- http://foundationcenter.org/

Online training courses, guides and tutorials; 1 hr. and full day class room training SU Library subscription to Foundation Directory Online: http://library.syr.edu/ Cooperating Collection available at the Onondaga County Public Library - Galleries;

“Grantseeking Basics” offered regularly:http://www.onlib.org/website/about/grantscenter.htm

The Grantsmanship Center™ (TGCI) -- http://www.tgci.com Daily Federal Grant Announcements: http://tgci.com/fedToday.asp Grantsmanship Center Magazine Archives: http://tgci.com/magazine.shtml The Grantsmanship Training Program™: http://www.tgci.com/gtptraining.shtml

The Fundraising School -- Center on Philanthropy @ Indiana University http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/TheFundRaisingSchool/ “Preparing successful grant proposals”, “Online grant proposals” and

other fundraising classes Certificate in Fund Raising Management

Proposal Writing Links:Where to Go for Help? General Proposal Writing Tips

Proposal Writing Short Course” Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html

“Grantwriting Tools” Non-profit Guides: http://www.npguides.org/guide/index.html “Guide For Proposal Writing” NSF: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf04016 “Developing and Writing Grant Proposals” CFDA:

http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show “Tips on Writing a Grant Proposal” EPA: http://www.epa.gov/ogd/recipient/tips.htm “Grant Proposal Writing Guidelines” United Nations: http://

www.un.org/Depts/dhl/sflib/libmgnt/grantproposals.htm “Grantwriting Tip Sheets” National Institute of Health (NIH): http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm “What do Winning Proposals Have in Common?” Scholastic, Inc.:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/grants/WinningProposals.htm “Ten Tips…” Judy Kunofsky: http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/zim41011.htm “Six Guidelines…” GrantProposal.com: http://www.grantproposal.com/proposal.html “Powerful Proposals” Deborah Kluge http://www.proposalwriter.com/pointers.html “Proposal Checklist” Deborah Kluge: http://www.proposalwriter.com/checklist.html Sample of Powerpoints available from Office of Sponsored Programs: “Get Funded”,

“Writing a Compelling Grant Proposal”, “Budget Planning and Development”: http://osp.syr.edu/Training&Workshops.htm#Proposal%20Preparation%20Wshops

Proposal Writing Links:Where to Go for Help? Sample of Grant Application Forms

“NY/NJ Common Application Form (CAF)” NYRAG (Handout) http://www.nyrag.org/info-url2335/info-url_list.htm?category=For%20Grantseekers&doc_id=34417

“Common Grant Application”, National Network of Grantmakers: http://nng.org/cga.html

“Chicago Area Grant Application” Donors Forum of Chicago http://www.donorsforum.org/resource/grantapp_intro.html

“Common Application Form” Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers http://www.abagmd.org/usr_doc/ABAG2003CommonFormatFinal.doc

“Common Application Form” Connecticut Council for Philanthropy http://www.ctphilanthropy.org/o/gsk_common-app.asp

Proposal Writing Links:Where to Go for Help? Sample Grant Proposals

http://www.ulm.edu/gradschool/Help_Page.htm http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/app/default.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010216073923/http://www.charitychannel.com/GuestShare/Wendy_Norris/ http://web.archive.org/web/20001218024300/http://charitychannel.com/GuestShare/Tim_Puffer/ http://www.sinclair.edu/departments/grants/NonNSFSampleProposals/index.cfm http://www.k12grants.org/samples/samples_index.htm http://www.npguides.org/guide/sample_proposals.htm http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/fbci/grants2.html http://theideabank.com/onlinecourse/samplegrant.html http://www.coloradogrants.org/health.html

Proposal Writing Links:Where to Go for Help? (Handout) Proposal Budget

http://osp.syr.edu/forms/Preparing%20a%20Grant%20Budget.doc

http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/budget.html http://www.npguides.org/guide/budget.htm http://www.nfconline.org/main/info/guides_budget_sum.htm

Things to Avoid http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/ten.htm http://www.emcf.org/pub/jargon/hints.htm

How To Guides http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/ http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/sponres/HowToWriteAGrantProposal.outline.doc http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/sponres/Global_Development_Network.proposal-toolkit.doc http://www.homebizbuzz.co.nz/article.php3?ArticleID=305

Start-To-Finish: Main Steps The LOI / Preproposal Proposal Follow up and Thank You Interim Report to Funders Final Report

General Framework for Proposals Executive Summary Statement of Need Project Description / Narrative Budget Organizational Information Conclusion Appendixes / Supportive Documents

General Framework for Proposals Executive Summary Statement of Need

Why asking for support? Need exists – facts and stats Hope Opportunity

Why your organization/research team? Competence, contacts & resources Won’t take you off-course Can offer model for others (if pilot)

General Framework For Proposals Project Description / Narrative Budget Organizational Information Conclusion Appendixes / Supportive Documents

General Framework For Proposals Why Proposals Fail Proposal Writing Short Course

Foundation Center

Additional Resources @ SU PPA 730-14

Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations

ANT 700 / CAS 713

Proposal Writing Seminar

IST 614

Grant Writing and Fund Development

The End Q & A

Evaluations