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Grants Writing Presentation
By Red Tape Busters
From Little things Bigger Things Grow Created Opportunity to leave Public Sector
Started Planning Business (TCATS)
Job Application/PT Consultants
Asked to lobby QT
Brisbane Extra
ACA
Sunday Mail
Talk Back Radio/ABC
Started as Lobbyists and writing Job Applications
Moved into Grant Writing
Then Business/Strategic Plans
Now Organisational Development and
Tenders
Evolving Services
Lobbying – rezonings, resumptions, banks, telecommunications,
Government, Councils.
Grants - $21.7 million for hospital project, $4.9 million for disability
accommodation, $1million in funding for agricultural peak body, $600k for
translation services, $470k for a respite service, $400k for museum
display, $340k for farming enterprise, $220k for abattoir
Tenders - $13 million Woolworths tender, $6.4 million for construction
project.
Successes
Strategic Direction
Roles and Responsibilities
Committee Composition
Policies and Procedures
Culture and Ethics
Secrets to a Successful Organisation
It is vital that the Committee sets the strategic direction of the
organisation!
Strategic Direction
Does your organisation:-
Have a strategic plan in place? Project Plans for significant projects? Yearly Operational Plans? Discuss progress at Committee meetings? Regularly revise plans and direction according to organisational needs
Strategic Direction
Strategic/Business Plans should include the following as a
minimum:-
Overview/History of Organisation Goals/Objectives/Projects for the next three to five years SWOT Analysis Market analysis/Demographic analysis Financial Information Supported by a yearly Operational Plan
Strategic/Business Plan
For NFP’s it is vital to identify ALL projects that require funding over at
least the next 12 months.
A project can be as simple as the need for a new computer or could be a
significant upgrade of facilities.
A “project” to us is anything requiring funding.
Project Planning
Be a professional Organisation
Identify organisational goals
Identify all possible grant opportunities
Progress the best opportunities based on needs
Write great submissions/responses
Secrets to Grant Writing
Note that the actual writing is last on the list of importance not first!
It is important that you identify all possible grant opportunities that
relate to your organisation/project prior to considering preparing
responses. This requires extensive research.
Identifying Grant Opportunities
Following your research it is VITAL that you now match your projects
to grant opportunities for NFP’s and your organisational requirements.
This is a key to successful grant writing – applying to the right funding
program for the right project!
Matching Opportunities to Requirements
Your focus should be to:-
Match opportunities to best meet your organisational needs
Prepare a Matrix – forward plan over next 6 months at least
Matching Projects to Programs
Guidelines – read the guidelines, read the specifications, read them
repeatedly
Audience – write to the audience
No Acronyms
Consider font, format, space/character/word limits
Writing the Response
Know the organisation - research
‘Deconstruct’ the question/criteria
Talk the talk – align language, individualise
Clear & succinct
Writing the Response
Reference to other documents
Use dot point, figures, statistics to validate your case
Draft, refine, draft, refine
Write with passion but be fair dinkum
Writing the Response
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information about this article or if you require specialist grant, tender or job application writing experience. We can
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