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Finding Funding & Support for Rich Digital Learning
Environments, Part 2http://bit.ly/NH2018-Grants
Helping teachers, schools and districts find funding
CMTC NH 2018
Dr. Rita Oates
Wendy Weiler
© 2018 Rita Oates1
Build Your Grant-Writing Tool Kit
1. Dream a. Write down what you want to do in a paragraphb. Find research to guide and support your ideasc. Make a shopping list and develop a budgetd. Check in with district office now or after step #3e. Find a partner/team to work with you as appropriate
2. Demographics on your school (or program)
a. Know your numbers; funders will check them!b. Consider photosc. Check your school website to make sure it’s in sync
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Build Your Grant-Writing Tool Kit
3. Your biography, resume or curriculum vita
a. Convince the funder YOU and your team are good people to support
b. Show that expertise matches your vision
4. Finding funding sources
a. Check in with district office!b. Know about quick hits for fundingc. Go local first d. Join online grant community
5. Finding more funding sources3
6. Funding dos and don’tsa. Know what can/cannot do from funding sourceb. Keep trying; recycle idea into new grant competitions
7. Why the budget and evaluation must match closely
a. Showing matching funds/supportb. Working with an evaluator before you submit
8. After you get a grant – say thank you a. Collect data for analysis, evaluationb. Prepare for criticism c. Disseminate results at conferences, in publications
d. What would happen with more funding?
Build Your Grant-Writing Tool Kit
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Finding Funding & Support: 4. Finding Local
Funds
Dr. Rita Oates [email protected]@ritaoates©Rita Oates 2018
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4. Finding Funding SourcesCheck in with district office!➢ Grants Development phone, staff names, titles, email
addresses➢ EdTech office staff tooKnow about quick hits for fundingGo local first
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4. Finding Funding
• Local: school and those tied to school
• Local service clubs
• Professional groups and associations
• Crowdfunding sites
• Grants FROM Vendors
• Deals from Office Depot and other retailers
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Talk to your Principal•May have discretionary funds•May recommend local business to help •Needs to know you are asking for funds
and to support your request•May know where regional or other groups
in the district have the money for your needs
•Have you asked the PTA? Can you make the case for them to provide initial purchase, and if successful, ask principal to support in subsequent years?
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District staff know where the bucks are
➢ Exceptional Student Education➢ EdTech office ➢ Grants Development➢ phone, staff names, titles, email addresses
Could I send you a brief proposal and get your ideas of where I might find funding?
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Local Service Clubs: local $ for local needs
Local clubs determine focus and giving, often for children/schools
• Rotary International (Interact in HS) – literacy, children, local, international too
• Kiwanis (Key Club in HS)
• Sertoma – hearing and other local issues
• Lions – vision and other disabilities
• Jaycees (JCI) – local projects, members 40 or younger
• Optimist – local projects to improve lives of children
• Soroptimists – focus on women and girls, education
• Quota International – focus on women, children, deaf
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NH Banks: closing the digital divide at home
• Monday, 3:30-5 pm: Funding to Close Your Students' Digital Divide at Home, Dr. Robert McLaughlin ($35 fee)
• Wednesday, 1:40-2:30 pm: Resources to Close the Homework Gap for ALL Your Students, Dr. McLaughlin
• How to leverage your district's banking relationship to close the digital divide for your students in “low and moderate income” areas through the federal Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
• Eligibility map: https://bit.ly/2ALHeYH
• Banks can get CRA credit for home broadband and computers, for creating coding programs, expanding college and career readiness, and STEM pipeline development (how about YOUR company?)
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www.DonorsChoose.org
• Online charity Connects K12 teachers who want classroom and other learning materials to corporations and everyday peopleOrders after project is fully funded
• Teachers Make wish lists including non-tech items (FETC)
• Supporters Make wishes come true – 70% granted!
• Get a couple donations lined up before you post
• Post one at a time
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DonorsChoose
Wednesday, 3:10-4 pm: Crowdfunding Your Classroom Needs Using Donors ChooseJoanna Marcotte, Computer Science Teacher, The Founders Academy
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DonorsChooseFoundations, companies may grant all wishes in a state on a certain dateCompanies might match
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Which schools support DonorsChoose?Requests from Nashua, NH are matched by the Nashua Board of Education and the Nashua Teachers' Union.
What gets funded? See who has similar interests and what they wrote (and were successful getting funded)
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DonorsChoose Negotiates Pricing
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DonorsChoose: Fine Print
What happens if a project doesn’t reach its goal?If a partially funded project expires, donors get their
donations returned as account credits, which they can use to:
✓ Choose a new project to support.✓ Have DonorsChoose select a new project.✓ Send the teacher they supported a
DonorsChoose.org gift card. (The teacher can give to another active project, NOT for her own project that wasn’t fully funded.)
➢ ONLY Public Schools can participate. 17
Indiana Requests: 68% funded
Florida teachers were 6th in the number of requests. 64% were funded (42nd) in 2014 analysis by Fastcodesign.com
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DonorsChoose + Morgridge
Family Foundation
• Supports grants in certain states with partial funding
• Sometimes finishes off almost-funded proposals
• Makes their money go further• Makes it easier to monitor their impact, as
DonorsChoose is doing much of the work
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Colbert, Share Fair Nation and ScanSource funded 1,000 projects for 800 teachers in 375 South Carolina schools, totaling $800,000
May 2015: Stephen Colbert joins Yvette Nicole Brown and Damon Qualls, teacher at Alexander Elementary School in Greenville, SC, to announce the funding of nearly 1,000 classroom projects from South Carolina on DonorsChoose.org. (PRNewsFoto/DonorsChoose.org)
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ALL Projects Active on March 28, 2018 funded!
• Ripple gave $29 million (in bitcoin) to fund all active projects on March 28, 2018!
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www.DigitalWish.com
• Nonprofit based in NH•Provides discounted tech products
• Teachers•Make technology wish lists
•Fundraising•Teachers email and print technology wish lists for contributions from parents and community members•PTAs can run online fundraisers•Print t-shirts, yearbooks, other ideas
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NH SCHOOLSSchools, Public and private
Bold schools have registered users.
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4 Osceola Middle School teachers from Florida have gotten hotspots for internet service, most recently 5-23-17
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Example of teacher request for $500 item. Buffalo, NY.
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AdoptAClassroom.org
304 requests from teachers in New Hampshire.30 from Vermont.
Companies can adopt a single classroom and get involved personally too
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Brian Robert
Elm Street Junior High School
Nashua, NH
Donations become credits in teacher’s online account, good with 40 online retailers. Teacher orders; it’s delivered. Teacher sends thank you notes!
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This teacher sent a photo with her thank you note to her donors, explaining how she used the funds from AdoptaClassroom.org
Always send a thank you note!30
https://www.gofundme.com/start/education-fundraising5% feeGive funds raised if don’t get total asked
During Teacher Appreciation Week in May$100 match for 5 donations totaling $100
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Featured Education Campaigns
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GoFundMe charges 0% platform fee, but payment processor fees = 2.9%+ $0.30 per donation
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884 donors
PledgeCents
Partnership with Best Buy Education and other companies through PledgeCentsMarketpace
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Advice on using PledgeCents from Zac
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www.edutopia.org/crowdfunding-fundraising-resource-guide
• Edutopia Guide to Crowdfunding
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NAESP/Crayola due June 21, 2019 (principal must be NAESP member)
Every Early Bird application submitted before midnight onJune 21, 2018 will receive a Crayola product Classpack®.
Elementary? Plan
to submit after Dec. 1 and before early June
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International Literacy Association grants (research focus), formerly International Reading Association
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Rotary -> Literacy Projects
• Rotary clubs and districts want to find an educator member to identify and address literacy needs in their communities
• Use the Council and Affiliate Directory on the International Literacy Association (ILA, formerly IRA) website, http://www.literacyworldwide.org/
• “Basic education and literacy” =one of Rotary’s six areas of focus
• Key service projects suggested for September as Basic Education and Literacy Month
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Dictionaries distributed: Grade 3
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NEA Foundation
• Public school teachers
• $2,000 or $5,000
• Awards to 150 to 170 a year
• Grant types:• Learning & Leadership Grants: PD for one teacher or a
group
• Student Achievement Grants: engage students in critical thinking and problem solving
• http://www.neafoundation.org/
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Groups for You to Approach
• What professional associations might help?• Start with associations you belong to
• Find their website and search on “grants” and “awards”
• Groups with “Engineer” in the title might help with STEM grants
• What service clubs would support your dream? • Who at school is a member or friend/partner of one?
• On local websites, find the committee that gives away money. Look for “Foundation” or “Giving” or synonyms
• Service clubs can provide volunteers, financial or in-kind match for a larger grant. Have they done any projects in your topic?
• Give back! Can you provide volunteers for a service club activity?• Give out water bottles at their 5K race (their fundraiser)
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More Ideas for Funding
(perhaps quicker than writing
a full grant proposal)
Grant program from vendors
Giveaways from vendors
“Rebates” for purchases
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http://info.apertureed.com/microgrant
Grant opened 1-22-18
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http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/product?id=80147
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Pilot product from company in exchange for research, photos of use?• www.funecole.com seeking elementary pilots
and early adopters (discounted pricing)
• Session at CMTC 8 am Thursday with founder via Zoom
• Use “pilot grant” in next grant proposal and include value of this donation toward another tech/SEL/coding grant proposal!
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Office Depot/Office Max
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You Started Finding IT Funds: Local Funding Sources
• Check out DonorsChoose.org, DigitalWish.org and AdoptAClassroom.org to see whether you might use one of these for your dream or to start it
• See what professional societies have grant funds
• See what local service clubs have grant funds or volunteers to help your dream
• See what businesses might contribute
• Do vendors have grant programs, pilots or giveaways?
• Consider local companies like Office Depot/Office Max and others
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Finding Funding & Support: 5. Finding more
funding sources
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Join Online Grant Community: edWeb.net
https://www.edweb.net/educationfunding51
Webinar Archives from edWeb.net
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Find Grants at GetEdFunding.com• Get your own free account
• Search on criteria you choose: public/private, K-20
• Get email alerts about new grants from your criteria
• Learn about successes of other educators
• CDW-G sponsors
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GetEdFunding.com Grants Database Has Daily Updates + Email Alerts
• 4,100+ grants and opportunities culled from federal, state, regional and community sources with daily updates
• Public and private, preK12 schools, districts and educators, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations that work with them
• Search by six criteria, 43 areas of focus, eight content areas and 21st century themes and skills
• Sign up for email alerts and newsletters
• Continue your learning about the grants world
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Search Options• Save searches for later use
• 21st c. skill: Collaboration
• Search by six criteria, 43 areas of focus, eight content areas and 21st century themes and skills
• Limit by state or search “National”
577 national grant opportunities
None specific to NH only
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Funding for Reading/LiteracyMedia Centers• Mackin (vendor to library media centers)
www.mackin.com/LIBRARY/GRANTS.aspx
• AASL (Am. Assoc. of School Librarians) www.ala.org/aasl/awards
• ILA (International Literacy Association, formerly IRA) http://www.literacyworldwide.org/about-us/awards-grants
• ALA (American Library Association) www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/browse/grnt
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techlearning.comInteractive grantscalendar
https://www.techlearning.com/resources/k12-grants-central
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How companies help potential customers
• Product grant (more competitive than “pilot” alone)
• Provide grant-helpful language on their website✓Info about grant opportunities for their product
✓Case studies
✓Sample grants others have used for this product
✓Research studies showing efficacy
✓Description of product for grant purposes
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Share expertise on grants
Connection offers web series for federal grants to their customers
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BrainPOP tries to help with info for your grant proposal
https://educators.brainpop.com/funding-2/
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BrainPOP gives examples of successful grants
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BrainPOP provides research you can cite in your proposal
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Research studies conducted by BrainPOP and others are provided for grant writers who need to cite data
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Aperture Education gives ideas, webinar about ESSA funding
5. More Funding Sources
✓Community Foundation• In your community, for your community
✓Foundations • Local: by zip code (though can fund any location)
Must clear with district grants development office!
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Community Foundation in NH
• New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (one in state)
• Smaller funding sources, may be pooled for larger initiatives
• Competing only with NH schools
• Nearly 1,900 funds created by generous individuals, families and businesses, and award more than $40 million in grants and scholarships every year.
• Must clear with district grants development office!
• https://www.nhcf.org
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Funding for Reading/LiteracyMedia Centers• ILA (International Literacy Association)
http://www.literacyworldwide.org/about-us/awards-grants
• ALA (American Library Association) www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/browse/grnt
• AASL (Am. Assoc. of School Librarians) www.ala.org/aasl/awards
• Mackin (vendor to library media centers) www.mackin.com/LIBRARY/GRANTS.aspx
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techlearning.comInteractive grantscalendar
https://www.techlearning.com/resources/k12-grants-central
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Foundation Funds –Public Record on IRS Form 990• How to use
• Go to Foundation Center 990 Finder page
• http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/990-finder/
• Enter zip code
• Download IRS 990 form
• Refer to last pages for recent foundation funding projects
• Foundations must file this form
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Where’s the money?
Look up
IRS form 990
for your zip code
http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/990finder
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• Zip: 33435
(Palm Beach County)
• Gertrude Skelly Foundation
• 41 pages for 2011
• Provides list of where funds went and
amounts
• Gave away $884,602 in 2011
• Mostly nursing, medical health
• A few education-related groups,
universities also got funds
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How/When Do You Apply to This Foundation?
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p. 14-19 tell what
was funded in 2011
Fund nursing
education: $30K, $35K
Fund nursing ed: $20K77
Fund literacy activities
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Skelly – Mostly Health but Some Education Projects
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Look at Foundation Funds – IRS Form 990
• Go to Foundation Center 990 Finder page
• http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/990finder/
• Enter zip code for your school
• Find at least three different foundations
• Download their IRS 990 form
• Refer to last pages for recent foundation funding
• What have they funded and for how much?
• How likely is it that they would fund your project?
• If likely, look for the names and contact info of the officers and how to apply
• Add to your tool kit
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Time to search for possible funders
• NH Community Foundation
• Getedfunding.com
• Bigdealbook.com
• Techlearning.com
• 990 Finder
• What did you find?
• What surprised you?
• Did you get an idea for a grant you hadn’t considered?
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5. Finding Funding Sources•Companies with offices in your area
• See “community relations” on corporate site
•Foundations through foundationcenter.org/
• Offer webinars, alerts
• U.S. Government: HUD, DOEnergy, DOEducation -> www.grants.gov
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http://foundationcenter.org/find-us#lookup_form
Funding Information Network sites: 470 in USA, 1 in New Hampshire
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Time to Search for Grants to
Enable Your Dream
• Can you find three grant opportunities that might fund for your dream?
• When you find what looks like a good match, get copies of prior winners in this grant program
• Prepare a list of questions and your idea and ask to speak to the grants officer
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You Started Finding IT Funds:
More Funding Sources
• Join an online community about grant writing, view webinars, get updates: edWeb.net and GetEdFunding.com
• Search foundations in your zip code
• Search education sources that share grant opportunities; put deadlines on a calendar
• Plan to visit Funding Information Network site closest to you for help
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Finding Funding & Support: 6. Dos and Don’ts
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Finding IT Funds 6. Funding dos and don’ts
a. Know what can/cannot do from funding sourceb. Keep trying; recycle idea into new grant competitions
7. Why the budget and evaluation must match closely
a. Show matching funds/supportb. Work with an evaluator before you submit
8. After you get a grant – say thank you a. Collect data for analysis, evaluationb. Prepare for criticism c. Disseminate results at conferences, in publications
d. What would happen with more funding?
e. Role play with the funder87
Read Between the LinesKnow what you must do/can do/cannot do:
• Cannot pay for food or alcohol
• May be asked to allocate 10% for evaluation
• Cannot exceed federal or state per diem
• Need matching funds: More than $1:$1 is great!
• Need letters of support: Provide draft when requesting from organization
• Know maximum dollar amount: Don’t exceed it!
• Cover letter: additional info on proposal ideas
• Tech not allowed/encouraged/only certain brands
• Call to ask questions if something isn’t clear!
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District Input for Your Grant• Business office provides budget requirements:
• These numbers change yearly, so update! Examples:• Substitute pay $100 a day• Teachers paid $28/hour or $100 a day for training activities• Include 28% for fringe benefits• Travel allowances: Mileage, hotel, airfare, food, rental car• District may refer to state or federal guidelines for some costs
• PD department: Do training needs meet contract?
• Facilities: Need more security? Furniture?
• Principal approval/refinement
• Grants office review/union support or approval?
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Typical Sections in Grant Proposal
Project Title
Abstract (1-2 paragraphs)
Introduction and Objective(s)Describe the topic(s) the project would address and
the potential benefits to xxx. Provide a clear and
detailed statement of the project objectives, relation
to the present state of knowledge in the field, and
impact on the target population.
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Typical Grant Proposal Sections-2
Approach/MethodsDescribe specific methods and/or materials that will be
employed, the expected results, detailed description of
educational materials, and time frame to complete the
project. Not to exceed xx single-spaced pages.
Literature Cited On what research base is this project
built?
Evaluation Plan Describe specific evaluation steps,
including formative evaluation and timeline.
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Typical Grant Proposal Sections-3
Project Staff
Qualifications of proposed personnel Identify appropriate
facilities available to conduct the proposed work and
include names, qualifications, and contact information
for all personnel who would be assigned this project.
State the primary work assigned to each person and the
percentage of time each person would devote to this
work. Identify key persons by name and title. Provide all
resumes/CVs describing relevant experience.
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Typical Grant Proposal Sections-4Budget (1 page) Identify the amount of funding requested,
including salaries, supplies and materials, travel expenses.
Smaller requests and those with matching funds have the
best chance of being funded. Xxx does not pay indirect or
overhead expenses.
You may want to include a budget narrative explaining why
some costs are here or how matching funds were calculated.
Dissemination and sustainabilityHow will you share results of this project at conferences,
workshops and in publications?
How will you sustain it after funding ends?
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Resource from Miami-Dade Schools Grants office
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If you plan to buy a product….• Companies may provide some help for you in your
proposal writing
• They might donate a day or two of training as part of your match for grant (get letter)
• They might give 10% of value toward grant match (in product) or recommend their partners who might help in another way
• May cite research studies (save you time!)
• Check out their website• Ask if you don’t see what you want!
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Keep a Grant Calendar •Track available grants
•Record grant submissions
•Note deadlines for reports
•Create timeline for tasks to submit with grant
•Include conference, publication deadlines to share your success
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Be Persistent in Your Goal!
• Keep trying!• Recycle ideas into new grant competitions
• Use one grant to help get another one
• Funders back a horse with a good track record
• Niceville, FL school turned one grant into $1 million by building each “win” into the next grant proposal
• Barry U. grant funded for year 2 at 150% of year 1 after oral presentation on year 1 results
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You Started Finding IT Funds:Dos and Don’ts
• What are guidelines for a preferred granting source? What is allowed/not allowed?
• Create a grant calendar with deadlines for your preferred grants
• Make contact with district for any other guidelines or requirements
• Contact the granting organization with questions before submitting
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Finding Funding & Support:
7. Budget and Evaluation
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Budget + Evaluation Must Show
Same Activities, Spending
▪ You don’t write an “iPad grant”✓ You are solving a learning problem
✓ The grant allows you to buy equipment and
apps and teacher training to learn to use
them, based on prior research
▪ Show matching funds/support✓ In-kind donations (grocery store, Starbucks)
✓ Funding for items not covered from granting
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What Evaluation is Needed Here?
Project: Obtaining a mobile lab cart of 36 Surface tablets for kindergarten for center and full classroom learning. Consists of a cart, 36 Surface tablets, case for each tablet, Google management licenses for each tablet, and $1,000 voucher to purchase apps on Google Play for Education. This would be the initial step in placing tablets in all K-2 classrooms.
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Evaluation Can Use Ideas
From the Research of Others✓ Work with an evaluator before you submit if you can
✓ What data can you easily collect to satisfy the reporting
requirements?
✓ How does your evaluation plan connect with earlier
research you found? (in Dream phase 1)
✓ Will data show your success with project goals and
objectives?
✓ Are you spending $ toward project goals and objectives?
➢ If this targets reading in grade 2, don’t spend money
for science materials in grade 5!
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District Instructional Tech Office
▪ How does your dream fit the district’s
stated instructional technology goals?
▪ Ask district administrator or “teacher on
special assignment” to review your draft,
to help with budget and evaluation
▪ Are there purchasing requirements or
committees that must approve what you
want to do?
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William Russo, Director of Instructional Technology –[email protected]
Dale A. Jackson, Elementary Coordinator [email protected]
Sarah Edwards, Secondary Coordinator [email protected]
Eric Stockmeyer, Coordinator [email protected]
BPS District Instructional Tech Staff
• Get name, email and phone for IT staff
• Which have pedagogical expertise to help you?
• Add to grant writing toolkit
• University or other group who could help? 104
BPS District Instructional Tech Goals
▪ Utilize current and emerging technology to improve
student performance in all academic areas.
▪ Continue the implementation of core web-based applications
for student information and management in all academic
areas.
▪ Provide visual learning modality education in the classroom,
media centers, and computer labs.
▪ Utilize technology systems to improve staff recruitment,
retention, and professional development.
▪ Build management capacity in data analysis and data-based
action to improve instructional practices.
▪ Utilize existing and new technology to improve communication
with parents and community.
▪ Provide assistive technology for students with disabilities.http://www.buffaloschools.org/informationtech.cfm?subpage=224 105
✓Create a spreadsheet with
items, estimated costs
✓Are any items on bid with
purchasing? Need approvals?
✓Start a file with purchasing
sources (and costs) for the items
in your Excel workbook
Get current district guidelines:
✓Fringe benefits: ~28%
✓Indirect costs: ~8%
✓Per diem
Budgeting
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$50,000$50,000 $100,000
Grant could pay part
Grant could pay
School paid $5,000
Co. pledged $500 worth
What Can the School or Partners Cover?
PTA pledged $100
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$100 ****
$5,000 $5,000 $10,000 $200 ** $1,000
$25,000
$25,000
$7,000
$7,000
$5,000 * $5,000
** Office Depot
*** Parent
* Principal
Source for match or other funds
$0
$500 ***
**** PTA
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Sample Budget from Funded Grant – p. 1
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Sample Budget – p. 2
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Indirect Costs Can Add Up!
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Save Words Using a Work Plan
• Two examples from funded grants follow
• Both use timeline format
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Example Work Plan from Funded Grant
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Reporting Requirements
• Overall accomplishments
• Number of students benefitted
• How students benefitted: student outcomes
• Changes in attitude?
• Number, time spent (data)
• Increase in scores
• Barriers to success
• Successful aspects for replication
• Financial accounting of expenditures
• Communication of success: conference, article
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Evaluation Timeline (Sample)
• Aug. 16: Grant received; district sets up accounts
• Sept. 1: Pretest of teachers: attitudes and tech skills
• Sept. 15: Equipment and materials ordered
• Sept. 15-Oct. 15: Training for teachers with evaluation
• Oct. 10: Pretest of students/parents: attitudes and tech skills
• Oct. 15: Equipment arrives; apps loaded
• Oct. 25: Equipment distributed to teachers
• Nov. 1: Second 9 weeks starts, students start use
• Nov. –Dec.: Parent training sessions with evaluation
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Plan for Evaluation• Any existing data to use? Student scores,
attendance, tech abilities• Quantitative and qualitative data add to richness• Photos, examples of teacher work/student work
• Show impact of the grant activities
• For large grants, consider hiring an evaluator as a consultant (and include in budget)
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• Rough budget developed
• Some ideas on possible partners, donations or matches or organizations and people to help
• Check with district instructional tech staff and goals
• Evaluation plan/timeline sketched out
….and now you need to write a grant!
You Started Finding IT Funds:
Budget and Evaluation
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Finding Funding & Support: 8. After you get a grant…
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8. After You Get a Grant
Say THANK YOUInvite funders to eventsWrite – “What this grant meant to me, my program and my students”
Share successes, pictures
Collect data for analysis, evaluation$$ Keep track of spending!$$ Look for more matching funds
Disseminate results at conferences, in publicationsKeep learning about grants and funding
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After You Get a Grant
• Anticipate visits from funder organization• They want to see you succeed
• They may give MORE if they like what you’ve done
• Be prepared for criticism • Especially from colleagues who didn’t help
you
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Students Can Say Thanks Too!
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Three Years After the Grant….Five Stories
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Role Play: Talking to the Funder✓Practice!
✓It’s easier to get more
money from the same
organization than to go
to a new organization.
✓How could more funds
increase the impact or
reach of your work?
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What a Funder Says About Herself
Quantifying the impact of grantee organization’s services with reference to current research studies and findings… …social return on investment ….. Fit with Target’s commitment to education
Note: focus is not reading now
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Look for Next Grant Opportunity!
• 26 federal grant-making agencies http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/applicant-resources/agencies-providing-grants.html
• Keep up with education grant opportunities from GetEdFunding.com, BigDealBook, professional societies and groups
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Share What You Learned• Where can you speak about your grant?
• District meeting• Conference
• Can you provide tours of your program once or twice a month, in defined hours?
• Consider writing an article for an edtech or curriculum publication and include credit for the granting organization; let them see it before publication
• eSchoolNews wants stories told by teachers!
• WHERE could you disseminate your results?
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Resources to Learn More
•Webster’s New World Grant Writing Handbook (2013)$9.99 Kindle, $16.99 Paperback
•The Grantsmanship Center http://www.tgci.com
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NEA Foundation Tutorial
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www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZdPo
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Other great resources: • Browning, B. A. (2016). Grant writing for dummies, 6th
Edition. Wiley. com.
• Gitlin, L. N., & Lyons, K. J. (2013). Successful grant writing:
Strategies for health and human service professionals.
Springer Publishing Company.
• Howlett, S. & Bourque, R. (2016). Getting funded: The
complete guide to writing grant proposals. Continuing
Education Press.
• Johnson, D., & Schilling, T. (2001). Get the gold: A physical
educator's guide to grant writing. Journal of Physical Education,
Recreation & Dance, 72(3), 48-49.
• Karsh, E. & Fox, A. (2014). The Only Grant-writing Book
You'll Ever Need. Basic Books.
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Helpful Websites:www.getedfunding.com
www.k12grants.org
www.donorschoose.org
www.digitalwish.com
corporate.honda.com/America
www.toshiba.com/taf
www.wellsfargo.com/donations
www.dollargeneral.com
foundation.verizon.com
nspires.nasaprs.com
www.ezra-jack-keats.org
www.northropgrumman.com
www.captainplanetfdn.org
foundationcenter.org/findfunders/990-
finder
www.reading.org
www.nsta.org/about/awards.aspx
www.ala.org
www.iteea.org
www.character.org
www.lindberghfoundation.org
www.irs.gov
www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/techn
ology/edgrants.html
www.bankofamerica.com/foundation
www.cof.org
philanthropy.com
www.efundingsolutions.com
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You Started Finding IT Funds:
After You Get a Grant
• How can you say thank you to a grant donor?
• How could your dream flourish in the next phase?
• How will you track spending?
• Where can you share what your grant accomplished and what you learned?
• How will you learn more about grant writing?
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When you get home….
• What next steps will you pursue?
• Please share your successes!
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Conference sessions on FundingMonday
• 3:30-5 pm: Funding to Close Your Students' Digital Divide at Home, Dr. Robert McLaughlin ($35)
Tuesday
• 10:20-11:10 am: Show Me The $$$! Writing and Winning Successful Grants, Ethel Gaides, Kiley Kapp
• 1:40 to 2:30 pm: Social Emotional Learning: Where to Find It, How to Fund It, Dr. Oates, Dr. Cindy Waltman
Wednesday
• 10:20-11:10 am: Show Me The Money! Feedback on Funding Ideas, Dr. Oates, Wendy Weiler
• 1:40-2:30 pm: Resources to Close the Homework Gap for ALL Your Students, Dr. McLaughlin
• 3:10-4 pm: Crowdfunding Your Classroom Needs Using Donors Choose, Joanna Marcotte 138
Finding Funding & Support for Rich Digital Learning Environments, Part 2
Dr. Rita [email protected]
www.ritaoates.com
@ritaoates
Dr. Oates gives workshops for schools, districts, regions, state DOEs, universities, conferences and organizations on grant writing and development.She also does grant evaluations, particularly multiyear grants involving professional development, technology and school reform efforts. Slides in Google folder: http://bit.ly/NH2018-Grants
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