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Finding Money and Friends for Your Program
Dr. David Gibson
Equity Alliance @ ASU
Global Challenge Awardwww.globalchallengeaward.org
Mission: Give Students the Tools and Confidence to
Solve Global Problems Together
A cost-effective online learning program that develops 21st Century skills
– Make new global friends
– Create global warming & energy solutions
– Win rewards and recognition
What’s more important…for sustainability
MONEY or FRIENDS ?
Money is Important…
• Money– Overhead
• People• Space• Tools
– Outreach/Recruiting– Public Image/Brand– Create New Programs– Research/Evaluation
Friends are Important…
• Friends– Customers
– Their Networks
– Community Friends
– Patrons
– Collaborators
– Staff
Things to Remember Re: GrantsMake friends first, find money
togetherWhen collaborators do what they love, with or without money, money follows
Most money is given to people for impacts on people, not programs
Most money is also given for purposes that advance the giver’s mission, not yours
Good Collaborators
• Have a strength YOU want & respect
• You have a strength THEY want & respect
• Together, your strengths make both organizations work better
• Your mutual work has a shared philosophy
• You each maintain distance and boundaries
A grant is not an IDEA
It’s a PLAN
Grantwriting is thus a PROCESS
• Think of it like preparing for the Olympics – year around PRACTICE and READINESS
– punctuated by COMPETITIVE EVENTS
• Winning is not the only point, certainly not for any single event
• Volunteer to be a grant reader if you get the chance
Other Points (Besides the $)
• Grow professional NETWORKS
• Shape your ideas into concrete PLANS
• Develop your STRATEGIC SENSE
• Create READINESS and FLEXIBILITY
• Explore new POSSIBILITIES
Grantwriting PROCESS
• Plan in detail• Develop the budget
from the detailed plan• Read the guidelines
again with narrative in mind
• Be persistent - revise and resubmit
• A good idea with good institutional fit
• Assemble a writing team
• Match the idea to potential sources
• Read the guidelines• Contact the program
officer
Public Sources• Federal
– Political as well as public policy agenda
– Public guidelines and review processes
– Larger awards that favor collaborations
– Longer time frames for review and award
• State– Focus on
implementation and practice
– Often good for projects w/students and schools
– RFPs that outsource work
– Smaller budgets, shorter review and award periods
Private Sources
• Private Foundations– Give to advance a
particular cause or mission
– Program officer engagement is critical
– Often fund geographically
• Corporations– Give for enlightened
self-interest• quality of life• employment pool• improve image
– May have “set programs” only
– Often fund geographically
Types of Grants and Formats• Research• Curriculum • Demonstration• Training• Equipment• Fellowships• Federal Laboratory
Research
• Concept Paper– 2-4 pages: highlights
• Pre-proposal– 5 pages: invited to
submit full proposal
• Full Proposal– 10-40 pages
– Forms, attachments, specific format
Application Elements
• Evaluation• Dissemination• References Cited• Budget & Narrative• Vitae• Appendices• Forms, Certifications
and Assurances
• Cover Page• Table of Contents• Abstract• Problem or Needs
Statement• Goals and Objectives• Methodology• Quality of Key
Personnel
