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How to Write a Great Grant Proposal. Grant Writing Workshop Sharon Kugelmass, Ph.D. Mecklenburg County Finance Department Grants Development Coordinator [email protected]. Q. What is a grant?. A legal way to spend someone else’s money. A chance to do good. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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How to Write a Great Grant Proposal
GrantGrant Writing Workshop Writing Workshop
Sharon Kugelmass, Ph.D.
Mecklenburg County Finance Department
Grants Development Coordinator
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Q. What is a grant?• A legal way to spend
someone else’s money.
• A chance to do good.
• A legal way to spend someone else’s money to do good.
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Q. How do you get them?
• Research
• Prepare
• Write
• Try again!
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Where to Research?
• CFDA
• Federal Register
• Official NC Website
• Foundation Center
• Guidestar
• Duke Endowment
• Annual Reports
• Tax Returns
• Program Officers
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Prepare...What do you need?
• Annual Budget• Recent Audit• Organization Chart• Board of Directors
Have these updated
• Marketing Tools• MOU/MOA’s• Resumes• Standard Forms
and ready to go!
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Know Your Business
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Know Your Audience
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Follow the rules
Follow the guidelines -- to the letter!
• Very detailed and specific.
• Take your time.• Plan and do it right.
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A typical grant application
Application Form
Executive Summary
Proposal
Attachments
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The Proposal... Tells the story.• The Problem• The “Solution” --
Innovative Idea• Why important?• The Plan• The Budget• Evaluation• Sustain/Finance.
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Tips Innovation Parallelism
Collaboration Cost Benefits
Replication Outside Reader
Follow Directions Impact and Context
K I S S
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Must Haves
Innovation
Authority
Results
