Seizing Grant Opportunities

HQ Grants Team: Zach Gruenhagen and Keith Wayne

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 $-

$500,000

$1,000,000

$1,500,000

$2,000,000

$464,480

$691,825

$966,107

$1,169,834

$1,583,898 $1,639,857

$1,754,662

$1,440,918 $1,463,135

$1,662,660

1 PT 1 FT 1 PT

1 FT 1 PT

2 FT 2 FT 1 PT

3 FT 1 PT

4 FT

2 FT 3 FT

49%

40%

35%

4% 7%

-18%

2% 14%

BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FUNDING2004-2013

21%

5. Reporting/Thank YouPrevious reports & Thank-you letters SD and Samantha Despirito writes AKS thank-yous

4. Accept or Denied?Award Letter Responding

3. Write proposal for submissionReference past submissions Grants Team writes. Check Calendar?! 6 weeks advance

notice.

2. Cultivate relationship with foundation/direct contactPrimary Solicitor Facilitate through BBI network

1. Foundation research to fit needsCross Reference records FC Associates program/Previous State lists

Raisers Edge HQ Direct ContactBENEFITS

“You are an area director/development director located in Seattle, Washington, and your State Director, Russell Wilson, would like you to research foundations that would help fund a program manager position to expand friendship programs to 10 area High Schools.”

What resources would you use to research grant opportunities?

Foundation Center Profiles

Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust

620 Liberty Ave., 10th Fl. Pittsburgh, PA United States

How would you go about making initial contact with a foundation?

Failure stories?

How would you cultivate and sustain the relationship?

Success stories?

Questions for grants team or group?

Additional Resources…• New Grantmakers

http://e.foundationcenter.org/a/hBUtrehB8ixY9B8$yObAAA4hJJ4/ap53• High-Growth Grantmakers

http://e.foundationcenter.org/a/hBUtrehB8ixY9B8$yObAAA4hJJ4/ap7• Recent Grantmaker Profile Updates

http://e.foundationcenter.org/a/hBUtrehB8ixY9B8$yObAAA4hJJ4/ap9• Grantmaker Application Deadlines

http://e.foundationcenter.org/a/hBUtrehB8ixY9B8$yObAAA4hJJ4/ap6• Recently-Awarded Grants of $500,000+

http://e.foundationcenter.org/a/hBUtrehB8ixY9B8$yObAAA4hJJ4/ap5• Top 100 Grantmakers in Each State by Assets

http://e.foundationcenter.org/a/hBUtrehB8ixY9B8$yObAAA4hJJ4/ap11• Terminated Grantmakers

http://e.foundationcenter.org/a/hBUtrehB8ixY9B8$yObAAA4hJJ4/ap10• Grantmaker Web Sites <

http://e.foundationcenter.org/a/hBUtrehB8ixY9B8$yObAAA4hJJ4/ap12>