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>