Where’s The Money?:
Grant Writing Workshop
Tim Smeeding, Mary Tschirhart,
Christina Leigh Deitz, and
Mitch Wallerstein
March 2, 2007
Welcome
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Goals and Objectives: What Can be Achieved
in a Three Hour Seminar?
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Introduction of Presenters
The View from the Funder
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Experience
Things Funders Like
Things Funders Don’t Like
Types of Funding
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Grants
Contracts
Donations/Gifts
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In-kind, cash, assets
Earmarked or not
Solicited or unsolicited
Funding Organizations
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Government Agencies
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Federal, State, and Local
Private Organizations
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Foundations
Corporations
Federated Funders
Membership Associations/Clubs
Types of Foundations
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Independent
Company-sponsored
Community
Operating
Sources of Ideas for Proposals,
Focus on Community Organizations:
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Strategic plan with funding priorities
Packages of fundable units
LAI Analysis: Linkage, Ability, Interest
Collaboration partners
ADSR and
Office of Sponsored Programs
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Maxwell ADSR
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/sponres/
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Office of Sponsored Programs
http://osp.syr.edu/ ; http://osp.syr.edu/ProposalPreparation.htm
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Agency Contacts and Forms
Background Research
Funding Announcements
Budget Preparation
Workshops
Identifying Foundations
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Notification Services and Databases
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Community of Science (COS): http://fundingalert.cos.com/helptoc.shtml
Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS): http://iris.library.uiuc.edu/~iris/alert/
Grant Advisor: http://www.grantadvisor.com
Grants.gov: http://www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription.jsp
Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org/newsletters/
Thompson.com:
http://www.grantsandfunding.com/grantsandfunding/reports/writingproposals.html
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Newsletters and Periodicals
Regional Association of Grantmakers
Foundation Web Pages
Word of Mouth
Directories
Online Resources for Grant Writing
and Funding Opportunities
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Foundation Center -- http://foundationcenter.org/
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The Grantsmanship Center™ (TGCI) -- http://www.tgci.com
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Online training courses, guides and tutorials; 1 hr. and full day class room training
SU Library subscription to Foundation Directory Online: http://library.syr.edu/
Cooperating Collection available at the Onondaga County Public Library - Galleries;
“Grantseeking Basics” offered regularly:http://www.onlib.org/website/about/grantscenter.htm
Daily Federal Grant Announcements: http://tgci.com/fedToday.asp
Grantsmanship Center Magazine Archives: http://tgci.com/magazine.shtml
The Grantsmanship Training Program™: http://www.tgci.com/gtptraining.shtml
The Fundraising School -- Center on Philanthropy @ Indiana University
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/TheFundRaisingSchool/
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“Preparing successful grant proposals”, “Online grant proposals”
and other fundraising classes
Certificate in Fund Raising Management
Proposal Writing Links:
Where to Go for Help?
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General Proposal Writing Tips
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Proposal Writing Short Course” Foundation Center:
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html
“Grantwriting Tools” Non-profit Guides: http://www.npguides.org/guide/index.html
“Guide For Proposal Writing” NSF: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf04016
“Developing and Writing Grant Proposals” CFDA:
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show
“Tips on Writing a Grant Proposal” EPA: http://www.epa.gov/ogd/recipient/tips.htm
“Grant Proposal Writing Guidelines” United Nations:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/sflib/libmgnt/grantproposals.htm
“Grantwriting Tip Sheets” National Institute of Health (NIH): http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm
“What do Winning Proposals Have in Common?” Scholastic, Inc.:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/grants/WinningProposals.htm
“Ten Tips…” Judy Kunofsky: http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/zim41011.htm
“Six Guidelines…” GrantProposal.com: http://www.grantproposal.com/proposal.html
“Powerful Proposals” Deborah Kluge http://www.proposalwriter.com/pointers.html
“Proposal Checklist” Deborah Kluge: http://www.proposalwriter.com/checklist.html
Sample of Powerpoints available from Office of Sponsored Programs: “Get Funded”,
“Writing a Compelling Grant Proposal”, “Budget Planning and Development”:
http://osp.syr.edu/Training&Workshops.htm#Proposal%20Preparation%20Wshops
Proposal Writing Links:
Where to Go for Help?
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Sample of Grant Application Forms
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“NY/NJ Common Application Form (CAF)” NYRAG
(Handout)
http://www.nyrag.org/info-url2335/info-url_list.htm?category=For%20Grantseekers&doc_id=34417
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“Common Grant Application”, National Network of Grantmakers:
http://nng.org/cga.html
“Chicago Area Grant Application” Donors Forum of Chicago
http://www.donorsforum.org/resource/grantapp_intro.html
“Common Application Form” Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
http://www.abagmd.org/usr_doc/ABAG2003CommonFormatFinal.doc
“Common Application Form” Connecticut Council for Philanthropy
http://www.ctphilanthropy.org/o/gsk_common-app.asp
Proposal Writing Links:
Where to Go for Help?
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Sample Grant Proposals
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http://www.ulm.edu/gradschool/Help_Page.htm
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/app/default.htm
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http://web.archive.org/web/20010216073923/http://www.charitychannel.com/GuestShare/Wendy_Norris/
http://web.archive.org/web/20001218024300/http://charitychannel.com/GuestShare/Tim_Puffer/
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http://www.sinclair.edu/departments/grants/NonNSFSampleProposals/index.cfm
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http://www.k12grants.org/samples/samples_index.htm
http://www.npguides.org/guide/sample_proposals.htm
http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/fbci/grants2.html
http://theideabank.com/onlinecourse/samplegrant.html
http://www.coloradogrants.org/health.html
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Proposal Writing Links:
Where to Go for Help? (Handout)
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Proposal Budget
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Things to Avoid
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http://osp.syr.edu/forms/Preparing%20a%20Grant%20Budget.doc
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/budget.html
http://www.npguides.org/guide/budget.htm
http://www.nfconline.org/main/info/guides_budget_sum.htm
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/ten.htm
http://www.emcf.org/pub/jargon/hints.htm
How To Guides
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http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/
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http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/sponres/HowToWriteAGrantProposal.outline.doc
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http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/sponres/Global_Development_Network.proposal-toolkit.doc
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http://www.homebizbuzz.co.nz/article.php3?ArticleID=305
Start-To-Finish: Main Steps
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The LOI / Preproposal
Proposal
Follow up and Thank You
Interim Report to Funders
Final Report
General Framework for Proposals
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Executive Summary
Statement of Need
Project Description / Narrative
Budget
Organizational Information
Conclusion
Appendixes / Supportive Documents
General Framework for Proposals
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Executive Summary
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Statement of Need
Why asking for support?
Need exists – facts and stats
 Hope
 Opportunity
Why your organization/research team?
 Competence, contacts & resources
 Won’t take you off-course
 Can offer model for others (if pilot)
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General Framework For Proposals
Project Description / Narrative
 Budget
 Organizational Information
 Conclusion
 Appendixes / Supportive Documents
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General Framework For Proposals
 Why Proposals Fail
 Proposal Writing Short Course
Foundation Center
Additional Resources @ SU
PPA 730-14
Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations
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ANT 700 / CAS 713
Proposal Writing Seminar
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IST 614
Grant Writing and Fund Development
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The End
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Q &A
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Evaluations