Grant Writing: How to Write Nonprofit Grants for Beginners
Every nonprofit is unique. You are fighting for a specific, unique cause. You are serving a unique part of society, whether it be the dung beetles in Alaska or the homeless in Los Angeles. You have unique employees who are dedicated to your cause. You also have unique funding needs. Because there are so many things that make your organization unique, I want to help you tell your own story and apply for your own grants.
I have developed Grant Writing: How to Write Nonprofit Grants to cultivate your grant writing skills and empower you to write successful grants. There are millions of grants that you can apply for and quite a few foundations hardly receive any applications for their grants. This is money that could be accessed if you dedicate time to writing grants.
This course is designed with nonprofit organizations and their employees in mind. You will learn about the key aspects of a grant application, you will find grants that you can apply for, and you will go through the entire grant application process.
Your learning will be facilitated by video presentations, worksheets, quizzes, and assignments that will solidify the grant writing process and propel you towards getting funded.
Finding a Grant
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Welcome to Getting Funded--The Grant Writing ProcessWelcome to Getting Funded--The Grant Writing Process! In this course we will be going through the complete grant writing process. You will learn when your organization is ready to apply for grants. You will learn research skills to find potential grants. You will learn all of the parts of a grant and then we will go step by step through the writing and revising processes.
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Part 1-- Getting Started
Welcome to Part 1-- Getting Started! In this section of the course we will be discussing grant readiness and different parts to grant applications.
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Is Your Organization Ready to Apply for Grants?
You will be able to diagnose your organization and know what steps you need to take before you dive into the grant writing process.
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Getting Organized
You will develop skills on how to organize and compile all the information you need in a grant application.
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Parts of a Grant
Welcome to the Parts of a Grant! In the following modules we will go through the various information you need in a grant application.
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Case Study: Musana
Musana is a nonprofit organization I am going to use as an example throughout the course. Feel free to learn more on their website: http://musanaintl.com
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The Parts of a Grant
In this lesson we will go through 9 of the major parts in any given grant application.
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End of Part 1 Assignment
This assignment is to encourage you to apply the information in this section. I ask that you compile all of the information and add it to the Google Drive Folder that we created earlier. This will drastically cut down the time it takes for you to write grant applications in the future.
Writing the Grant
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Part 2--Finding a Grant
Welcome to Part 2--Finding a Grant. In this section of the course you will research potential grants and find grants that are a good fit for your organization.
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Grant Types
You will learn the different types of grant to ensure that you are researching grants that will meet your organizations current needs.
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Grant Research Resources
This is where I typically go to research for grants and I would recommend that you start here as well. You will be able to research potential grants.
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Finding Grants Assignment
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Using Guidestar
Guidestar is my favorite resource to find foundation grant opportunities. It can be a valuable resource for you to know what foundations are in your area and whether or not they have grants that are right for your organization.
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Finding the Right Grant Quiz
This quiz will go through the major questions you should ask when deciding to apply for a grant.
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Know the Funder, Make a Good First Impression, Find a Good Match
You will learn how to know and approach a potential funder.
The Revision Process
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Part 3--Writing the Grant
Welcome to part 3! In this section of the course we will go through writing the grant proposal.
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Crafting the Need Statement
You will be able to adequately express the need that your organization is addressing in your grant proposal.
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The Facts
You will learn the importance of using personal stories, statistics, and peer reviewed articles in your grant proposal to strengthen your argument.
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How to Find Supporting Data and Statistics to Build Your Case
You will learn where to find supporting data to add into your grant proposal.
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Project Description
You will be able to create your own project description within your grant proposal.
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Evaluation Plan
You will learn how to create an evaluation plan to record a new program's success.
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Project Budget
You will be able to create your own project budget for the grant proposal.
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