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Comment by Bev Campbell on July 1, 2009 at 12:10am

6th car accident last week, my schedule keeps getting slowed down. This one was rear corner, not full rear-ender. Hopefully damage isn't as severe.
Happy Canada Day to all my friends. (July 1)

Comment by Alive Inc on May 30, 2009 at 10:37am

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Grant Research
Proposal Preparation
Philanthropic Consulting
Non Profit & Foundation Management
Fund Raising Event Management

Should you need assistance in any of these areas, we invite you to contact us directly via email at info@thesavanegroup.com.

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Comment by J on May 14, 2009 at 7:21pm

Hi Kathleen,

I'm located in the Pittsburgh, PA area. I know there is a grantwriter's group and I've seen announcements for grant writing workshops.

My area of focus: I'm assisting a couple community organizations work on achieving 501(c)(3) status so they are able to competitively apply for grants to help them grow and develop increased community awareness and support.

Have a terrific evening.

J

Comment by Kathleen Greely on May 13, 2009 at 1:29pm

Hi J,

Thank you and welcome to the Grant Writers Guild. My hope is that you have found something of interest in the May Issue. Am interested in your current location -- maybe I can direct you to a fund development/grants professional group in your city ( or nearby). Let me know. I'd love to assist you in anyway that I can.

Also, what is your area of focus in community?

Kindly,

~ Kathleen

Comment by J on May 12, 2009 at 3:25pm

Hello all,

I'd love to network with this group and learn more about the field of grant writing.

J.

Comment by Kathleen Greely on May 3, 2009 at 5:57pm

Brought to You by Kathleen Greely, Founder of The Grant Writers Guild - Your Fast Track to Funding Sources

For the week of May 4, 2009


The issue for the week of May 4 includes:

Special Offer for Nonprofits throughout the U.S.
Tracks to Success – How to Increase Office Productivity Using Free Software – Part Six

May Webinars

Funding Opportunities

Foundation Unveils New Grantmaking Strategies

Volunteer-Driven Community Projects Supported

Grants Promote K-12 Math and Science Education

Programs for Children and Pets Funded

Support for Electronic Recycling Events

Grants Encourage the Family Farming System

Grantmaker Updates

Support for LGBT Organizations

Fund Supports Women's Organizations

Open Call for Latino Programming

CVS Caremark Supports Its Communities

Educational Funding Opportunities

Federal Deadlines

Environmental Protection Agency: Enhancing Ecosystem Services from Agricultural Lands: Management, Quantification, and Developing Decision Support Tools

Department of Commerce: Market Development Cooperator Program

Health and Human Services: Administration for Children and Families: Street Outreach Program

Department of Education: Education Research Program

Health and Human Services: Administration for Children and Families: Mentoring Children of Prisoners

Conferences & Trainings are available and much, much more!


On-Demand Classes

On-demand classes began life as live teleclasses. They were recorded so that you can take them any time that's convenient. Once you register, you will be on the classroom page for the class, where you can download the class materials and listen to the recording, right from your office or home over your computer. You may log in as many times as you wish for 90 days, so you don't have to take the entire class at one time. You may also want to repeat sections — the class player enables you to reposition the class to any part of the class discussion.

Below are the on-demand classes that are currently being produced by AAGP as part of the AAGP CharityUniversity™ project. If you see one you'd like to take, click on the Register tab to learn how to instantly register. As an AAGP member, you will receive a Coupon code that entitles you to the equivalent of 10% off of the cost of these classes.

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Recovering Your Fair Share of Federal Stimulus Funding

Are you wondering just how to respond to the Recovery Act/Stimulus bill? The federal government will disburse $787 billion into the economy. Of that, $463 billion are spending initiatives. The spending is in a bewildering array of aid, block grants, discretionary grants, and loans. This course reviews the grant initiatives in the Recovery Act and discusses what you need to do to prepare to submit proposals for your organization. We will spend some time focusing directly on the impact on K12 education – a major beneficiary of these funds. The presentation is based on accurate, up-to-date information that will help you understand the big picture and position you to win.

Instructors: Jane Hexter and Frank Mandley

This class was recorded Thursday, April 2. You can listen to it in its recorded, streaming format in the convenience of your office or home.

Battling the Grantwriter's Conundrum: When the Grantwriter Has to (Help) Plan Programs

As grants professionals we have a job that we do very well: obtaining and administering grants. We also have valuable knowledge and skills we can contribute to program planning. But the "grantwriter's conundrum" is how to balance these demands. On the one hand, we wish to avoid becoming a program manager or doing our co-workers’ job for them. On the other hand, we want to ensure that the program is fundable.

Instructor: Cheryl Kester

Hit by a Bus: Writing a budget that tells a story long after you’re gone!

You will be guided in program-based budget development — detailed, professional budget writing that's as simple as making a grocery list. Specifically, your instructor will:

Walk participants through a project-focused budget design.

Share tools for working with multiple stakeholders (and money grabbers).

Provide a paper-and-pencil approach to budgeting — that easily moves to high-tech.

Give session members tools they can use quickly and easily, including templates, budget-writing guides, etc.

Include practical steps for calculating unknown costs.

And much more.

Instructor: Johna Rodgers

Organizational Development: Are You Grant-Ready?

This class offers the essential tools and techniques to prepare your organization in getting started, building capacity and becoming grant-ready by addressing:

the "3Rs of grant seeking" as fundraising;

a "CHECKLIST FOR SUCCESS" that provides a process to engage prospects/organizations, and offers results-oriented products;

a strategic planning approach to involve staff and board; and
a process, tips and steps to deal with infrastructure issues such as information gathering, budget development and funding research.

Instructor: Linda Gatten Butler, MSW, ACSW, LISW

Writing Tight: Preparing Successful Online Grant Applications

Writing tight or to the point and still get the attention of the grant reviewer has never been more crucial. This session provides an outline to use to prepare clear, concise, comprehensive, and competitive proposals. The techniques discussed will help you in crafting successful paper and paperless proposal narratives including those to the different levels of government as well as foundation and corporations.

Instructor: Diane Gedeon-Martin

Advanced Collaboration

Advanced Collaboration is for anyone who has to collaborate in their job, who likes or hates to collaborate in their job, who puts collaborations together for grants, who wants to transform the world or some part of it, or who needs to sustain and document collaboration. Course participants should be interested in effective collaboration — building and sustaining collaboration that creates forward movement, incubates great thoughts, or motivates.

Instructor: Kristin Lundgren

A Presentation on Presentation

Do you find proof-reading a bore, editing a chore, and formatting a headache? If so, then this presentation might be just right for you. This class gives and overview of all major topics surrounding proposal presentation from margins to models and from table of contents to timelines. The materials include plenty of examples provided by AAGP members. Our goal is to give you an improved understanding of formatting techniques for grant proposals and some fresh ideas to boot.

Instructor: Jane Hexter

Clean Up Your Grant Seeking Office and Raise More Money

Streamline your grants work to bring in the most dollars for your nonprofit, with the least amount of fuss and zero suffering. Get off to a fresh start, with a course that will inspire you to get organized, building your grant seeking office to reflect the reality of how grants are won. The course covers the 7 keys to your new grants office, and how to handle the three kinds of information every grant writer has to find, keep, and use. Rather than a smattering of tips and tricks, this course gives you the principles and inspiration to design and create a grant seeking office that works for you — whether you've been writing proposals for years, or you just started today.

Instructor: Larissa Golden Brown

Do You Have What it Takes to Become a Grant Writing Consultant?

This session will provide you as a grant writer with an understanding of what it takes to start your own grant writing consulting business; the various ways to fund your new business; dynamics of aligning contract opportunities with professional ethics; the difference between contracted services and virtual employment offers and how to weigh the benefits of both revenue streams.

Instructor: Beverly Browning

The Who, What, Why, When and Wherefores of Grant Reviewing

Grant reviewing is sometimes thought of as a mystical process that involves the reviewer holding your grant application against his or her forehead, closing their eyes and saying “Feels fundable to me.” You write what you believe is a Grade A grant application only to have it picked apart at best and at worse, receive no comments at all, other than a one sentence letter telling you it wasn’t funded. These were the experiences that drove me to enter the world of grant reviewing. Four years and countless reviewed grant applications later the mystery has been solved for me.

Instructor: Susan Kemp

Hit by a Bus: Writing a budget that tells a story long after you’re gone!

You will be guided in program-based budget development — detailed, professional budget writing that's as simple as making a grocery list. Specifically, your instructor will:

Walk participants through a project-focused budget design.

Share tools for working with multiple stakeholders (and money grabbers).

Provide a paper-and-pencil approach to budgeting — that easily moves to high-tech.

Give session members tools they can use quickly and easily, including templates, budget-writing guides, etc.

Include practical steps for calculating unknown costs.

And much more.

Instructor: Johna Rodgers

How to Register

AAGP CharityUniversity™ classes are created by AAGP in collaboration with CharityChannel. Registration is open to both members and non-members. To register for a class, please go http://charitychannel.com

Below is just a small sampling of what's new at CharityChannel:

Recorded, Streaming Class: Recovering Your Fair Share of Federal Stimulus Funding

Are you wondering just how to respond to the Recovery Act/Stimulus bill? The federal government will disburse $787 billion into the economy. Of that, $463 billion are spending initiatives. The spending is in a bewildering array of aid, block grants, discretionary grants, and loans. This course reviews the grant initiatives in the Recovery Act and discusses what you need to do to prepare to submit proposals for your organization. We will spend some time focusing directly on the impact on K12 education – a major beneficiary of these funds. The presentation is based on accurate, up-to-date information that will help you understand the big picture and position you to win.

This class was recorded Thursday, April 2. You can listen to it in its recorded, streaming format in the convenience of your office or home.

read more ... http://charitychannel.com

Have you been curious about the CharityUniversity classes? Now's your chance to try one (or two, if you are a member) for free.

Renata Rafferty, a long-time CharityChannel colleague and CharityUniversity instructor, has given us the green light to offer for free two popular CharityUniversity recorded, on-demand classes:

Board Bootcamp (free to everyone); and
Six Steps to Building a Fund Development Master Plan (free to members of CharityChannel).

This is a value of $119 to non-members, and $238 to members.

These classes are recorded, on-demand versions of the original teleclasses. You listen to them from the comfort and convenience of your home or office.

If you are a member, log in to see two classes. If you are a non-member, you'll see one class unless you join us TODAY at http://charitychannel.com


The Grant Writers Guild provides you with the latest information on new funding programs, upcoming deadlines, conference, training and relevant information for grantseekers.
Write On!

~ Kathleen Greely
Founder of The Grant Writers Guild

Comment by Rose Kenney on February 6, 2009 at 7:47am

Thank you very mcuh for the invite. I would love to attend.

Comment by Dorothy Williams on February 3, 2009 at 1:37pm

I keep hearing about all the different grants for getting your business started, for being a single parent, all types of issues. But they all require a fee. Is there any such thing as a grant that you do not have to pay back? Also why is it they are not accessable without a fee or not in your local area?

Comment by Kathleen Greely on January 17, 2009 at 10:25am

Brought to You by Kathleen Greely, Founder of The Grant Writers Guild - Your Fast Track to Funding Sources

For the week of January 19, 2009

Industry News

Forum Addresses Religion and Philanthropy
Lake Institute on Faith & Giving

The Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, an initiative of The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, offers a public forum for exploring the multiple connections between individual philanthropy and faith, particularly within the major religious traditions. The Institute's mission is to foster greater understanding of the ways in which faith both inspires and informs giving. The goal is to encourage donors, whatever their religious orientation or spiritual practice, to become more thoughtful in their personal philanthropy. The Institute's website listed above is an informative resource for scholars, practitioners, and the general public on topics related to faith and giving.


Conferences and Trainings

Leadership Development Opportunity for Family Services Professionals
Alliance for Children and Families: Senior Leadership Conference
The Alliance for Children and Families Senior Leadership Conference will bring together child and family services professionals from throughout the United States. Three workshop focus areas will allow participants to self-design their experience to maximize their knowledge and leadership development. The Operational Development track will investigate business-driven planning, staff development, change management, and operational issues as powerful tools for organizations. The Leadership Development track will develop personal and professional skills and values that support career growth. The Organizational Development track will explore the benefits and practical application of strategic alliances, strategic planning, and promising program practices. The conference will be held in St. Pete Beach, FL, on February 21-25, 2009. Visit the website listed above for conference details.


Conference Addresses Faith-Based Development Issues
Association of Lutheran Development Executives: International Educational Conference

The Association of Lutheran Development Executives (ALDE) is an international organization of fundraising and communications professionals which is rooted in the Lutheran tradition of the Christian faith and dedicated to serving God's people in the church and the world. ALDE's 2009 International Educational Conference, "Deep in the Heart of Texas," provides an opportunity for Christian development professionals to learn new skills and revitalize their spirit and enthusiasm. Anyone who works in faith-based development or who is a person of faith working in the development field is invited to attend. The conference will be held in Austin, TX, on February 22-25, 2009. Registration information is available on the website listed above.


The Grant Writers Guild Announcements

Special Offer for Nonprofits throughout the U.S.


GrantStation and TechSoup are pleased to present a special offer to the nonprofit community beginning January 21 at 8 a.m. Pacific Time and ending January 22 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time. During this limited-time offer, specially discounted GrantStation Memberships will be available to eligible nonprofits for only $99. To learn more about this special offer, copy and paste this link: http://www.techsoup.org/stock/promo/

Please copy and paste this link if you'd like to take an automated tour of GrantStation: http://www.grantstation.com/tour/tours.asp

Note: If you already have access to GrantStation via one of these organizations: the Society for Nonprofit Organizations; Christian Appalachian Project; Orion Grassroots Network; Association of Junior Leagues International; Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development; Arkansas Coalition for Excellence; American Association of Grant Professionals; Montana Nonprofit Association; Sisters of St. Mary Health Care; Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations; Utah Nonprofit Association, please contact us before signing up! Send your questions to: info@grantstation.com.


Tracks to Success
Savvy PR for Nonprofits

This four-part series, written by Susan Young, an award-winning news and PR entrepreneur with experience in both the government and nonprofit sectors, will help readers increase their organizations' name recognition, visibility, credibility, and revenues. The series will explore the value of and difference between public relations and advertising, and subsequently offer tips for writing effective press releases, speaking to reporters and pitching stories, and mapping out a proactive PR plan for 2009. To read Part Three, "Life's a Pitch: How to Talk to the Media," visit the GrantStation website.


GrantStation Webinars Scheduled for February

Making Time to Write Grants

The number one reason people give for not applying for a particular grant is that they don't have the time. This 90-minute webinar is full of practical advice that can help you organize your approach to grantseeking by teaching you how to create the time to do the job and do it well. Cynthia Adams, CEO of GrantStation, will cover everything from big picture thinking and how it can drive your grantseeking efforts, to how to use volunteers effectively. The webinar will be held on Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at 2 p.m. EST. The registration fee is $89 per person. Visit the website listed above to register.


Grant Writing: Getting Off to a Good Start

If you are new to grant writing, this 90-minute webinar will help you identify the information you need to collect and the files you need to establish to begin developing compelling grant proposals. Cynthia Adams will use a PowerPoint presentation and the GrantStation website as visual training tools. A 30-minute question and answer session provides the opportunity to ask tough questions, and share the challenges you face as a beginning grant writer. The webinar will be held on Thursday, February 19, 2009, at 2 p.m. EST. The registration fee is $89 per person. Visit the website listed above to register.

Funding Opportunities

Support for Math and Science Education Programs
HP Innovations in Education
The 2009 HP Innovations in Education grant program provides support to educational institutions in the United States through two initiatives. Grants for Secondary School Districts help eligible districts launch innovative pilot programs that support the administrators and teachers responsible for student success in math and science in middle schools and/or high schools. HP plans to award approximately 25 grants valued at more than $270,000 each in HP technology, cash, and professional development to public or qualified private school districts. Grants for Colleges and Universities are targeted at administrators and faculty who are enhancing undergraduate degree programs in engineering, computer science, information systems, and information technology. HP plans to award approximately ten grants valued at more than $240,000 each in HP technology, cash, and professional development to public or qualified private colleges or universities. The online web-based proposal submission system will open in early March 2009. Proposals must be submitted by 5 p.m. Pacific Time on March 30, 2009. Visit the HP website listed above for detailed program guidelines.


Travel Grants for Native Artists
New England Foundation for the Arts: National Native Artist Exchange

The National Native Artist Exchange, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, provides travel grants for Native artists residing in any of the 50 United States to visit different regions of the country so that they may exchange artistic knowledge and skills. This fund is designed to assist American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian artists, and provides an opportunity for Native artists to teach, learn, and collaborate in traditional and/or contemporary Native art forms through travel from one region to another across the nation. Travel grants of up to $1,500 will be awarded based on budgets appropriate to the scope of travel. Requests must be received no later than two calendar months prior to the departure date of the proposed trip. Visit the website listed above to review the program guidelines.


Funds for Community Forest Initiatives
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council: 2009 Challenge Cost-Share Grant Program

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council seeks to establish sustainable urban and community forests by encouraging communities to manage and protect their natural resources. The Council's 2009 Challenge Cost-Share Grant Program will provide support in two categories: Innovation Grants address, on a national or regional level, priority issues confronting the urban and community forestry community, including energy conservation, climate change, and public health. As much as $500,000 will be available for one or more Innovation Grants. Best Practices Grants of up to $50,000 support nonprofit organizations that can implement replicable approaches to recruit advocates for urban forestry, make best practices in urban forestry accessible to practitioners, nurture networks of urban forestry practitioners within existing groups, or address other challenges. All grants must be matched at least one-to-one with non-federal funds. Visit the Council's website to download the RFP.


Programs for People Living with Paralysis Supported
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation: Quality of Life Grant Program

The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis. The Foundation's Quality of Life Grant Program supports nonprofit organizations in the United States that work to improve the daily lives of people living with paralysis, particularly spinal cord injuries. The Foundation provides grants to larger organizations that represent individuals with disabilities on a national level as well as to local groups that have an immediate impact on individual lives. Funding is awarding twice each year to programs in three broad categories: Actively Achieving, Bridging Barriers, and Caring and Coping. The Foundation gives special consideration to organizations that serve returning wounded military and their families, and to those that provide targeted services to diverse cultural communities. The application deadlines are March 1 and October 1, annually. Visit the Foundation's website for detailed funding guidelines.


Grants Promote National Economic Education Programs
The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation

The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation is dedicated to the goal of increasing economic literacy throughout the United States. The Foundation gives priority to programs with national impact that address the following issues: raising the public's participation in economic education and creating a demand for greater economic literacy; encouraging measurement of economic understanding; the application of new strategies for teaching economics, including web-based instruction; and helping disenfranchised youth or young adults with children learn to participate in the economic system. The next deadline for proposals is February 15, 2009. Visit the Foundation's website to review the application guidelines.


Childhood Obesity Programs Funded
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Communities Creating Healthy Environments

Communities Creating Healthy Environments, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, aims to prevent childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy foods and safe places to play in communities of color. The program will support community-based organizations and federally chartered tribal nations in the development of effective, culturally competent policy initiatives to address childhood obesity at the local level. Examples of eligible proposals include action to increase public resources for recreation in underserved communities, and land-use and zoning policies that increase healthy food access in a community. Eligible applicants must have a track record of at least two years of successful community organizing and policy advocacy to address health-related problems in communities of color. Through this call for proposals, the Foundation will provide grants of up to $250,000 over a three-year period in up to ten communities. The application deadline for brief proposals is February 26, 2009. Applications must be submitted online through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website listed above.


Grantmaker Updates
National and Regional Awards, Fellowships, and Requests for Proposals


Horace Mann Offers Lincoln Fellowship
The application period for Horace Mann's 2009 Abraham Lincoln Fellowship is coming to a close.

IMLS/AAM Offer Museums Opportunity to Assess
The Institute of Museum and Library Services and the American Association of Museums offer the Museum Assessment Program (MAP).

Holocaust Museum Fellowships for Educators
Applications for the 2009-2010 Museum Teacher Fellowship Program are currently being accepted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Project Orange Thumb Deadline Approaches
The deadline for Fiskars 2009 Project Orange Thumb grant applications is fast-approaching.

Last Call for UnitedHealth Group's California RFP

UnitedHealth Group and PacifiCare are accepting proposals from California nonprofits in the final funding round of a three-year initiative.


Federal Deadlines
Excerpts from Grant Writers Guild's Listings of Federal Notices


National Endowment for the Arts: NEA International Literary Exchanges: Chinese and U.S. Contemporary Poetry Anthologies

This program provides funding for the publication of an anthology of work from writers of a foreign country, and the partner country commits to publishing a corresponding anthology of work from United States writers.

Health and Human Services: Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP)
This program seeks to support telehealth networks by demonstrating how these networks can be used to: improve the quality of health care services; expand the training of health care providers; and improve the quality of health information available to health care providers, patients, and their families.

Department of Agriculture: RMA Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program

This program funds projects that provide limited resource, socially disadvantaged, and other traditionally underserved producers with training, informational opportunities, and assistance necessary to understand the kinds and use of risk management tools, and how to make sound risk management decisions.

Institute of Museum and Library Services: Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services

This program promotes enhanced learning and innovation within museums and museum related organizations, such as cultural centers.

Department of Justice: Education and Training to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities

This program supports the education, training, and establishment of multi-disciplinary teams at the state and local level to address violence against and abuse of women with disabilities.

The Grant Writers Guild provides you with the latest information on new funding programs, upcoming deadlines, conference, training and relevant information for grantseekers.

Write On!

~ Kathleen Greely
Founder of The Grant Writers Guild

Comment by Dorothy Williams on January 8, 2009 at 3:05pm

Could you explain to me exactly what this group does. I have been searching for grants for a few years and hitting dead ends.

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