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Comment by Melanie R. Negrin on November 30, 2009 at 9:53am

I am host to the global For GrantWriters Only learning community, blog, and LinkedIn group and look forward to networking with other grant professionals.

http://www.forgrantwritersonly.com
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Comment by Tara Colquitt, The Credit Woman on November 24, 2009 at 8:04am

I am new to nonprofit organizations, but I am determined to help them raise funds. Grant writing contacts will be essential to their success along with fund raising. I look forward to meeting everyone in the group soon.

Tara

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

The Savane Group is a leading philanthropic resource for the sports, entertainment and business communities. We assist our clients in the areas of:

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.

The Savane Group
www.thesavanegroup.com

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?

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