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Winning GrantsJune 23, 2011

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Winning Grants

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Today’s Speaker

Stephanie GerdingTechSoup for LibrariesIndependent Library

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What are you hoping to get out of

today’s discussion?

Handouts

Post to Chat:

Have you written a grant

proposal?

New to grant work?

You have experience:

• finding information,

• answering questions,

• serving the community, and

• building relationships.

It’s all about the people…

not the money, not the “stuff.”

Prepare

Focus on Priorities

Develop the Project

Research Funders &

Grants

Write the Proposal

Implement, Evaluate Continue

Grant

Cycle

Dream BIG

Put it in Writing

Grant Team (coordinator, community, volunteers)

Know Your Capacity

Optimism and Realism

Potential Partnerships Friendraising

Appreciation

Relationships

Prepare

Focus on Priorities

Develop the Project

Research Funders & Grants

Write the Proposal

Implement, Evaluate Continue

Grant

Cycle

Meet Community Needs

(improve their life)

The fastest way to success is by planning.

Prioritize needs & write it all down.

Prepare

Focus on Priorities

Designing Winning Grants

Research Funders & Grants

Write the Proposal

Implement, Evaluate Continue

Grant

Cycle

Designing Winning Grants

Strategic Plans - Needs Assessments

Community Involvement

Creative Brainstorming

Designing Winning Grants

Strategic Plans - Needs Assessments

Community Involvement

Creative Brainstorming

Project Planning

Goals, Objectives, Activities, Outcomes

Timeline BudgetEvaluation

Plan

What Makes a Good Grant Project?

Good Projects: Solution to real community needs

Offer something new, innovative, or creative

Create a model that can be replicated

Maximize resources

Have tangible outcomes or products

Have a reasonable budgets and realistic timelines

Include community partners and community involvement

Have goals and SMART objectives

Have an evaluation plan that measures progress

Cause a change in behavior, attitude, skill, life condition or

knowledge in PEOPLE

Indicate sustainability

Success

Stories

Outcome Based Evaluation

Outcome = Impact on end user Behavior

Attitude

Skills

Knowledge

Condition/state

Know where you started.

Are you spending resources on projects and

programs that are making a difference?

Post to Chat:

What target population did your

grant project(s) serve?

Justifying Technology Needs

• Tie to your mission, goals and the people served

– A new model of community communication

– Empowers and engages customers

– Saves staff time - efficiency and productivity

• Solves universal problems/issues

– Provides disability access

– Allows job training assistance

– Extends reach into the community

– Closes the digital divide

– Organizes volunteer opportunities and information

• Specific technology functions

– Enables data collection and measurement

• Share stories of how tech helps!

Prepare

Focus on Priorities

Develop the Project

Research Funders & Grants

Write the Proposal

Implement, Evaluate Continue

Grant

Cycle

Funders Aren’t ATMs…

Find out about Funders

Use the language of the resources and funders

Learn about prospective funders - find a good match!

Visit prospective funder websites;

search on 990s

Record what you find; Keep your research organized

Categories of Grants

Categories of Grants

Just my Size!

Federal Grant Sources

Institute of Museum & Library Services http://www.imls.gov

US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps

National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/grants.html

National Endowment for the Arts http://www.nea.gov/

National Endowment for the Humanities http://www.neh.gov/grants/index.html

National Institute for Literacylincs.ed.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/search/gsearch/dbsearch.cgi?action=Show%20Results

State and

Local Government Sources

State Humanities Council www.neh.gov/whoweare/statecouncils.html

State Council on the Arts www.nasaa-

arts.org/About/State-Arts-Agency-Directory.php

State Department of Education wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/org_list.cfm?category_ID=SEA

State Library: www.publiclibraries.com/state_library.htm

City, County Gov (Arts, Business, Community Development, Environmental, Historical Preservation, Education, Youth, Technology, Archival)

Private Funding Sources

Foundations

Corporations

Clubs and Organizations

Professional Associations

Resources for Finding Grants

Federal Gov Grant Resources

Grants.gov

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance www.cfda.gov

Federal Agency websites

Federal Register www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Primary Source www.imls.gov/news/source.shtm

TGCI Federal Register Grant Announcements www.tgci.com

Community Foundations

cof.org/whoweserve/community/resources (Scroll to bottom of page)

Federal Gov Grant Resources

Grants.gov

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance www.cfda.gov

Federal Agency websites

Federal Register www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Primary Source www.imls.gov/news/source.shtm

TGCI Federal Register Grant Announcements www.tgci.com

http://foundationcenter.org

Cooperating Collections:

Electronic & print resources!!

Corporate Grant Resources

Visit web sites of corporations in your community

for priorities, grant guidelines, and deadlines.

Grantsmanship Center Corporate Giving

(banks, grocery stores, utilities, stores, etc.)

http://www.tgci.com/funding

National Directory of Corporate Giving

Print directory by The Foundation Center.

Professional Associations &

Local Grants!

Research local community directorieshttp://fdncenter.org/getstarted/topical/sl_dir.html

Michigan State University’s service clubs & civic

organizations funding list

http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/servicec.htm

Ask local government contacts, use the yellow

pages, talk to friends and staff to discover clubs

and organizations that provide funding

Library Grants Blog

http://librarygrants.blogspot.com

5 Easy Grants for Beginners

Target Store Grants

Libri Foundation Books for Children

Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Minigrants

Dollar General Grants

Dreyer's Foundation Grants & Product Donations

What grant sources and resources

do you recommend?

Prepare

Focus on Priorities

Develop the Project

Research Funders & Grants

Write the Proposal

Implement, Evaluate Continue

Grant

Cycle

Write the Winning Grant Proposal

1. Tell the Story. (PASSION! Facts!)

2. Keep the Audience in Mind

3. Seek Feedback

4. Ask for Everything you Need

5. Stay Positive!

Common Grant Components

Cover Letter, Title Sheet, Table of Contents

Abstract/Summary

Organizational Overview

Statement of Needs/Justification

Project Description

Timeline/Activities/Methods

Budget

Evaluation Process

Appendix

Prepare

Focus on Priorities

Develop the Project

Write the Proposal

Research Funders & Grants

Implement, Evaluate Continue

Grant

Cycle

Writing an Evaluation Plan

1. What is the purpose?

2. Who is the audience?

3. What do you need to measure progress?

4. What sources of information are needed and how

will you collect?

5. When do you need the information?

Getting Funded

CELEBRATE!

Then:

• thank the funder!

• tell appropriate officials/staff• send out a press release• begin preliminary activities

Not funded?

Don’t give up!

Ask for reviewers’ comments

Strategize a new approach

Revise and edit

Try another source

Common Reasons Not Funded

Grant project didn’t match funder’s purpose

Guidelines not followed

Proposal was poorly written

The budget was inaccurate or unclear

The necessity for your project and its potential

impact were not apparent

Needed partners or collaborators

Evaluation planning weak

Project not sustainable

Winning Grants

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Fundraising Software Through TechSoup

• GrantStation

• NOZA

• eTapestry

• Telosa

• GiftWorks

• DonorPerfect

Keep Up-to-Date Library Grants Blog librarygrants.blogspot.com

RFP Bulletin from the Foundation Center http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/

NEH Connect! The National Endowment for the Humanities' electronic

newsletter http://www.neh.gov/news/nehconnect.html

Grants.gov Grant Opportunity http://www.grants.gov/Find#receive

Charity Channel Forum Online Discussion Groups

http://charitychannel.com/subscribe/

Association of Fundraising Professionals

http://www.afpnet.org/country.cfm?cntry=USA&folder_id=932

The Grantsmanship Center http://www.tgci.com/training/tprogram.asp

Chronicle of Philanthropy http://www.philanthropy.com

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Stephanie Gerding

http://stephaniegerding.comstephaniegerding@gmail.com

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“I have tried raising money by asking for it,

and by not asking for it.

I always got more by asking for it.”

-Millard Fuller, founder, Habitat for Humanity

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