Transcript Grant Resources - Wisconsin Office of Rural Health

Grant Resources:
Tips on finding the
information you need to
identify funding sources and
write grant proposals
Kevin Jacobson
WI Office of Rural Health
Grant Writing and Resources Workshop
June and July 2008
This afternoon we will talk about…
• Finding a suitable funding source
• Finding guidance on proposal writing
• Finding data sources
There are grant opportunities out
there…
In 2007, 1,251 Wisconsin foundations
awarded $478,950,513 in grants.
(Marquette University’s Funding Information Center)
So how do you find them?
Federal Government Grants
• Federal Register:
gpoaccess.gov/fr/Index.html Search or sign up
to receive daily emails of grant opportunities
• Grants.gov: grants.gov/ A central storehouse for
information on over 1,000 federal grant programs
Federal Grants cont.
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:
12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
A database of
all Federal programs currently available
• USA.gov:
usa.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml
federal grant and contract programs
• HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy:
ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/
Links to
US Department of Agriculture
• Community Facilities Program:
rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/cf/cp.htm Assistance to
develop essential facilities in rural areas
• Community Development Resources:
•
ric.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_cent
er=5&tax_level=2&tax_subject=211&topic_id=1
157 Links to funding opportunities
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants:
usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm
Wisconsin Grant Sources
• ORH Rural Community Grants:
worh.org/RCgrants Proposals due Aug. 7
• Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP)
Contact John Eich, ORH, for more information: 608-2611890, [email protected], worh.org/ship
• WI Partnership Fund: wphf.med.wisc.edu/
Multi-year development and implementation grants
Local and Regional Sources
• Local “big box” stores (Target, Lowe’s, Menards)
• Wal-Mart's State Giving Program:
walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving/8169.aspx
Contact the Community Involvement Coordinator at your
local Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club
• Community Foundations:
– Donor’s Forum of WI: wisconsingives.org/
– Council of Foundations:
cof.org/locator/SearchResults.cfm?state=WI
Corporate Foundations
Many corporate foundations have a policy of
awarding grants to communities where
they have a facility
• Alcoa Foundation (Appleton, Beloit, Little Chute,
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Weyauwega)
Weyerhaeuser Foundation (Dorchester, Green Bay,
Manitowoc, Onalaska)
Harley-Davidson Foundation (East Troy, Tomahawk)
Local Private Foundations
• Think local
• Smaller foundations may be more willing
to support a project in their region or
community than a large, national
foundation
• Look to your board or the foundation’s
board
Local Foundations cont.
Foundations in Wisconsin:
wifoundations.org/ Marquette University’s
Funding Information Center
– The Seippel Foundation, Beaver Dam
– The Hunter Foundation, Antigo
– The Alexander Charitable Foundation, Port
Edwards
– The Bigley Foundation, Hillsboro
EMS Grants
• WI Homeland Security Grant Program:
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oja.state.wi.us/section_detail.asp?linkcatid=1315
&linkid=708&locid=97 Grants, surplus equipment
FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program:
firegrantsupport.com/ Three grant programs
EMS Grant Central Station:
grantcentralstation.info/ Grants, proposal writing
and other resources
EMS Grants cont.
Grants, training and other resources:
• Rural EMS and Trauma Technical Assistance Center's
(REMSTTAC)
http://www.remsttac.org/resources/funding.html
• US Fire Administration:
www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/
• EMSGrantsHelp.com:
emsgrantshelp.com/?gclid=CIGNt6q3vZMCFQ7Wsgo
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Subscription Services
Searchable databases and other resources:
• Foundation Directory on line:
fconline.fdncenter.org/
• GrantSelect: grantselect.com/#HC
• The Foundation Center: foundationcenter.org/
Additional Grant Sources
• Rural Assistance Center:
raconline.org/states/wisconsin.php
Rural WI
funding and information sources
• Rural Health Resource Center:
ruralcenter.org/?id=res_funding
grant writing information
Funding and
Office of Rural Health
• ORH’s Reporter: worh.org/reporter
Funding
sources, calendar of events, rural health news
• Rural Communities Initiatives Update
worh.org/rci-blog
Information on funding,
conferences, reports, data sources and local foundations
Researching Funding Organizations
• The Foundation Center’s Foundation Finder
foundationcenter.org/findfunders/foundfinder/ Locate
foundations by city or zip code
• Michigan State University Library’s Grants for Nonprofits:
Health lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/2health.htm
Dozens
of links to private foundations and public grant sources
• The Foundation Center’s Cooperating Collections
locations (Eau Claire, Madison, Milwaukee and Stevens
Pt.): foundationcenter.org/collections/ccwi.html Access to
Foundation Directory
The IRS 990-PF Form
The private foundation federal tax return
• Contains: Phone numbers, trustees, officers and
board members and grantees—Part XV
• The 990 Finder:
foundationcenter.org/findfunders/990finder/
• The Foundation Center’s free tutorial, “DeMystifying the 990-PF”:
foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/demyst
ify/index.html
Proposal Writing Resources
Now that you’ve identified a funder…
???
UW Grant Writing Resources
• UW Professional Development onsite and online classes:
– Locating grants and proposal writing
– Community fundraising and teambuilding
– Information and registration: dcs.wisc.edu/pda/nonprofit/
• UW Library Grants Information Collection:
– Grant seeking and writing workshops:
grants.library.wisc.edu/seminars.html#info
– Proposal writing resources:
grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/proposalwebsites.html Links
to over 20 sites
– Resources for Nonprofit Organizations :
grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/nonprofits.html Additional
resources, including fund raising and management
Additional Proposal Preparation
Resources
• DHHS Toolkit for Faith-Based and Community
Organizations:
acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ccf/resources/toolkit.html
Grant acquisition and management and outcome
measurement
• The Rural Assistance Center’s Grant Writing
Guide
www.raconline.org/info_guides/funding/grantwri
ting.php FAQs, tools, training events
Proposal Resources cont.
• Non-Profit Guides: npguides.org/index.html
Proposal writing guidance and sample RFPs and
proposals
• Minnesota Council on Foundations “Writing a
Successful Grant Proposal”:
mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm#future
Proposal Resources cont.
• Michigan State University’s Nonprofit Fundraising
Web Resources:
lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/4fcelec.htm 100s of
tips and guidelines
• Charity Channel: charitychannel.com/
dozens of articles on proposal writing
Grants and
Foundation Center Resources
The Center operates research, education, and
training programs and maintains a large library
of web resources
• Proposal Writing Short Course:
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foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/ind
ex.html
Proposal Budgeting Basics:
foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/prop_budgt/ind
ex.html
Guide to Funding Research:
foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/gfr/index.html
Additional Proposal Resources
• EMS Resource.net:
emsresource.net/articles/granthelp.shtml
EMS proposal tips
• FEMA’s Writing a Good Narrative:
firerescue1.com/data/pdfs/FEMAgoodnrrative.pdf
And Even More Proposal
Resources…
• Grantproposal.com: grantproposal.com/
Comprehensive site providing free resources for
grantwriters
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:
12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_P
ROPOSAL_DYN.show Focuses on federal grants
Examples of Successful Proposals
• The Idea Bank:
theideabank.com/onlinecourse/samplegrant.html
Fire and EMS proposals, several from WI
• ORH Community Grants: worh.org/RCgrants
Proposals from 2006 and 2007
Supporting Your Proposal and
Making Your Case
• Document the need or problem in your area
• Consider multiple levels of data to illustrate the
problem:
– Provide a national or state statistic
– Provide a local (community, county, region) statistic
– Use internal data to show how many people your
organization sees now or how many will be helped by
your proposed initiative
Federal Census
Demographic information, including age,
poverty, income, education
• Census Bureau Factfinder
factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lan
g=en
• Census Bureau County Quick Facts for WI
quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/maps/wisconsin_map.
html
Federal Data
• USA.gov:
– usa.gov/ Government data by topic
– usa.gov/Government/State_Local/Statistics.shtml
State and local level information
• Library of Congress’ Thomas:
thomas.loc.gov/cp110/cp110query.html Database
of Congressional Committee reports; may contain
current information or provide useful quotes
• FedStats: fedstats.gov/
100 agencies
Statistics from more than
Wisconsin Data
• The WI Office of Justice Assistance:
oja.state.wi.us/index.asp?locid=97 Statistics on
violent crime by county
• Burden of Diabetes Report:
•
dhfs.wisconsin.gov/health/diabetes/PDFs/Burden
08.pdf County level information
DHFS Public Health Profiles:
dhfs.wisconsin.gov/localdata/pubhlthprofiles.htm
County health and demographic information, including
low birth weight % and mortality rates by cause
DHFS Public Health Profiles
Age Risk
18 - 44 Heavy Drinking
Percent (+/-) Region Percent State Percent
9
10
Physical Inactivity
15
16
Overweight
49
51
Smoking
27
28
WI Data cont.
• DHFS Health Statistics A-Z
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dhfs.wisconsin.gov/stats/healthstatisticsA-Z.htm
DHFS Demographics of Aging in Wisconsin Data
dhfs.wisconsin.gov/aging/demographics/
DHFS WI Interactive Statistics on Health
(WISH): http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/wish/
DOA Population & Household Projections: 20002030
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/subcategory.asp?link
subcatid=105&linkcatid=11&linkid=64&locid=9
UW Population Health Institute
Annual County Health Rankings summarize and
rank current health of WI residents by county
• Full report:
pophealth.wisc.edu/UWPHI/research/rankings_2
007/rankings_2007.htm
• County Snapshots:
pophealth.wisc.edu/UWPHI/research/rankings_2
007/snapshots.htm
UW Population Health
Institute, 2007 WI County
Health Rankings
Selected Health
Determinants
WI
Green Lake
Marquette
Waushara
No Dentist Visit in Past
Year % (Rank)
23.5
26.2 (37)
34.5 (64)
29.6 (48)
Cigarette Smoking %
22.3
25.4 (51)
25.5 (54)
18.9 (16)
No Health Ins. %
7.2
7.2 (32)
8.6 (42)
13.9 (64)
Teen Birth Rate (per 1,000)
31.3
27.7 (42)
35.9 (60)
39.9 (64)
No High School Degree %
14.9
18.1 (53)
21.2 (65)
21.2 (66)
UW Population Health
UW Population
Institute,Health
2007 WI County
Institute,Health
2007 WI
Rankings
County
Health Rankings
Future UW Sources
The Survey on the Health of WI (SHOW) will be
the first statewide survey of its kind to measure
information on critical health conditions in
Wisconsin.
• Annual survey of randomly selected households
throughout the state, beginning 2008
• 1,200 Wisconsin residents will receive
comprehensive health evaluations
• For more information:
http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/show/
Health Information Sources
• The University of Michigan’s Statistical
Resources on the Web:
lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Links to 100s
of statistical resources, including health
• Annie E. Casey Foundation CLIKS:
Community Level Information on Kids
http://kidscount.org/cgi-bin/cliks.cgi State and
county information
Rural Health Sources
• Rural Policy Research Institute:
rupri.org/index.php Research papers and
results
• Rural Health Research Gateway:
ruralhealthresearch.org/ Searchable
research results
Final Thoughts…
“Think of grantmakers as investors -because they are. Grants are not free
gifts given to good people who want to do
good things. Grants are investments in a
specific outcome for the philanthropic
dollars given.”
(Maryn Boess, Grants & Foundations Review, April 2006).
Questions??
Comments??
Suggestions??
Thank You
Kevin Jacobson
Rural Communities Program Manager
WI Office of Rural Health
310 N. Midvale Blvd. Ste. 301
Madison, WI 53705
608-261-1888
[email protected]