Transcript Federal and State Initiatives Grant Writing Workshop

Grant Writing Workshop
Linda Mason, Ed.D.
http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/
[email protected]
405-225-9486
[email protected]
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Agenda
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Types of Grants
Locating Grants
Assessing Eligibility
Planning a Grant
Writing the Grant
Proposal Review and Follow-up
Grant Management
Hiring and Selecting Grant Writers
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Types of Grants
• Monetary award given by a
government agency, foundation,
corporation or other entity to fund a
particular project
• Generally given to organizations as
opposed to individuals
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Categories of Support
• Operating – running program to meet
community needs
• Special Project – new project or project
with limited timeframe
• Capital/Equipment – specified amount
for construction, renovation, expansion,
purchase land or equipment
• Endowments - planned gifts, will or trust
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Basic Grant Sources
• Government - Federal, State, Local
26 Federal Agencies (900 programs)
• Foundations - Second-largest source
• Direct Corporations or Philanthropists
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Assessing Funding Eligibility
• Eligibility
– Type of organization
– Geographic restrictions
– Population
• Size of Award
– Sufficient amount to complete program
activities
– Number of grants
– Award size and duration
• Project Focus
– Project complements funder’s goals and
priorities
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Assessing Funding Eligibility
Cont.
• Type of Activity
– Specified use of funds
• Restrictions
– Matching funds
– Expenditure limitations
– Evaluation requirements
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Searching For and
Locating Grants
Finding the right grant opportunity is most of the time
consuming work in grantsmanship. Plan to spend at
least half your time in:
– finding the agency
– investigating previous projects that the agency has
funded
– learning about the grant proposal requirements
1. Become familiar with your chosen grant funders.
2. Search locally first.
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Hunting For Grants
SHOTGUN APPROACH vs. RIFLE APPROACH
1. SHOTGUN: Shoot a scatter shot and see what falls.
Look for funding agencies, investigate what they fund, and
apply for something from the agency. Your goals are broad
enough to be modified to fit their goals.
2. RIFLE: Take careful aim at one specific target.
Look for funding agencies that fund only what you want.
Search for an exact match to fund your project using your
specifically stated goals.
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Search Engines
A search engine is a data base that you may use to
find information by using key identifying terms.
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COS – Community of Science @ www.cos.com
SPINPlus – InfoEd @ www.infoed.org
Foundation Center Online - fconline.fdncenter.org/
Foundation Grants to Individuals gtionline.fdncenter.org/
Grant Services – www.grantservices.com
FedBizOps - www.fedbizopps.gov/
Charity Channel – charitychannel.com
Google – www.google.com
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Grant eNewsletters
All funding agencies and most foundations send eNewsletters
with their grant information.
• Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education –
www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/ (weekly announcements)
• Philanthropy News Digest – www.foundationcenter.org
• Philanthropy News Network Online – www.pnnonline.org
• Chronicle of Higher Education – chronicle.com/
• Don Peek (schools) – www.schoolfundingcenter.com
• Faith Based and Community Initiatives Digest –
[email protected]
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Grant Resources
• Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher
Education – www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/ (click on
Grant Resources)
• Cleveland State University www.csuohio.edu/uored/FUNDING/other-fs.html
• National Endowment for the Arts http://arts.endow.gov/federal.html
• Grant.gov (all federal grants)www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont07.html
• University of Wisconsin at Madison http://grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/proposalwebsites
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Grant Resources
• Funders Online (Europe’s philanthropists) www.fundersonline.org/grantseekers/
• FundsNet Online - www.fundsnetservices.com/
• Open Directory dmoz.org/Society/Philanthropy/Grants/GrantMaking_Foundations/
• Oklahoma Foundations –
www.grantmakersofoklahoma.org
• Foundation Data Book (all foundations by
state)- www.foundationdatabook.com/
• SSTI Weekly Digest (State Science and
Technology Institute, Ohio) - http://www.ssti.org
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Grant Information Sources
• Federal Register Notice www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont07.html
• Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance -12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
• IRS Form 990 – www.grantsmart.org
• Foundation Directory –
foundationcenter.org
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Grant Information Sources
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Annual Reports
Funder Guidelines
Agency Website
Contact the Funding Agency by phone or email
PIRS – Project Information Resource System - NSF
DUE https://www.ehr.nsf.gov/PIRS_PRS_Web/Search/default.asp
• CRISP - Computer Retrieval of Information on
Scientific Projects (NIH, SAMHSA, HRSA, FDA,
CDCP, AHRQ, OASH) - http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/
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5 Top Ways to Get Funded
1. Read the RFP.
2. Read the RFP.
3. READ THE RFP.
4. READ THE RFP!
5. READ THE RFP!!!
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Additional Considerations
• Necessary resources to implement the project
and evaluate its progress?
• Staff expertise to develop and implement the
project?
• Proper facilities and resources?
• Value of the project? Replication? Reinvention?
• Sustain project beyond funding?
• Time and resources to write and implement?
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Letters of Inquiry
• Alternative to a call or visit
(Investigate organization to find preference)
• Do homework before the letter for previous
funding history, types of projects, amounts
• Provide information about your organization
• Provide information about your proposed
project
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Letters of Inquiry
• 1-2 pages!
• Par 1 -- Who are you? Mission, organization,
you are seeking funds
• Par 2 -- Why this agency? You understand their
priorities
• Par 3 -- What is the need? Clear and brief
• Par 4 -- What's the plan? Bullet goals/objectives
• Par 5 -- Why fund you? Uniqueness,
qualifications
• Par 6 -- How much? Broad categories
• Par 7 – Closing – thank you, contact information,
whether you will follow up with a phone call
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Letters of Intent
• Introduction
– Why you are writing
– Mission and population served
• Needs
– Demographic and statistical evidence
• Project Description
– Link funder’s priorities and project goals
• Solution
– How it addresses need
– Best practices
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Letters of Intent
• Project Plan
– Activities, timetables, methodology
• Organizational Capacity
– Ability and commitment
– Previous work and staff qualifications
• Budget
– Funding request, organizational support and
other resources
• Sustainability
– Project continuation
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Planning the Grant
• Start with an innovative idea that addresses
a specific challenge and/or need (purpose).
• Start documenting need. Social/economic
costs, beneficiaries, nature of the problem,
impending implications?
• Scan and identify grant opportunities.
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Planning the Grant
• Target a grant
– Make sure your focus aligns to the grant
criteria
– Make contact with grantor agency!
• Review successful and recent awards.
• Identify partners, define roles and build
partnerships as well as community support.
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Key Planning Questions
• What new projects (or program expansions) are
you planning for the next two to three years?
• Which projects are most compatible with your
current mission and purpose?
• Who else is doing this project or similar projects?
• What need/community need does each of your
projects address?
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Key Planning Questions
• What would an improved community/situation
look like?
• How can your organization/project improve the
situation?
• What members of your community -- including
civic leaders and groups, political figures, the
media, professional organizations, and your
own clients -- could support the project?
• Does your organization currently have the
expertise to undertake each project?
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Proposal Components
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Organization/Partner Organization Descriptions
Proposal Summary/Abstract
Statement of Need – Problem and Background
Project Description: Goals and Objectives
Methodology (Design and Timeframe)
Evaluation - Outside Evaluators, Quantitative and
Qualitative Measures Aligned to Goals
• Budget and Sustainability
• Attachments – Commitment letters, Resumes of all
Partners, Information Charts, References
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Compelling Needs Statements
or Preliminary Research
Heart of your entire case for support!
Capture attention!
Key Considerations
• Relate need – present a clear relationship to
your organizations mission and goals.
• Focus on need in the community, target
population or clients, even in research.
• Support need with evidence.
– statistical facts, expert testimony, literature,
preliminary research
• Be consistent with entity’s ability to respond.
• Make proposal easy to read and understand.
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Using Statistics
• Statistics Tell
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How much?
How many?
How often?
How severe?
How costly? …but don’t overwhelm! Short!
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Using Statistics
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Sources
– US Census Bureau: www.census.gov
– Bureau of Labor Statistics: www.bls.gov
– Oklahoma Department of Commerce:
www.okcommerce.gov
– Employment Security Commission: www.oesc.state.ok.us
– Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education:
www.okhighered.org
– Education Oversight Board - www.schoolreportcard.org/
– Local universities, school districts
– Local Chambers of Commerce, nonprofits, professional
associations
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Creating Sense of Urgency
• Statistics
– Approximately ___women were murdered in the US by their
husbands or boyfriends in 1993.
• Leader/Expert Quotes
– Dr. Flock said children who witness spouse abuse have a ___
percent chance of ….
• Case Statements
– Mary Quick, a typical Family Outreach Center client, suffers
from …..
• National Need Compared to Local Need
– In the US, is estimated that ___percent of teenagers have tried
drugs by age 17; this means that at Glory Side school ___ of
seniors may have…..
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Questions to Consider
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Who are the people with the need?
Where are the people with the need?
What is the need?
When is the need evident?
Why does the need occur?
What evidence do you have to support
your claim?
7. What are the consequences of the need?
8. How is the need linked to your entity?
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Sample Needs Statements
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Student support to go to college…
When 24-year-old Tyesha Penn decided to attend
Tulsa Community College – Metro Campus
(TCC-Metro), she almost quit before walking
through the door. Trying to navigate the
complexities of enrollment through the Internet,
Tyesha, an African-American single mother of
two, found the process overwhelming. “I was
confused,” she says. “I wanted to go back to
school for a better future for my kids, but I felt
like I was in over my head.” With an income of…
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Undergraduate research and education
for science, technology, engineering and
mathematics student majors…..
Seventy-five percent of high school seniors intend to go to
college. Of those, 43 percent actually enroll in college, and onethird of these becomes a STEM (science, technology, engineering
and mathematics) majors (Science and Engineering Indicators,
2002). College freshmen who plan to pursue a career in STEM
disciplines too often become discouraged, sidetracked into othr
majors, or committed to other life-style choices and fail to
matriculate to graduation. Regional universities in Oklahoma
retain 67 percent of all first year, full-time freshmen, but graduate
only 29 percent (OSRHE 1999-2000). Barriers to retention of all
students in college apply as well to STEM students…
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Medical research project…
Drug treatment has fallen short of getting
most treated hypertensive to go (BP below
140/90 mm Hg). A highly promising
behavioral treatment is guided breathing,
which involves a device that guides the
patient to slow the breathing rate 6 to 10
breaths/minute (the typical respiration rate
is 16 breaths/minute or more). The guided
breathing intervention is typically used….
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Tutoring program for
at-risk students….
The Johnsonville School District has the highest
high school dropout rate in the state of Texas.
The district has found that the three most
common reasons students drop out of high
school are failing grades, a lack of interest in
school, and a lack of parental support. To combat
the dropout problem, the Johnsonville School
District is seeking grant funding to implement
the Stay in School Program district-wide. The
program will…..
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Project Plan or Description
What you plan to do to
address the need.
Project Description
• What?
– Goals and Objectives
• Why?
– Best Practices/Effectiveness
• How?
– Tasks/Activities
• Who?
– Program Personnel
• When?
– Time Line
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Effective Goals/Objectives
• Goals - Broad statements reflecting ultimate
results of accomplishment.
– Decrease dropout rate….Increase retention rate….
• Objectives – Measurement of what the
organization will do to accomplish goal.
– Hold 54 tutoring sessions for….between Sept. and May
• Activities - Specific Tasks or Strategies
– Design and develop tutoring model …..
• Outcomes – Measure change as a result of
project.
– 85% of students participating in….returned to school…
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Project Timeline
Goal: Primary goal of the Meal Consortium is to allow
homebound elders to live independently.
Objective: Reduce number of individuals leaving the Meal
Consortium by 5 percent.
Activity
Date
Responsibility
(Year, Month, etc.)
1.a. Increase social service
referrals and follow-up 75% of
homebound elders.
October 2005
Project Coordinator
2.a. Increase direct care
services for 90%.
August 2005
Coordinator
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Timeline Sample
Activity
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Month
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Hire coordinator
Recruit two social workers
Identify target elders
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Q: How many grant writers does it take to
change a light bulb?
A: 100. Ten to do it, and 90 to write document
number GC7500439-001, Multitasking
Incandescent Source System Facility, of
which 10% of the pages state only "This
page intentionally left blank", and 20% of
the definitions are of the form "A -----consists of sequences of non-blank
characters separated by blanks".
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Project Personnel
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Who will manage the project?
Who will be involved in the project?
What are their qualifications?
What are their responsibilities?
What is the management/organizational
structure for the project?
• Are you using existing personnel or hiring
someone after the award? If hiring, add a
job description
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Project Personnel
Documentation
• Assure funding agency you have the
qualified staff to carry out the project.
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Vita or Resume
Key Responsibilities
Project Experience
Organizational Chart
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Questions to Consider
• Are goals/objectives/activities logically derived from
needs statement?
• Have you explained why you selected activities or
methods?
• Is the timing and order of events clear and
understandable?
• Is it clear who will perform specific activities?
• Are proposed activities feasible considering
resources?
• Is the proposal easy to read? ww.plainlanguage.gov/
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A grant writing professor was lecturing to
his Grant Writing Workshop one day.
“Use the Plain English style to write clearly. In
English," she said, “A double negative forms a
positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian,
a double negative is still a negative. However, there
is no language wherein a double positive can form a
negative."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah,
right."
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Management Plan
• How organization is structured and
the resources available.
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Key personnel
Organizational structure
Finance
HR
Unique features, i.e. volunteers, student
workers, leveraging other workers
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Evaluation Plan
Documenting Results and Impact
Evaluation Benefits
• Strengthens proposals in eye of reviewers.
– What works best.
• Learn what is going well and what is not.
– Program improvement during the project
• Ensures project is operating effectively.
– Recipients of public trust.
• Create a replicable model for others to use.
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Planning Evaluation
• What questions will evaluation answer?
• What are the specific evaluation plans and time frames?
• What data will be collected?
• Who will be evaluated/what will be measured?
• When will data be collected?
• What strategies, tools, or instruments will be used?
• Who will conduct the evaluation?
• Who will write and receive the report?
• How will the information be used to improve the project?
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Evaluators
• Internal versus external evaluator – or both
• Funder requirements
– External outside entity
• Funding availability – rule of thumb =
approximately 10% of project cost
• Qualified candidates
www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/ (click on
Grant Writing Resources)
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Assessment Measures
• Quantitative
– Number driven
– Bottom line
– Products
• Qualitative
– Quality
– Perceptions and experiences
of participants
– Adjust programs and
procedures
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Evaluation Processes
• Formative Evaluation
– Ongoing process assessing project
effectiveness
– Regularly scheduled data collection
– How well completing project activities
• Summative Evaluation
– Final results
– Length of grant
– Goals and Objectives
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Dissemination Plan
• How will you share information about
project discoveries and resources?
• Who will you target?
• What communication tools will you use?
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Dissemination Plan
Communication Tools
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State and national conferences
Publications, i.e. journal articles
Newsletters
Web Sites
Pod casts, Wikipedia, Blogs, Webinars
Interactive Television; Videoconferences
Commercial Television Ads or PSA’s
News Releases
Newspaper Ads
Community Organization Meetings
School Classes
Speakers’ Bureau
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Budget
Budget justifies expenses and
aligns with proposal narrative.
Budgeting Steps
• Establish budget period.
• Estimate expenses.
• Decide whether and how to include
overhead or indirect costs. Remember that
overhead costs are real!
• Estimate donated goods and services based
on real costs and valid sources.
• Estimate project revenues.
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Direct Expenses
• Consider: Implementation,
continuation, and phase-down costs.
– Salaries and increases.
– Utilities, insurance, rental space, and
equipment.
– Food, transportation, and telephone.
– Evaluation systems, audits, accounting
systems, and dissemination activities.
– Materials and supplies.
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Indirect or Overhead Costs
• Shared by all of the program and
entity but difficult to assign specific
amounts to any one program, i.e.:
– Liability Insurance
– Copier Lease
– Financial Management
• Recovery of indirect costs.
– Funders guidelines
– Organization guidelines
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In-Kind Matching Funds
• Read funder’s definition carefully.
– Can the match be an in-kind contribution
(i.e., goods, facilities or services)?
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Personnel
Fringe benefits
Travel
Equipment
Supplies
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Construction
Miscellaneous
Indirect Charges
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Cash Match
• Cash match (hard cash)
• Work with business manager to
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Specialized allocations
Other state or federal grants (allowable)
Private sector grants
Set up a fund internally for matching
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Budget Principles
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0 mistakes! (at least 3 proofers)
Consistent format – numbers, dollar signs,
decimals, commas
Ask for enough, but just enough.
Clearly justify your figures with real estimates, real
travel locations, real mileage, real salaries (no
estimates).
Tell your story. If someone cannot understand your
project from reading your budget, start over.
Include ALL project costs, ALL internal
contributions, ALL partner contributions, and plans
for sustaining the project.
When you do not have a person hired for a position,
include a clear job description.
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Sample Budget
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Period of Grant
Income from Fundraising
1998
Actual
1999
Actual
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Direct Mail
35,444
39,696
50,000
70,000
100,000
110,000
120,000
Events
57,414
43,211
50,000
57,000
75,000
100,000
110,000
Major Donors
26,600
20,000
40,000
77,000
120,000
170,000
175,000
United Way
70,000
232,938
182,000
182,000
182,000
190,000
200,000
Corporations
11,500
95,751
145,000
185,000
195,000
200,000
210,000
120,000
80,000
50,000
This Grant
Other Foundations
18,428
25,760
20,000
90,000
140,000
160,000
170,000
Community
33,036
51,031
60,000
92,000
138,000
120,000
125,000
252,422
508,387
667,000
833,000
1,000,000
1,050,000
1,110,000
TOTAL
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Budget Presentation
You should present your budget in four different
ways:
• Narrative format (a short summary that refers to
percentages and precedes the standard format).
• Visual format, such as a pie chart that reflects the
percentages mentioned in the narrative.
• Standard numerical format.
• Budget justification (details about each numerical
item and follows the standard format).
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Sample Preceding Narrative
The overall annual budget for the Center for
Women and Children is projected to be
$465,000. Of this amount 53% is for salaries
and benefits, 37% is for programs and services
to women and children, and 10% is for
administration and fundraising expenses.
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Sample Visual Format
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Sample Standard Form
(usually provided)
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Annual
Expense
Personnel (Salaries, Wages)
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Executive Director
Administrative Assistant, .5 FTE
Program Director
Program Assistant
Development Director
Membership Coordinator
Office Assistant
Total Personnel
Benefits Medical/dental coverage
Contractual
• 1. Web design and maintenance
• 2. Accounting (monthly)
$65,000
$22,000
$38,000
$32,000
$38,000
$32,000
$26,500
$183,500
$22,000
$11,500
$ 500
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Budget Justification
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Thoughtful narrative per each item
Summary overview
Discuss any significant increases or
decreases compared with last year's or
next year's budget
• Important figures (such as a high per unit
cost).
For example, if your $250,000 organization
has a $75,000 increase in rent, explain
why.
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Sample Budget Justification
Executive Director, Dr. Joan Smith - The budget
request is for .5 FTE director @ $95,000 annual
salary plus fringe at 28%.
Administrative Assistant, Ms. Mary Smith - The
budget request is for .5 FTE administrative assistant
@ $37,500 annual salary plus fringe at 22%. She
will be .5 FTE for the Oklahoma GEAR UP
Program at the same time. Office space is being
contributed to the project by the Oklahoma GEAR
UP program.
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Get Budgeting Help
If you are new to budgeting or want to
take a moment to be sure that you are upto-speed on preparing a budget, there are
sources available on-line that have good
budget examples. One tutorial may be
found at the Foundation Center's website
http://fdncenter.org/learn/classroom/prop_budgt/index.
html
Work with your budget officer!
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Supporting Documentation
Common Requests
– Organization's IRS determination letter
– DUNS number – fedgov.dnb.com (Dun & Bradstreet)
– Central Contractor Registry (CCR) – www.ccr.gov –
E-Business POC – M-PIN password
– AOR – Authorized Organization Representative
– Board members and affiliations
– Organization’s budget
– Organization brochure/current newsletters
– Latest annual report
– Strategic plan
– Supplemental funding sources
– Letters of commitment
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Letters of Commitment
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Avoid duplicate wording
All partners
Include
– Need perspective
– Why proposal will solve need
– What support will they provide the project?
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Donate equipment/funding
Hire graduates
Identify participants
Serve on committees
Sustain after the grant period
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Abstract or Summary
• Proposal initiative
– Project name, funding competition
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Statement of need
Goals
Measurable objectives
Key activities
Impact on problem
– What will improve and how many will project
impact over project duration.
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Abstract or Summary
• Short – 1 paragraph to 1 page
• This is the summary that is sent to your
local congressional office, and they use it
to send out news releases.
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Submission Process
• Oklahoma DOES NOT have a central point of contact
requirement except for Homeland Security funds
• Read submission requirements early
• Individual or Partnership
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– Clearly defined roles
• Lead organization
• Subcontract
• Fiscal sponsor
– Plan Ahead (submit at least 1 week early)
– Follow Funder Process
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Technical requirements
Checklist
Electronic (Electronic takes TIME, sometimes days or weeks!)
Paper
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Double Check
• Create checklist of required items and
supplements.
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Criteria
Technical requirements (proof font, tabs, margins, style)
Submittal requirements (hard copy, e-copy)
Budget
• Outside readers evaluate.
• New pair of eyes to evaluate work. Get three
persons to review: one close, one semi-close, and
one cold. Try a teen-ager or a grandmother.
• Track submission with follow-up note, call, or
electronic verification.
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Proposal Review Process
• Guidelines vary by entity
• Selection criteria and scoring
– Published in solicitation and federal
register
– Available from Program Director
• Peer review
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Become a Reviewer
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WHY?
Learn to write better
grant proposals
Learn about the
funded grants of the
agency
Learn the process and
improve your odds
Network with others
like you
Simplify your writing
Provide a service
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Tell the recipient of a grant
Tell the funder, program
director, head of agency
Apply online – provide a
vitae and short synopsis of
why you may be of help
Need not have grant
experience, just content
expertise
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Life After the Grant
• Grant is Accepted
– YEAH!!!
– Negotiated. This is VERY OK!!!
• Grant is Rejected
– Have 8 hours of depression and regroup.
– Obtain reviewer comments.
– Make personal visit.
– All might not be lost...
• Write Thank You
In either case, keep writing. BE PERSISTENT!
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Remember…..
REJECTION IS GOOD!
plans
development
learning curve
contact
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Grant Administration
• Financial Administration Critical
– Determine allowable/unallowable costs
– Maintain records
• Financial and staff
• Publicity
– Determine cost accounting standards, OMB
Circulars
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Accounting
Procurement
Personnel
Property management
Travel
Reporting
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Hiring and Selecting Grant Writers
Using an outside grantwriter may seem to be
the best method of success in grant seeking,
but maybe not… Ask:
• Does our organization have the skills
required for this project? (no = hire)
• Is this a short term project or require long
term commitment? (long term = in house)
• Does this project require outside objectivity?
(yes = hire)
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Hiring and Selecting Grant Writers
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PROs
On time
On budget
Honest
Attention & time
given to project
Experience
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CONs
External values
Have to gain
knowledge
Lack of passion
Lack of
relationships
Expensive with no
guarantee
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Principles of Working
With a Grantwriter
• Prepare a one-page Scope of Work
• Get referrals
• Cost, Confidentiality Statement, Code of
Ethics
• Pay a fee, not a % - same amount whether
grant is funded or not
• Interview 3 at your expense
• Select based on chemistry, calendar, cost
• Turn loose! Let the professional work.
• Final report - hours spent on meetings,
research, writing - costs of materials, postage,
copying
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Linda Mason, Ed.D.
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
[email protected]
405-225-9486
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Book References
•
Joseph Barbato and Danielle S. Furlich, Writing for a Good Cause: The Complete Guide
to Crafting Proposals and Other Persuasive Pieces for Nonprofits, Simon and Shuster,
2000.
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David Bauer, The “How To” Grants Manual: Successful Grantseeking
Techniques for Obtaining Public and Private Grants, 3rd, Oryx Press,
Phoenix, AR, 1995.
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Alexis Carter Black, Getting Grants: The Complete Manual of Proposal
Development and Administration, Self-Counsel Press, Bellingham, WA,
2006.
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Bev Browning, Grant Writing for Dummies, 2nd., Wiley Publishing,
Hoboken, NJ, 2005.
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Mim Carlson, Winning Grants Step by Step, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San
Francisco, 1995.
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Arlen Sue Fox and Ellen Karsh, The Only Grant-Writing Book You’ll Ever
Need, Publishers Group West, 2006.
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Kenneth Henson, Grant Writing in Higher Education: A Step-by-Step
Guide, Prentice Hall, 2003.
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Interesting Articles
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“Hiring and Working With Grantwriters and Consultants: Know What You
Need and Let Them Do It!” – Linda Hauser, Wednesday, May 04, 2005,
http://charitychannel.com/.
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“Positioning Grant Writers For Success” - www.raisefunds.com/040202forum.html
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“The Buck Starts Here” – Karen Markin, The Chronicle of Higher Education,
February 21, 2005.
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“Know the Process, Improve Your Odds” – Brian Cobb and Stacy Abate,
February 22, 2006. http://charitychannel.com/.
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“Lessons in Evaluation: How Serving on Grant Panels Could Make You a
Better Writer” – Jennifer Phelps, July 7, 2004, http://charitychannel.com/.
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“Lets Ask for One Million Dollars or Why Successful Grantsmanship Isn’t Like
Buckshot” – Katherine Felts, April 8, 2003, http://charitychannel.com/.
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“Tips for New Grant Writers” – Shelly Uva, March 12, 2002,
http://charitychannel.com/
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Helpful Websites
• Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/
• Training Videos http://www.onenet.net/ops/streaming/brown_bag/brown_bag_i
ndex.html
• The Art of Grantsmanship http://www.hfsp.org/how/ArtofGrants.htm
• The EPA Grant Writing Tutorial http://www.epa.gov/seahome/grants/src/msieopen.htm
• The Foundation Center - http://fdncenter.org/
• Writing Winning Proposals, the US Department of Energy http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/sample.pdf
• Association of Fundraising Professionals http://www.afpnet.org/
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