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INTRODUCTION TO GRANT-WRITING

We're now moving from our review of fundraising, to grant writing. To start us off, this week we will be learning about different sources of grant funding (foundations, government, and corporations). We'll also be moving through the first steps in the grant writing process which are developing ideas for proposals, and developing relationships with funders.

I'd like to lead us with a few notes about how we'll be learning about grant writing:

1. We will be working through the grant-writing process for an actual organization as we go through this portion of the class. You have two options- A. You can write for the organization that I have partnered with for the class (Queen of Hearts Therapeutic Riding Center). I have uploaded a folder of information on the organization that should help you complete the course assignments.  OR  B. You can write for an organization of your choice. If you select your own organization, you may need to request/have access to additional information about the organization. You are welcome to take this route (and encouraged to!) but you will need to find additional information on your own. 

2. Your textbook (Winning Grants Step by Step) is written as a work-book. I'll be providing templates of the sections of the work-book for you to fill out as we go through the class (so you don't have to write in your book, and you can re-use the information later). You won't be required to turn many of these pages in, but completing them will help you with the graded assignments for the class.

3. Writing successful grants uses many of the persuasive strategies that we learned about for fundraising. However, each grant must be targeted specifically for the organization that is providing the grant. If the organization requests no more than 3,000 and a one-page budget, that is exactly what you should submit. In this class, we will have class-based guidelines on your final grant assignment. For each assignment in this section of the course, ensure that you read all of the instructions carefully and strictly adhere to any submission guidelines in order to practice your grant-writing skills.

Reading: O'Neal-McElrath sections: An Overview of the Grant-Seeking Process, Step 1 (Developing the Proposal Idea), and Step 2 (Developing Relationships with Funders)