Finding and Writing Successful Grants


Resources and Links created by Joe Gaunt and Roxann Nys

 

 

Handouts

(a link will open for you to download these .doc files when you click on them)

How_to_craft_a_successful_grant_proposal-1.ppt

 

Intro to Grantseeking.doc

 

Steps twd Success.doc

 

Finding Funders.doc

 

Grantwriting Exercise.doc

Also available as a public Google Doc

Promising Sources.doc

 

Key Steps.doc

 

Diagram.doc

 

Grant writing Dos&Donts.DOC

 

Bibliography-grants workshop.doc

 

URLs-1.doc

 

 

 

 

 

 

URLs for websites and web pages demonstrated during workshop

 

www.grants.gov

= descriptions and application instructions for Federal grants

 

www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html

= Federal Register with daily postings of Federal grant opportunities

 

www.foundationcenter.org

= Foundation Center with free tutorials and research tools

 

http://grantspace.org

= Foundation Center resources, free of charge

 

www.givingforum.org/rural

= rural philanthropy, including community endowments

 

www.dfwonline.org

= Donors Forum of Wisconsin, state philanthropy resource

 

www.wisconsingives.org

= list of Wisconsin certified community foundations

 

http://www.ggbcf.org/ggbcf/Grants/tabid/71/Default.aspx

= Greater Green Bay Community Foundation website

 

www.matchinggifts.com

= list of employers that match gifts to charities

Click on “Products”

Click on “Matching Gift Register”--link to order on that page. Cost is $125 + $25 for updates

 

www.givingforum.org

= information on trend toward giving circles