The Connector - Fundraising/Grantwriting
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This page was updated as of March 24, 2009
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*THE 90-MINUTE GRANT PROPOSAL: "Speed-Thinking" Your Way to a Clear, Compelling -- And Fundable! -- Project Concept
Date/Time: April 28, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Location: Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, 400 E. Monroe
Fees: $55, $46.75 Alliance Members and AZ Guide to Grants Online Subscribers
Presented by: Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits
To register: https://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Register/IdentityConfirmation.aspx?e=36c58817-988f-4755-8358-f934828059e9
Do you have a great grant idea you'd like to create, but not sure how to start?
Join us as we show you how to develop and test a project concept in a matter of minutes. No more going back to the office to get it done - have a first-draft proposal concept in 90 minutes! Introductory Level.
In this fast-paced interactive session you'll learn what questions will lead you more deeply into your own best thinking about a successful project or funding need. You'll learn how to organize your ideas quickly. You'll learn how to tap into your own passion to discover the most compelling story possible. You'll have a chance to preview your concept for your colleagues and get their feedback. Come with your own good idea -- you'll leave with a head start on a clear, compelling project proposal - one that grantmakers can fund.
Topics covered will include:
* Your grant proposal as a strategic planning tool
* The key planning questions that every grantmaker needs to have answered in order to make an informed, intelligent and confident decision about your proposal
* The Project Profile/Planning Worksheet: Planning tool and proposal template
* Crafting the 90-minute grant proposal, step by step:
1. The summary
2. The need statement
3. Intended outcomes
4. Action plan
5. Resources needed
6. Project evaluation
7. Partnership and collaboration
* Speed-testing your project concept: Team exercise
Now what? - Sharing your project concept with the people who can help you make it happen
*BUILDING BLOCKS FOR AN UNBEATABLE PROPOSAL BUDGET -- GUARANTEED!
Date/Time: May 19, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Location: Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, 400 E. Monroe
Fees: $55, $46.75 Alliance Members and AZ Guide to Grants Online Subscribers
Presented by: Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits
To register: https://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Register/IdentityConfirmation.aspx?e=0948da85-f4dd-45e9-85ee-2c6e0d82993f
Worthy grant proposals often don’t make it to the final cut because the proposal budget is poorly put together. However, crafting a budget that clearly and accurately reflects all the resources your program needs is not a complex or mysterious process!
In this workshop you'll learn the principles of mission-driven budgeting, and practice applying those principles to a real-life scenario as you build a detailed proposal budget, step by step. You'll learn how grantmakers evaluate budgets -- and what your budget says about your organization. And you'll work with simple but powerful tools to help you organize your financial information in the clearest, most powerful way.
Join us at this workshop and you will:
1. Understand the importance of a sound, detailed, mission-driven budget as both a key proposal component and a planning and management tool
2. Learn how the concept of "total-value budgeting" supports your project planning and management -- and simplifies the process of building a proposal budget
3. Learn what you need to know about "in-kind," match, valuing volunteer time, indirect or administrative costs, and much more.
4. Learn the easy-to-follow,step-by-step process guaranteed to result in an unbeatable proposal budget
5. Work with -- and take home -- planning tools that will guide you through the process start to finish -- guaranteed!