Successful Grant Writing For Beginners

Finding grantors and writing grant applications to support delivery of your nonprofit organization's mission can be a daunting task! Where to look? Which ones are a good fit? What does the grantor want to see? Do you qualify? This course helps you answer these questions.

This course covers:

-using grant research database tools - see samples of popular research tools

-figuring out what you need - it is important to know what type of grant ask is realistic for your organization; what are you asking for and how much funding to you realistically need? 

-identifying grant possibilities for your organization - match your organization's characteristics to specific grantors using search parameters

-tracking and organizing your grant research and applications - whether it is just you or a team working on a grant, it is important to keep all of the elements organized and available.

-writing winning grants and providing supporting documentation

-what do do once you've received a grant - follow up and reporting

Keep an eye out for downloadable tools throughout the class!

This course was designed and is instructed by a Certified Fund Raising Executive and AFP Master Trainer who has written numerous grants that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant awards for a variety of organizations.