Grant Writing Connie Zimmer with a little help from my friends

GRANT WRITING ORGANIZATION  Four Steps in Getting Organized Planning Funding source research Writing proposal Evaluation by funding source

1. Planning  Where are you now? Needs assessment  Where do you want to be? Goal set  How are you going to get there?  Resources, barriers, action planner, what, who. when, where, set up a spreadsheet or database  How will you know you have arrived? Evaluation, indicators of success

2. Funding source research  Internet  Grants for schools web site:  Foundation Directory: foundationcenter.org  State department web site: arkansased.org grants:  Federal government education department web site:

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3. Writing proposal  Have a good idea  Match idea to funding source  Research sources funding process  State project objectives  State method to achieve the objectives  Base budget on objectives  Justify budget  Objective based evaluation

4. Evaluation by funding source  Can be a particular form  Can be done by site evaluator  You must do what you said you would do in the funding proposal or else you have to repay the money

OTHER HINTS  Use good writing skills (have others read the document)  Have support letters  Justify why you are asking for funds  Show why you can do what you plan to do  Make out a reasonable budget  Inkind contributions may be required (cost sharing, include facility, computers, clerical, your waiver of salary, etc.)

Cont.  Use Editors  Be known by your funding source  Keep trying

GENERAL SUGGESTIONS  Read reports from agencies  Ask for copies of the top two applications they have received  Get annual reports  Study agency’s funding priorities

MONIES AVAILABLE  billion available from the federal government  6 billion from private foundations  5 billion from corporations

TYPES OF FEDERAL GRANTS  Categorical  Formula  Block  Contracts

FEDERAL GRANT PACKET Includes  Forms  Instructions  Suggestions  Guidelines  Writing outlines  Names and numbers  DEADLINES

FAPRS--database--ask for telephone number  Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance  Office of Management and Budget  Budget Review Division  Federal Program Information Branch  Washington, D.C

FOUNDATIONS  25,000 foundations  8% give more that 25 million  Community—Pope County Community Foundation  National—National Science Foundation  Special purpose—Lions World Services  Family foundations   Corporate foundations

Arkansas Foundations & Assets  Walton Family Foundation—$1.49 billion, K-12, Delta, and NW Arkansas (gave 159 mil in 2011 for ed reform)  Winthrop Rockefeller Fd—134.2 mil (gave 5.7 mil in2011)  Charles A. Frueauff Fd—106.6 mil  Winthrop Rockefeller Trust—105.5 mil  Windgate Charitable Fd—102.5 mil  Harvey & Beatrice Jones Center for Families—63.7 mil

Fds, continued  Ross Foundation—63.5 mil  Arkansas Community FD—52.1 min  Murphy FD—44.9 mil  Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Fd Trust—34.1 mil  Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas—27.1 mil  Tyson Foundation—27.1 mil

Fds--continued  Schmieding Fd—21.6 mil  Charles M. & Joan R. Taylor FD—19.5 mil  Trinity Fd—18.2 mil  Glass Family FD—17.2 mil  Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club FD—16.6 mil  Stella B. Smith Charitable Trust—15 mil Foot Locker Foundation

FDS--Continued  Harvey & Bernice Jones Charitable Trust—15 mil  Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable & Educational Trust—13.7 mil  Soderquist Family FD—12.2 mil  Olds Foundation—7.8 mil  Har-Ber Village FD—7.4 mil  Bodenhammer Foundation—6.8 mil

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Web sites to check   Dollar General acy/Pages/grant_programs.aspx acy/Pages/grant_programs.aspx Eschool news / / book-purchases-libraries.html

More sites  NEA Foundation Grants:  Laura Bush Foundation:   Neighborhood Excellence Initiative: ndex.cfm ndex.cfm 

More grant links  Christy Trantino, Technology Specialist at Arch Ford Coop has a site with links to grant information  