1 / 13

Grant Writing Workshop

OEF. Oxford Educational Foundation PO Box 142 Oxford, PA 19363 620-932-7200. Grant Writing Workshop. Oxford Area School District February 12, 2009 Susan Melrath and Etha McDowell. Agenda. OEF Professional Grants Checklist Deadline How to Write Grant Requests

hilde
Télécharger la présentation

Grant Writing Workshop

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. OEF Oxford EducationalFoundation PO Box 142 Oxford, PA 19363 620-932-7200 Grant Writing Workshop Oxford Area School District February 12, 2009 Susan Melrath and Etha McDowell

  2. Agenda • OEF Professional Grants • Checklist • Deadline • How to Write Grant Requests • Where to look for Grants • What OEF can Offer

  3. OEF Professional Grants

  4. OEF Professional Grants

  5. OEF Professional Grants

  6. How to Write Grants • General Format • Common Grant Application Form • Specific Grantor Forms • On-line Form • Grantor Instruction

  7. How to Write Grants • General Format • Executive Summary: • umbrella statement of your case and summaryof the entire proposal (1 page) • Statement of Need: • why this project is necessary (2 pages) • Project Description: • nuts and bolts of how the project will be implemented and evaluated (3 pages)

  8. How to Write Grants • General Format (Continued) • Budget: • financial description of the project plus explanatory notes (1 page) • Organization Information: • history and governing structure of the nonprofit; its primary activities, audiences, and services (1 page) • Conclusion: • summary of the proposal‘s main points (2 paragraphs)

  9. How to Write Grants • Common Grant Application Form • Found at http://www.dvg.org/ Delaware Valley Grantmakers • Checklist • A completed Grant Application Cover Summary with contact information? • A copy of the IRS letter confirming your organization’s 501(c )(3) status? • A completed Grant Proposal Narrative not exceeding five (5) typed pages (excluding attachments)? • An itemized annual budget for your organization’s current fiscal year, with actual figures for the previous fiscal year? • An itemized budget, listing income and expenses, for this specific grant? • Your organization’s most recent AUDITED financial statement or IRS Form 990? • List of three largest funders in the last fiscal year and type of grant? • Your organization’s latest annual report or summary of the prior year’s activities? • Current Board list and affiliations? • One-paragraph descriptions of key staff and their relevant qualifications? • Grantee report (if previously funded)? • Letters of agreement from any collaborating agencies (if applicable), and letters of support and/or recent reviews or articles (if available)?

  10. How to Write Grants • Common Grant Application Form • Used by the following Foundations

  11. How to Write GrantsSpecific Grantor Forms • Online Forms • Go to the Grantor Website and download or Copy and Paste • Specific Grantor Instructions • Follow all of the rules exactly! This is the number two reason that a grant application is denied. • Do not miss a deadline - even by one hour. • Use the terminology that they request. Speak their language. • Use a dispassionate proofreader - if you are sloppy with grammar, you indicate that you will not be a careful steward of the foundation's money. • Provide all of the forms requested. Do not exceed the length they specify.

  12. Where to look for Grants • Professional Organizations • Networking Leads • Organization grants • Ex: PDE grants • Web • Delaware Valley Grantmakers (http://www.dvg.org/) • Chester County Community Foundation (http://www.chescocf.org/Index.htm) • Web search with <Grants Public Education>

  13. What OEF can Offer • Partnering if you need a 501(1)(c)(3) organization • Required by some Grantors • PA Foundations Online • Extensive list of all Pennsylvania Foundations • $250 annual fee • EITC • the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC), provides companies with a 75% tax credit for donations to a non-profit scholarship or educational improvement organization • OEF initial efforts with Brian Urig, HS chemistry

More Related