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| Dear Colleagues,
We are busier than ever with developing grant proposals, conducting grant-writing workshops, and creating new avenues of communication using social media.
Congratulations to our client, the Raleigh Colleges and Community Collaborative (RCCC), for receiving a $100,000 planning grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation! (for more, see "In the Spotlight" below)
We are pleased to report that we have conducted another successful and highly rated grant-writing workshop for 17 nonprofit professionals in the area. One participant wrote: "This workshop was more than anticipated. Very well presented and materials were comprehensive." Our next Grant Writing Workshop is for novices and will take place on January 20th, 2011. For more information, see the "Bulletin Board" below or go to our website.
If you have not joined us on Facebook or Twitter, please do so and take advantage of our rapid grant-alerts, news and other information relevant to the world of grants. Additionally, we are pleased to announce our presence on LinkedIn. The strength of this new group will be the depth of detail that we can facilitate through discussions with you, our colleagues. Let this be a place where peers can seek advice and information from us and each other. With this and all of our social media outlets, please invite all of your contacts that are involved in the world of grants.
This newsletter will continue to keep you informed about new funding possibilities, training opportunities and the world of grants. We hope you will mark our website as a favorite on your computer, and return often to learn what's new.As always, thank you for your appreciation of our work.
Bill Carruthers
GrantProse, Inc.
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 | In the Spotlight | |
GrantProse Client Receives Planning Grant
Under a new initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and managed by MDC of Chapel Hill, a Raleigh partnership has received a $100,000 planning grant to improve postsecondary success. The Raleigh Colleges and Community Collaborative (RCCC) will spend the next seven months designing an ambitious project to address the Gates Foundation's goal of doubling the number of low-income young adults who earn a postsecondary credential by age 26. Raleigh was one of four communities in the North Carolina and Texas chosen for funding. RCCC's broad working collaborative includes institutional partners NCSU, Meredith, St. Augustine's, Shaw, Peace and Wake Tech, and community partners United Way, NC Society of Hispanic Professionals, WakeMed, City of Raleigh, Wake County Public School System, Wake Education Partnership, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, Capital Area Workforce Development Board, Wake County Board of Commissioners, Research Triangle Regional Partnership, Wake County Economic Development, Raleigh Business & Technology Center, among others
Congratulations, RCCC!
For more information, contact:
Jose Picart
Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion
Professor of Counselor Education
North Carolina State University
919-515-3607
jose_picart@ncsu.edu
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| Bulletin Board | |
New Grant Writing Workshop Dates
Are you experienced with grants and want to advance your skills...?
Intermediate Grant Writing Workshop - May 4-5, 2011. GrantProse, Inc. will conduct a two-day intermediate grant-writing workshop for $235 for the two-day program. Visit the GrantProse website for information on how to register, here.
Are you new to grants...?
Novice Grant Writing Workshop - January 20, February 23, March 28, and April 26, 2011. GrantProse, Inc. will conduct a series of one-day novice grant-writing workshops for $110 for a one-day program on the dates listed here. Visit the GrantProse website for information on how to register, here. |
| Have You Ever Wondered . . . ? | |
What are "Indirect Cost Rates" and "Cognizant Agencies"?
When creating a grant proposal budget, do not be tempted to request an arbitrary funding amount for overhead expenses, using vague labels such as "Other", "Miscellaneous", "Contingency" or "Administrative and Facilities". The bulk of your grant proposal budget should list line-items of direct costs that are appropriate and necessary for grant program activities, and it may be permissible to list a single line item for "Indirect Costs" to recover the expense of those activities which cannot be readily identified as direct costs.
Indirect cost rates are an established ratio of overhead costs that can be legitimately associated with direct costs. For instance, indirect cost rates range from 5% to 15% for nonprofits, and 30% to 50% for colleges and universities. If you want to secure federal funding for indirect costs, be sure to establish an official Indirect Cost rate.
In 1986, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget established the concept of "Cognizant Agencies" to officiate indirect cost rates for Federal grantees. Cognizant Agencies are responsible for oversight of federal expenditures, auditing, and establishing indirect cost rates. The assignment of your cognizant agency for audit is based on the department from which a majority of your federal funding originates. Specifically, 2004 budgets were used to dtermine cognizant agency for audit for 2006 through 2010. For most state and local governments, their Cognizant Agency is the Department of Health and Human Services.
For more information, see OMB Circular No. A-133. |
| Events | |
We are pleased to pass along information from current and past clients. The following is information regarding a community event provided by the New Voices Foundation:
Let's All Play - 9am-5pm, November 20, 2010
New Voices Foundation and Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh are teaming up to create an environment where children of all abilities can play and learn together. The New Voices Foundation is a unique regional initiative that supports children with communication and mobility challenges reach their full learning potential. A day of interactive fun and learning will take place on Saturday, November 20, when New Voices and Marbles Kids Museum will transform a vital place of learning and discovery into a destination for all children.
Exhibits will be adapted to allow children with physical and communication challenges to experience the fun and excitement of Marbles!
Join the children in celebrating the power and importance of inclusion!
· No advance tickets required
· People of all ages and abilities are welcome
· For more info call New Voices at (919) 834-2636
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| Program Research and Evaluation
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Compass Evaluation & Research, Inc., is a woman-owned and -operated firm offering an array of program evaluation and research services. Compass may be reached at 919-544-9004 or info@compasseval.com.
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NEW
Deadline: 12/14/10
Program: Consumer Engagement: A Key to Quality Health Care
Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Description: For projects that demonstrate or evaluate sustainable methods to expand the reach and impact of models of consumer engagement.
Award Amount: $300,000 to $700,000
Website: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21321
Eligibility: State and local governments, non profits
NEW
Deadline: 1/18/11
Program: Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program
Agency: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description: This funding will promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in agriscience and agribusiness.
Award Amount: $25,000-$300,000
Website:
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/educationchallengesecondaryhep.cfm
Eligibility: School districts and state colleges
Looking for something specific?
Email us a description (25 words or less) about the grant funding you are seeking, and we'll keep an eye out for suitable grants as we build our Grant Alerts. We post new Alerts twice a month. To view the latest listings, and many more opportunities, visit our Grant Alerts webpage.
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