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Dear Colleagues,
Here at GrantProse, we try to focus on positive news but there are some things out of our control. With the recent federal budget deal, spending cuts have reduced or eliminated many federal grants. For a list of programs that have been affected, download the PDF file from the U.S. Congressional Appropriations Committee, found here. Now more than ever, it is important for agencies to maximize their grant writing efficiency. For this reason, we have provided for you a new Data Sources Guide. This PDF guide can be freely downloaded from our website, found here. For more information about this guide, see our article below: Have you Ever Wondered... Where are the Data?
The GrantProse mission is to assist institutions, agencies and organizations expand fiscal resources and program operations, helping clients locate and secure grant funds matched to their interests and needs. Thank you for being a part of this mission with us, and for helping us disseminate information about our Grant Alerts, consultation services and training workshops.
GrantProse, Inc. conducts a series of high quality grant writing workshops for a reasonable cost. If you are experienced with grant writing and wanting to give your proposals a competitive edge, sign up for our grant writing training today. In partnership with the Wake Tech Business & Industry Center, we are offering a two-day workshop for intermediate and advanced grant writers. Check out "In the Spotlight" below, or our training webpage, for a detailed description of this dynamic series.
We are encouraged by your active engagement with us through social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. We also hope you mark our website as a favorite on your computer, and return often to learn what's new in the grants world.
As always, thank you for your appreciation of our work!
Bill Carruthers
GrantProse, Inc.
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Workshop Series on Successful Grant Writing
The presenter, Dr. Carruthers, and GrantProse associates will instruct a "systemic" approach to writing grants--an approach that can be used time and again with small and large grants from funding sources as varied as federal, state, local, foundation, corporation, professional associations and other sources. Central to Dr. Carruthers' system is the logic model. Dr. Carruthers will show how a well organized logic model provides the foundation to all major elements of a grant proposal. And, if you've ever struggled with writing a goal statement or those pesky SMART objectives, he will show you an easy way to tackle these elements.
Previous attendees have consistently rated this program with high marks; we're proud of the feedback that we've been getting. Compliments about the program include:
"It is better than any other grant writing I have taken...even better than Duke." . . . "Thank you for an excellent training session. The goals, objectives and performance measures portion was invaluable to me." . . . "Way cheaper for better information."
Visit the GrantProse website for information on how to register. |
| Training Calendar | |
May 4-5, 2011 Intermediate/Advanced Grant Writing Workshop
Are you experienced with grants and want to advance your skills...? GrantProse, Inc. will conduct an intermediate, two-day grant writing workshop. Visit the GrantProse website for information on how to register. |
| Have You Ever Wondered . . . ? | |
Where are the data?
Grant writers must become more efficient to navigate the landscape of grant funding that has become increasingly tumultuous, competitive, and unpredictable. Typically, grant proposals require significant amounts of data to describe the need for the proposed program or to estimate projected impacts. While there is a plethora of information available on the Internet, there is little time available to conduct the research necessary to the find the data. GrantProse has done this research many times and there is no need for you to reinvent the wheel every time you start a new grant proposal.
For this reason we have created a list, entitled Data Sources Guide, which details where useful data can be found. The Data Sources Guide provides websites and tips for how to access information including population demographics, school performance, unemployment rates, and more. This list is based on our extensive experience developing proposals and is born out of our continued commitment to be students of grant writing.
We enjoy the opportunities to teach others the craft of grant writing at our training workshops, and we also enjoy meeting participants and learning from them as well. At our most recent grant writing training, we shared with the group some of the data sources we typically use when developing proposals (e.g. the Census, Department of Labor, and the NC Department of Public Instruction) and asked the group to share sources that they use. We were surprised by a particular source of which we were previously unaware - the Economic Development Intelligence System, provided by the NC Department of Commerce. We examined the source, found it worthy of adding to our list, but then realized that we didn't have a list... thus the Data Sources Guide was born. We have found these sources to be useful for grant proposal development and by providing them in this guide we hope that they also prove useful for you and your organizations.
To download the Data Sources Guide from our website, click here. If you have questions or suggestions for the Data Sources Guide, please contact Derek Gatlin via email at derek@grantproseinc.com or via Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. |
| Client Events | |
Save the Date! April 28th, 2011
GrantProse is pleased to promote our clients' events. The City of Raleigh's Project LIFT is hosting its second, all-day, capacity building conference for area nonprofits on April 28, 2011 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. The conference will feature 12 workshops on topics such as grant writing, board development and legal issues for nonprofit organizations. Early registration for this conference costs $35 and will begin on February 1, 2011.
For more information please email Barbara.muffoletto@raleighnc.gov
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NEW
Deadline: 06/09/2011
Program: Applied Public Health Leadership Training Program
Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Description: The purpose of this pilot program is to improve community health through applied, team-based collaborative leadership development. Specifically, this program will: 1) establish a national applied health leadership training program to provide customized applied public health leadership training to local and state public health officials, primary care and community health leaders, and their partners. 2) assemble, train and provide technical assistance to local teams of 3-5 leaders to effectively address local public health problems as part of a Community Health Improvement Project. 3) document and evaluate the applied public health training approach. 4) foster replication through train-the-trainer and e-learning models to increase the programs reach and impact. 5) document and evaluate the community public health improvement projects used by the teams and to submit the promising and effective strategies and interventions utilized to the CDC for further evaluation and potential dissemination.
Award Amount: $1,000,000 - $1,750,000
Website: http://1.usa.gov/fLav2H
Eligibility: local governments, nonprofits, colleges and universities, and others
NEW
Deadline: 06/30/2011
Program: Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Agency: U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities
Description: NEH Humanities Initiatives are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. These grants may be used to enhance the humanities content of existing programs, develop new programs, or lay the foundation for more extensive endeavors in the future.
Award Amount: $100,000
Website: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HI_HBCU.html
Eligibility: historically black colleges and universities
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 and join us on Facebook. |
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