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I've found that it's important to reassure applicants that they are the "authorities" and the best ones to write the application.  I probably spend as much time on this in the pre-application period as on anything else.

- Lisa Leverette
   Program Coordinator,
   The Skillman Foundation's
   Community Connections
   Grants Program

On her experience with grassroots groups in the in the pre-application period.
 
FAQBefore the Deadline
Investing Time Here Pays Off
 
There are some places where you can take some shortcuts, but experience shows that with grassroots grantmaking, the pre-application period is not one of those places.  If you want to receive stronger applications from the types of groups that you are hoping to hear from, careful attention to what happens before the grant application deadline is key.
 
Click here for some tips for making the most of the pre-application period.
 
Also, check out the handbook the Julie Tindall uses in application workshops for the City of Orlando's Mayor's Matching Grants Program.

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June 17, 2009
ABCD InstituteQuestion of the Week
How do you reach beyond the "usual suspects" with your invitation to apply for a grant from your grassroots grantmaking program?

Share something you have done that has helped extend your reach and connect with people and groups who might not otherwise have found their way to your door.
Tene TraylorTene Traylor on Revisioning The Neighborhood Fund
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Tene Traylor, Program Officer at The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, staffs The Neighborhood Fund, a grassroots grantmaking program that began in 1991 as part of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation's Community Foundations and Neighborhoods Small Grants Program.

Tene talked with us recently about a revisioning process for The Neighborhood Fund that began when she and her colleagues realized that they were drowning in paperwork.

Read what Tene says about revisioning The Neighborhood Fund.

JanisBig Thinking This Week
Re-Imagine Cleveland

This week Janis is talking about the new Re-Imagine Cleveland grants program that is a strategic use of grassroots grantmaking to move a plan to re-imagine and re-purpose vacant land into action, tapping into the creativity, resourcefulness and skill-base of community residents, groups, non-profits and small businesses.

Read what Janis has to say the Re-Imagine Cleveland grant program and join the discussion by posting a comment.

 


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On the Ground with Grassroots Grantmakers in Ohio's Mahoning Valley: Building a Strategy for Change from the Ground Up  

October 21-22, 2009
Youngstown and Warren, Ohio
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