Understanding and Competing for Federal Grants

When:

March 17, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

2020-03-17T10:00:00-04:00

2020-03-17T13:00:00-04:00

Where:

Red Lion Inn
30 Main St
Stockbridge
MA 01262

Cost:

$35

Contact:

Elizabeth Stone

(413) 645-3151

federal grants grants workshop

The U.S. government awarded over $5.0 billion in grants to qualified nonprofits to implement non-research projects in 2019. Of the 155,035 grant recipients, approximately 1.0 million more received rejection notices. Is your organization ready to compete for future federal grants opportunities? Erase the complexity and confusion often associated with federal grants. Rather than relying on corporate or foundation giving, it may be time to seek out potential federal grants.

The intended goals of this workshop are as follows:

Demystify the process of seeking federal grants for single awards of $50,000 to multi-year requests of $1.0 million or more
Learn to carefully review federal opportunity announcements (FOAs)/request for proposals (RFP) to understand what the government wants to fund
Plan ahead for future publication of available federal grants through online resources
Understand the process of preparing an average 40-page, single-spaced proposal narrative in less than 15 business days
Learn how peer reviewers score your proposal

This workshop provides learning opportunities for intermediate to advanced (10+ years) grant seekers. The ideal participants will be those with two or more years of experience preparing grant proposals. They will have an understanding of how to develop a strong needs statement, goals and outcomes, evaluation strategies, and the budget and justification for the project/program they propose.

Register online at Nonprofit Center of the Berskhires.

At the July 13, 2020, Annual Meeting of the Association of Philanthropic Counsel (APC), Diane Gedeon-Martin, President of The Write Source became a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. She was already a member of the Board. In her new role, she will also serve as assistant treasurer.

Fellow grants consultant, Jana Jane Hexter recently blogged What Your Attitude to Jigsaw Puzzles Says about Your Capacity for Grant Writing with excerpts from her book, Grant Writing Revealed: 25 Experts Share Their Art, Science, and Secrets. In her post, she quotes four grant consultants, including our Diane Gedeon-Martin, about their puzzle-solving approach to grant writing.

You can access the webinar Diane Gedeon-Martin conducted for The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) International on March 13, 2019, entitled 21st Century Grant Applications: Brief and to the Point. Visit our Webinars for Purchase page for more information.

We are proud to welcome our newest clients: TERC (MA), Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, and the Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires.

mHUB Chicago (IL) received a $1.3 million, three-year Venture Capital grant from the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce to scale their Product Development (PD) program. It was one of 52 to receive an award of more than 600 applications submitted for the 2020 Build to Scale grant program.

The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless received a $115,889, one-year grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to scale its technology and create policies to serve 100 patients at three, high-need federally qualified health centers operated by the Community Care Cooperative.

The United Way of Connecticut received the only $1.83 million, three-year contract from the State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) to develop the Statewide Adult Recovery Call Center for Crises.

Aspire of Chicago (IL) received a $233,000 grant from the Coleman Foundation to integrate and migrate information technology systems from its recent merger with NorthPointe Resources.

Be sure to visit our Grant Award News page for more information about these and other awards our clients received.

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