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Workshop Descriptions

We can combine elements from any of our workshops to meet the needs of your organization. Whatever your requirements, we will work with you to ensure your participants receive a high-quality educational experience.

Grant Proposal Development – Basic/Intermediate

Securing grants requires a sound proposal.  Learn the basics of preparing grant proposals or sharpen your intermediate skills through a step-by-step approach to the process.  From developing the proposal idea to completing the details of the budget, this workshop provides an outline to use to prepare clear, concise, comprehensive, and competitive proposals.  Become familiar with the different formats required by funders and understand the protocol for grants management.

Choose either a full or half-day workshop format.  Participants will:

  • Understand the proposal process
  • Prepare the proposal idea
  • Develop the proposal components
  • Review the different types of proposals
  • Examine reasons for proposal rejection
  • Explore rules of grant management

Federal Grant Applications

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.  More than $300 billion in federal grants are awarded each year.

Choose either a half-, full-, or two-day workshop format.  This workshop will help participants learn:

  • Understand the process of applying
  • Considerations for making the determination to apply
  • Find federal grants through online resources and publications
  • Prepare a federal grant application/proposal package and writing tips
  • The federal peer review process

Advanced Grant Seeking

Learn how to present your case for support no matter the type or size of grant you are requesting.  This workshop provides a working knowledge of more advanced components that are required by foundations, corporations, and government agencies.  There will also be a discussion on logic models, Gantt and PERT charts, and the different strategies to use to obtain grants for capacity-building projects and capital campaigns.

Experienced grant seekers only. This is a half-day workshop. The learning objectives include:

  • Review current grant trends
  • Respond to requests for specialized components
  • Formulate strategies to develop proposals for programs, special projects, capacity-building efforts, and capital campaigns
  • Prepare proposals for different levels of government
  • Learn techniques to apply for a multi-year or million-dollar grant

Grantmaker Research – Basic/Intermediate

Nonprofit organizations continually seek ways to secure needed grant funds to continue viable programs and implement new projects.  But where do you begin the search for potential grantmakers?  It can be a labor-intensive process; there are so many resources to consider.  This workshop provides a systematic process to identify and locate appro­priate grantmaking sources including foundations, corporate giving programs, and government agencies.  Learn what tools to use to match the proper funding institution to the needs of your nonprofit organization.

This is a half-day workshop. Topics include:

  • Identifying different types of resources to use when investigating potential funders including the Web
  • Providing a method of determining potential matches
  • Investigating and creating a list of potential funders
  • Building a relationship with a funding institution

Writing Tight: Secrets to Preparing Successful Online Grant Proposals (a.k.a. 21st Century Grants)

Online grant applications are here to stay! How do you convey your case for support when your need statement and project description can only be 2,000 characters in length? Writing tight or to the point and still get the attention of the grant reviewer has never been more crucial.  This session provides an outline to use to prepare clear, concise, comprehensive, and competitive proposals.  The techniques discussed will help you in crafting successful paper and paperless proposal narratives including those to the different levels of government as well as foundation and corporations.

This is a half-day workshop or 90-minute conference session. The topics covered include:

  • The new-age of submitting grant proposals
  • Strategically positioning your case for support
  • Tips to write clearly, concisely, comprehensively, and competitively

Other Grant Seeking and Development Writing Topics

We also provide workshops on the topics of Preparing Reviewer-Friendly Proposals, Mastering Logic Models for Grant Proposals, Capacity-Building Grants for Nonprofit Organizations, and Adapting Your Writing Style for the Audience. These half-day workshops are designed specifically for advanced grant seekers.

Upcoming Workshops & Webinars

Apr
21
Wed
10:00 am Introduction to Grant Writing @ Webinar
Introduction to Grant Writing @ Webinar
Apr 21 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Learn the basics of preparing successful grant proposals from the comfort of your office! Securing grants for your nonprofit organization requires a sound proposal. This workshop is for those who are new to seeking grants[...]
Apr
27
Tue
10:00 am Advanced Your Grant Writing Skills @ Webinar
Advanced Your Grant Writing Skills @ Webinar
Apr 27 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Nonprofit organizations often seek grant support but fall short in receiving an award. Competition for grants continues to grow as government funding dwindles. Learn how to present your case for support no matter the type[...]
Apr
28
Wed
10:00 am Introduction to Grants and Grant... @ Webinar
Introduction to Grants and Grant... @ Webinar
Apr 28 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Learn the basics of preparing successful grant proposals from the comfort of your office! Securing grants for your nonprofit organization requires a sound proposal. This workshop is for those who are new to seeking grants[...]
May
4
Tue
10:00 am 21st Century Grant Applications:... @ Webinar
21st Century Grant Applications:... @ Webinar
May 4 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
21st Century Grant Applications: Brief and to the Point! @ Webinar | Brookline | Massachusetts | United States
Online grant applications are here to stay! They are frustrating, exasperating, and daunting. Still, how do you convey your case for support when your need statement and project description sections can only be 2,000 characters[...]
May
5
Wed
9:00 am Grants from Foundations & Corpor... @ Webinar
Grants from Foundations & Corpor... @ Webinar
May 5 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Grants from Foundations & Corporations: Workshop #4 of the AFP Connecticut Chapter’s Principles of Fundraising Series @ Webinar | New Haven | Connecticut | United States
Nonprofit organizations often seek grant support for their new or existing programs, capital campaigns, capacity-building efforts, equipment purchases, research, or special projects but fall short in receiving an award. Competition for grants from foundations and[...]
May
12
Wed
10:00 am Advanced Grant Proposal Writing @ Webinar
Advanced Grant Proposal Writing @ Webinar
May 12 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Advanced Grant Proposal Writing @ Webinar | Boston | Massachusetts | United States
Nonprofit organizations often seek grant support but fall short in receiving an award. Competition for grants continues to grow as government funding dwindles. Learn how to present your case for support no matter the type[...]
May
21
Fri
1:00 pm GPA NJ Virtual Conference – 21st... @ Conference Session
GPA NJ Virtual Conference – 21st... @ Conference Session
May 21 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
GPA NJ Virtual Conference - 21st Century Grant Applications: Brief and to the Point! @ Conference Session | Brookline | Massachusetts | United States
Online grant applications are here to stay! They are frustrating, exasperating, and daunting. Still, how do you convey your case for support when your need statement and project description sections can only be 2,000 characters[...]
May
25
Tue
10:00 am Understanding and Competing for ... @ Webinar
Understanding and Competing for ... @ Webinar
May 25 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
The U.S. government awards several trillion in grants to qualified nonprofits and institutions of higher education annually. The odds of winning a federal grant for a specific competition is 1:100. Is your organization ready to[...]
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Recent Grant Successes

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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Want to Learn All About Grants?
We just updated our 2021 Training Calendar with a number of webinars to help you learn the basics of advanced grant-seeking techniques through hosts such as Philanthropy Massachusetts, Grant Professionals Association (GPA), Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires, The CT Community Nonprofit Alliance (The Alliance), and more. Visit our Workshops and Webinars page to register!

 

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Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, CT

New Haven Promise, CT

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MATTER, IL

 

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