Grantwriting: From Start to Funded

This comprehensive workshop covers all the essentials of effective, persuasive grantwriting - from federal opportunities to smaller family foundations - to create a compelling proposal that stands out from the competition. Specific objectives will include:

• How to enhance your ability to write the most effective proposal possible
• How to understand what funders look for in terms of scope, project management and anything financial
• How to improve your skills in data collection and use that data to bolster your goals and objectives
• How to weave high-value data into your need or problem statement
• How to write more compelling cover letters
• How to create effective executive summaries
• How to tell a story that that demonstrates the human impact your organization is making
• How to deliver effective problem statements and explain how your project is a solid solution
• How to propose an evaluation strategy
• How to create SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound) objectives
• How to create and when to use a logic model
• How to write an understandable budget narrative
• How to manage each grant efficiently and on a deadline

About the Instructor: Dr. Julie Turner has served as a professor of nonprofit administration for 16 years, teaching undergraduate and graduate-level grantwriting, among others. For 20+ years, Dr. Turner has conducted contractual grantwriting services to entities across the country, with a focus on federal and large family foundations, successfully securing grant awards to enable charitable organizations to support and advance their critical missions.