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GRANT WRITING
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WELCOME
Reminders:
• Please mute your device once you join the call
• Remember to raise your hands for questions or write a message in text box
• We will give everyone a chance to ask questions at the end of the presentation
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WELCOME
Reminders:
• If you are using more than one device for this
webinar, please do not place next to each
other, to reduce echoing or feedback.
• Make sure your speakers are turned on.
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS WEBINAR
• Introduce participants to the different types of
grants that may be available
• How to put a grant together
• Share each state’s experience in grant writing
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PRESENTERS
• Richard Chapman
• OCSS staff
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POLL QUESTION
Has your self advocacy group written and was
awarded a grant in the past?
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TIPS ON WRITING A
SUCCESSFUL GRANT
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GRANT WORDS
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HOW FLORIDA DID IT!
The Tao of Grant Writing
• To support creative and effective grant applications & proposals for Self-Advocacy Groups in Florida and beyond.
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WORDS TO REMEMBER
Federal Deficit: the amount by which the
government’s total budget outlays exceeds its total
receipts for a fiscal year.—US Senate Budget
Committee
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WORDS TO REMEMBER
Philanthropic: Doing something for the good of the
community, serving people or places that need
help to become a stronger community
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WORDS TO REMEMBER
Umbrella organizations: an organization that
supports another organization in writing and
managing the money received from grants.
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WORDS TO REMEMBER
Match requirement: some grants require an in-kind
contribution of the grant. Examples include:
volunteer time from staff; community volunteers;
office equipment and supplies; donations…
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WORDS TO REMEMBER
Demographics and statistics is information about a
population (people) that includes: gender, age,
ethnicity, knowledge of languages, disabilities, ,
mobility, home ownership, employment status,
education, location in a city or state
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WORDS TO REMEMBER
Lessening resources is the making or becoming
less in available supports (supplies, materials,
money, people, staff)
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WORDS TO REMEMBER
A Person who Delegates gives another person a
task or activity to do
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THIS IS WHAT FLORIDA ASKED
With our challenged
economy, is it even
worth trying to get your
project funded?
Are people still winning
grants?
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CHALLENGES TO GRANT SEEKERS
• Less than favorable economic
situation for America and for most of
the developing/developed countries
• Many natural disasters taking away
funding for social services.
• Gigantic Federal Deficit
• Lessening resources for local and
state governments
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WHERE TO FIND GRANTS
• Local Corporate
• Local Philanthropic
• Local Arts Council
• County Bed Tax (CVB)
• County School Board
• Juvenile Justice/Prevention
• State: FDDC
• State Humanities Council
• State VSA Arts Organization
• Foundations
• Government – local, state, national/federal
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WRITING A GRANT – PLAN OF ATTACK
• You can hire a grant writer • Read the grant Guidelines • Download required software • Register with the funder, if required • Request letters of support • Locate and request demographic information and
statistics
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GRANT WRITING
• Decide on the target
audience
• What will be the
outcomes and end result
• Where and when will the
activities will take place
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GRANT BUDGET
• Budgets (they will take you longer than you think)
• Map out activities
• Ask other groups how much it cost to complete an activity
• Does your organization have the resources?
• Are matching funds required?
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TIPS ON WRITING A GRANT
• Organize, including time-table • Use lists and bullets where possible • Answer all narrative questions clearly • Always sacrifice ghost or unnecessary words for
space limit • Delegate sections of the grant to others • Edit, Edit, Edit • Have someone else edit & proof
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SUPPORTED MATERIAL
• Use graphics and images
• Everything must be current and relevant
• Support from a variety of stakeholders evident in current letters
• Samples of evaluation tools and reports
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OCSS STATES QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
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STATE QUESTIONS
• What grants have you written?
• What was the purpose of the grant?
• Who was the funder of the grant?
• Did the staff of your self advocacy organization write or did someone else write the grant for you?
• Was you grant funded? If not, do you know why it was not funded?
• Was the grant proposal based on your strategic plan?
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ALABAMA COMMENTS
• What grants have you written?
• What was the purpose of the grant?
• Who was the funder of the grant?
• Did the staff of your self advocacy organization write or did someone else write the grant for you?
• Was you grant funded? If not, do you know why it was not funded?
• Was the grant proposal based on your strategic plan?
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ARKANSAS COMMENTS
• What grants have you written?
• What was the purpose of the grant?
• Who was the funder of the grant?
• Did the staff of your self advocacy organization write or did someone else write the grant for you?
• Was you grant funded? If not, do you know why it was not funded?
• Was the grant proposal based on your strategic plan?
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FLORIDA COMMENTS
• What grants have you written?
• What was the purpose of the grant?
• Who was the funder of the grant?
• Did the staff of your self advocacy organization write or did someone else write the grant for you?
• Was you grant funded? If not, do you know why it was not funded?
• Was the grant proposal based on your strategic plan?
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GEORGIA COMMENTS
• What grants have you written?
• What was the purpose of the grant?
• Who was the funder of the grant?
• Did the staff of your self advocacy organization write or did someone else write the grant for you?
• Was you grant funded? If not, do you know why it was not funded?
• Was the grant proposal based on your strategic plan?
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OKLAHOMA COMMENTS
• What grants have you written?
• What was the purpose of the grant?
• Who was the funder of the grant?
• Did the staff of your self advocacy organization write or did someone else write the grant for you?
• Was you grant funded? If not, do you know why it was not funded?
• Was the grant proposal based on your strategic plan?
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NORTH CAROLINA COMMENTS
• What grants have you written?
• What was the purpose of the grant?
• Who was the funder of the grant?
• Did the staff of your self advocacy organization write or did someone else write the grant for you?
• Was you grant funded? If not, do you know why it was not funded?
• Was the grant proposal based on your strategic plan?
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SOUTH CAROLINA COMMENTS
• What grants have you written?
• What was the purpose of the grant?
• Who was the funder of the grant?
• Did the staff of your self advocacy organization write or did someone else write the grant for you?
• Was you grant funded? If not, do you know why it was not funded?
• Was the grant proposal based on your strategic plan?
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TENNESSEE COMMENTS
• What grants have you written?
• What was the purpose of the grant?
• Who was the funder of the grant?
• Did the staff of your self advocacy organization write or did someone else write the grant for you?
• Was you grant funded? If not, do you know why it was not funded?
• Was the grant proposal based on your strategic plan?
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Free Resource Available to Download: http://artsinactionllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/A-
Visual-Guide-To-A-Team-Grant-Writing-Plan.pdf
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Free Resource Available Funders
Toolkithttp://testaucd.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/funders-
toolkit.pdf
Self Advocacy Grants ToolkitAllies in Self Advocacy
to be available at www.sabe.org
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ANY QUESTIONS
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DATES TO REMEMBER
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DATES TO REMEMBER
• 2nd Video Blog (Vlog)
• Turn in your state plan
• Progress report of your State Plan
• Due August 31, 2014
• Last payment for year 1 will be in September
2014
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Next OCSS Webinars
3:30 p.m. EST
2:30 p.m. CST
Webinar dates Topic
Tuesday August 26, 2014 Keeping Grants
Date to be determined How to Use Blogs
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OCSS Next Meeting
• SABE 2014 Conference
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Saturday, October 11, 2014
1:00-4:00
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THANK YOU!
Regional Self Advocacy Technical Assistance Center Funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities
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