Funding Success

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Are you ready to explore the world of grant writing? This book is designed to walk you through the process. It is based on the general principals and expectations of funders. Be aware that each funder is unique and may ask for more details about your proposal or less.

Funding Success is designed to be user friendly and to propel you on your way to discovering the financial benefits of grant writing. It is takes you through the basic process. Each section covers a basic component usually asked for by a funder.

Along with these basics, you will find tips and resources to help you grow your grant writing skills.

Funding Success asks you questions and gives you worksheets. Create a notebook and copy any question sheets. Use these to answer the questions. Before getting started choose one project that you hope to receive funding for.  Use this as your focus when answering each of the questions and when writing out your answers.

Take your time and fill each section out. In doing this you will have written most of the grant components by the end of the book. You can do this with a fictitious project for practice or work with an actual project. It is suggested that you do an actual project that way it will take only a little tweaking to fit it into an actual grant application.

I am often asked about the redundancy of some of the questions. If you feel you’ve covered a topic and that a section of the workbook is redundant try a few things before skipping it. First use it as a chance to write a fresh perspective. Use words or stories that you neglected to use before. This will help you to fully write out your thoughts. The second time or the new focus may be even better than the first. Second carefully reread the description- what is really being asked of you. On retrospect, you may find that it is different.

A recurring theme will be read everything more than once!! Read the application, information about the funder and your submission. Whenever possible find someone else to help you. Grant writing is a big job and works best when done with a friend, coworker or coach.

Take frequent breaks and try to give yourself time to process. Remember many opportunities come up at least annually. If you are too close to a deadline or miss one, your work can still receive funds, but at a later date. Once your first proposal is finished look for multiple funders.

We have added a chapter on finding funders and making the match excerpted from our successful tele-class Navigating the Grant Writing Maze.

An added bonus in Funding Success: is the ongoing example of an actual grant proposal.

Each proposal/application will ask for different things. In this workbook, I have tried to cover the basics plus a little more. Be sure to read the application carefully.

Feel free to call a potential funder to ask for help or hire a grant coach to assist you with the process. Often the first time is awkward or stress filled. Take advantage of all the supports out there. Your mission or passion is important to you. Don’t give up. Contact us and we will do all we can to assist you.

Have fun with the process.

                                           Keridak