Grant Writing Fundamentals

Full overview

This lesson will provide an overview of the grantseeking process and how to develop the proposal idea. Researching prospective funders and understanding their priorities is also covered.

Understanding funders and developing relationships with them will increase the chances they will respond positively to a proposal. This lesson will provide tips and techniques for developing relationships with potential funders.

This lesson focuses on the problem that the grant will help solve. Sometimes called a Problem statement or a needs statement, this will tell funders what you are trying to accomplish. You will learn how to write a compelling problem statement in this lesson.

Writing goals and objectives is the focus of this lesson. These will show the funders how you intend to solve the identified problem.

In this lesson, you will learn about writing organizational strategies, or a workplan. These are the steps your organization will take to actually meet the goals you set out previously.

In this lesson, you will write an evaluation plan. Once your organization gets the grant, how do you know your actions were successful? The evaluation plan will help you figure out if the program worked, and help identify areas of continued growth.

Funders are interested in how you intend to keep your organization and program continuing. This lesson explores the creation of a statement of sustainability, which will describe ongoing fuding sources.

In this lesson, you will learn about setting a proposal budget. Based on the type of program you are proposing, you will learn methods and terminology to help you understand the necessary elements of a budget.

Grant funders will want to know the strengths of your organization, and the background in order to help establish your credibility. This lesson will give you the tools you need to create an accurate and thorough organization background.

Lesson 10 will prepare you to write the proposal summary. This summary is meant to act like an abstract for your grant proposal and is an integral part of your submission.

The cumulation of your efforts will pay off in this lesson, where you learn how to submit your application. Whether submitting by mail or online, you will learn important tips about submitting your proposal in this lesson.

This last lesson encompasses what may occur after you have submitted your application. It might be a site visit, a formal response, or simply a follow-up.

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