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MODULES:

Week 1:
Introduction

Week 3, Module 2:
Proposal Writing

Week 4, Module 3:
Capital Campaigns

Week 5, Module 4:
Major Donors

Week 6:
Planning for
Fundraising

Module 5:
Annual & Direct
Appeals

Module 6:
Special Events

Module 7:
Planned Giving

Module 8:
Corporate
Partnerships

Module 9:
Social Enterprise

Module 10:
Online Donations

Module 11:
The Board's Role
in Fundraising

Blackboard

Fundraising Principles and Practices
Week 2, Module 1: Grant Research
Planning and Organizing the Grant Proposal

Required Readings:
  • Seltzer, Chapters 4, 5 and 15. Appendix C
  • Carlson, Introduction, pp. 1-6; Step 1, pp. 7-11; and Appendix B, pp. 89-95

Required online readings:

Optional readings:

Competencies:

  • identify potential funders among private foundations, corporate foundations, and government and multinational agencies
  • describe the differences between solicited and unsolicited proposals and how to a plan for each type
  • plan a grant seeking effort and identify the key components of a grant proposal

    Demonstration of Competencies:

  • complete prospect worksheets for two potential funders for a selected nonprofit or NGO.

    Useful Links:

    Glossary of Terms, (The Foundation Center).

    Getting Grants-Glossary

    Getting Grants-Acronyms

    Online Orientation to the Grantseeking Process (The Foundation Center).

    RFP Bulletin (The Foundation Center).

    Funding Trends and Analysis (The Foundation Center).

    Community Foundations of America

    Sample Grant Guidelines:

    SRA International GrantsWeb (Society of Research Adminstrators International)

    Federal Register (Online via GPO Access). Search for U.S. Government grants.

    Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR)

    GrantProposal.com

    granthelp

    Grantmakers Without Borders
    A Collaboration of the International Donors' Dialogue and the International Working Group of the National Network of Grantmakers.

    Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF). "This UK-wide body representing trusts and foundations has a website which links UK trusts."

    Grants (EaglesNet)

    GrantsCentral Station (State of Iowa)

    GrantStation.com

    The European Foundation Centre (EFC): Promoting Foundations & Corporate Funders in the New Europe

    Fundsnet Services: Grants & Fundraising Portal

    Community Foundations of Canada

    Allavida. "General Programme, Partnership Development and Global Grants. Central and Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union, Africa, Latin America."

    Women's Funding Network

    Minnesota Grantmakers Online

    Global Philanthropy Foundation Database (The Synergos Institute)

    Grantseeker

    Grants Information Center, University of Wisconsin

    Soros Foundations Network

    International Organizations: Funding (Newly Independent States), Center for Civil Society International

    International Funding Sources (University of Iowa)

    Global Fund for Women

    Inside Corporate Philanthropy (e-mail newsletter) (ChangingOurWorld)

    Technology Grant News

    Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities

    Corporate Philanthropy: links to corporate funders, by funding category (FundsNet).

    Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS)

    International Funding Sources (The Grantsmanship Center).

    The Community Foundation Locator (U.S. only)

    Public Education Network (PEN). Funder information.

    Federal Register Archives, The Grantsmanship Center (daily updates).

    National Endowment for the Arts: Applications and Grant Forms

    GrantSelect, fee-based grant research service.

    Bibliography:

  • Boris, Elizabeth, Philanthropic Foundations in the United States: An Introduction, Council on Foundations: Washington, DC 2000.
  • Brown, Larissa & Martin Brown, Demystifying Grantseeking, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco 2001.
  • Edie, John and Jane C. Nober, Beyond Our Borders: A Guide to Making Grants Outside the U.S., 1999. Available from the Council on Foundations, Washington, D.C. "This specialized guide is essential if you are considering making grants outside the U.S. Learn the legal and technical requirements necessary to comply with U.S. laws and regulations that permit grants to non-U.S. organizations. This book also includes information on grants for IRS-recognized charities with non-U.S. activities, direct corporate giving programs, public charities and private foundations."
  • The Foundation Center, Grantseeking on the Web, Second Edition, The Foundation Center: New York 2000.
  • The Foundation Center, International Grantmaking II: An Update on U.S. Foundation Trends, The Foundation Center: New York 2000.
  • Freeman, David, The Handbook on Private Foundations, Revised Edition, The Foundation Center: New York 1991.
  • Glass, Sandra, ed., Approaching Foundations in a New Era, New Directions in Philanthropic Fundraising (Jossey-Bass: San Francisco), Summer 2000.
  • Golden, Susan, Successful Grantsmanship: A Guerilla Guide to Raising Money, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco 1997.
  • McIlnay, Dennis, How Foundations Work, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco 1998.
  • Murray, Vic, Improving Corporate Donations: New Strategies for Grantmakers and Grantseekers , Jossey-Bass: San Francisco 1991.
  • New, Cheryl & James Quick, Grant Seeker's Toolkit, Wiley: New York 1998.
  • Orosz, Joel, The Insider's Guide to Grantmaking: How Foundations Find, Fund, and Manage Effective Programs, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco 2000.
  • Scanlan, Eugene, Corporate and Foundation Fund Raising, Aspen Publishers: Frederick, MD 1997.
  • Shannon, James, The Corporate Contributions Handbook: Devoting Private Means to Public Needs, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco 1991.
  • Sheldon, K. Scott, Successful Corporate Fund Raising, Wiley: New York 2000.
  • Schulter, Andreas et al., Foundations in Europe: Society, Management and Law, Council on Foundations: Washington, DC 2001.



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