Grant Writing

Overview

This is a repository of past and present grants as well as a resource for researching, and writing grants for Free Geek.

Volunteering

The Grant Writing Group is an open committee, that anyone with an interest in grnt writing is encouraged to attend/participate. Volunteer tasks that are availabel are:

• Research of potential grants

• Contacting foundations for information/guidelines and other assistance

• Writing narratives

• Preparing budgets and financial statements

• Formatting and assembling grant submittals

• Preparing progress reports and final reports

• Site visits/tours for granting foundation

Meetings

Group is not currently meeting, porposed time is 2nd Thursdays of the month at 7:15pm.

Grant Information

• Grant Deadlines - upcoming grants and when they are due.
• Pending Grants - submitted grants waiting for acceptence/rejection.
• Successful Grants - text of grants that got us money!
• Unsuccessful Grants - text of grants we did not get.

Grant Source Materials

• Narratives - cuurent organizational descriptions
• Financial Statements - current statements, program budgets and project budgets.
• Appendices - additional material, demographics, performance statistics, reports and sources.
• Stats and Testimonials - raw data available for incorporation into self-flattery material

Other Resources

• Grant Writing Class - Oso's grant writing course outline.