Grant Writing

The Grant Writing group is overseen by the Outreach Standing Committee.

Currently, "Grant Writing" is on hold, and the group is meeting with the broader name of Funding-group --ks 17:43, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Goals of Grant Writing group

1. Hold regular meetings
2. Report to council or ask the council for recommendations on what to write grants for
3. Create an overlap of skills: 2 people should know how to do each task (there may be a problem with retention on this)
4. Maintain a consistent coordinator who sets up meetings, and checks in with folks throughout the month regarding grant writing progress
5. On downtimes (when there aren't grants to write), hold workshops/lessons to further educate volunteer grant writers

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, anyone with an interest in grant writing is encouraged to attend/participate. Volunteer tasks that are available 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 meets thursdays from 10 - 11 am

Grant Information

• Grant Deadlines - upcoming potential grants and when they are due.
• Grant Drafts - grant writing in progress.
• Pending Grants - submitted grants waiting for acceptence/rejection.
• Successful Grants - text of grants that got us money!

Grant Source Materials

• Grant Writing Triage - A flow chart to help categorize granting opportunities.
• Narratives - current 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
• Useful Numbers to Know - estimated numbers as of Jan 1, 2009

Other Resources

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