Archive for the ‘Grants’ Category:
This recent blog posting by Arlene Spencer, “How Grant Writing Helps Get a Nonprofit into a Position to Increase and Improve all of its Fundraising” brought out some great points. Primarily, the process of preparing to and actually writing a grant funding application by helping the organization understand what donors hope to achieve by funding the organization, what the organization can offer to its funders, and whether the organizations reporting, operations and goals are aligned. Read the complete posting here.
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Community Design Services (CDS) was founded in 1991 and provides local nonprofits with pro bono (that is, free) design services if they can not otherwise afford these services. CDS helps both mature and emerging groups meet housing, accessibility, healthcare, education, homeless services, and community development needs at the neighborhood level. Working directly with client organizations, CDS volunteers prepare preliminary designs and offer technical assistance, including cost estimates, zoning analysis, programming, and presentation drawings. You can find out more information from their website and get an application for assistance here.
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One trend that is becoming more noticeable in the grant arena is the limitation of grants to current and former recipients, as in the case of the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation Announces Oral Health Request for Proposals which is limited to current and former recipients. Sometimes grantmakers do this to reduce the work required to screen potential grantees, and sometimes it is a way to work around having limited funding for the current year.
If you run across one of these grants that your organization sounds perfect for, but you don’t qualify based on the recipient status, contact them anyway to find out why they have the limitation and when they may be making new grants. You could also partner with a previous recipient to apply for a grant for a specific project. Just because there is a restriction, doesn’t mean you should ignore the opportunity!
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I saw an advertisement for the Foundation IX grants for girl’s sports in Minnesota and was interested in their mission, so I clicked through to their landing page. Interestingly, it not only had the information to apply for the grants, but as you scroll down the page, it also had numerous ways that you could donate to their cause. They included an instant, donate now, button for online donations and all the information for mail-in donations and major sponsorships. Smart!
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Could your youth sports nonprofit organization use a $2,500 grant? Are you committed to the principles of responsible sports? Then the Liberty Mutual Reponsible Sports community grants are for you.
To be eligible for the program, league administrators must first register their youth sports organization at the Responsible Sports Web site. Then, coaches, parents, administrators, and youth sports supporters can participate in the Responsible Sports parenting and/or responsible coaching coursework. Visit their website to register.
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