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Getting Funded Part One: Know Your Organization and Field

Getting Funded Part One: Know Your Organization and Field. SOWO 883 Kelly Godinho Jill Harris. Becoming “Grant Ready”. To appear well-organized and stable to funders, non-profits must have strong planning and organizational infrastructure in place

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Getting Funded Part One: Know Your Organization and Field

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  1. Getting FundedPart One: Know Your Organization and Field SOWO 883 Kelly Godinho Jill Harris

  2. Becoming “Grant Ready” • To appear well-organized and stable to funders, non-profits must have strong planning and organizational infrastructure in place • Mission statement, identified need, explicit beneficiaries, strategic plan, leadership, budget, buy-in from all involved parties, collaborators, strengths, reputation, responsiveness, infrastructure, and eligibility

  3. Steps for Strategic Planning • Step One: Get Ready • Step Two: Articulate Mission and Vision • Step Three: Assessing the Situation • Step Four: Developing Strategies, Goals, and Objectives • Step Five: Completing the Written Plan

  4. Proposal or Grant Planning • Who is your market, your audience? • Why do they care about your organization, issue, service product? • How can you reach them most effectively and efficiently? • How can you expand your market? • Is it possible or necessary or even ethical for you to adapt your product (organization) to reach a larger market?

  5. Fundraising Plan • A list of all sources from which you are seeking funds organized by likelihood of support and priority of effort • A calendar including all deadlines and a follow-up schedule • An income projection based on likely funding • A cash flow projection

  6. Appealing to Diverse Donors • Christian donors • Muslim donors • GLBT donors • African-American donors • Asian donors • Latino donors • Jewish donors • Native American donors • Cuban-American donors

  7. So you think you’re ready?

  8. Defining the Need • Assess the need • Review previous research and statistics • Conduct your own needs assessment • Clarify who is affected • List everyone separately • Explain how they are interrelated • Identify root causes of the problem

  9. Defining the Need • Measure the scope of the problem • At what level can you be effective? • Explore who else does similar work • Where do you fit in? • Explain long-term implications if not addressed • Name opportunities, not needs • Ensure the need drives everything

  10. Framing the Project Design • Relevance to the community • Mission alignment • Timeliness • Capacity • Commitment • Collaboration

  11. Choosing Your Approach • Goals • Approach • Methods • Activities • Outputs • Outcomes

  12. Logic Model

  13. So-That Chains a sequential description of what you’re planning to do and why

  14. Group Activity • We are starting an elementary school program to reduce childhood obesity. • Elements of the program will include: • Learning about healthy eating in the classroom • Starting a cafeteria garden maintained by the students • Create a “So-That Chain” individually and then as a group • How does this fit into the Logic Model?

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