Get the best return on your investment of time and money with this training. Boost your knowledge, hone new skills—in just two days of active learning! Live and now online, Essential Grant Skills couldn’t be more convenient. Enjoy learning from the comfort of your own location.

This fast-paced class combines presentation and discussion with practical, real-life exercises. You develop the core parts of a proposal for your own organization, ready to polish, so you can submit to a funder! Connect with colleagues while you’re guided by a caring trainer through the ins and outs of creating successful grant proposals.

Maybe you don’t plan to write grant proposals but you need to know enough so you can effectively hire and supervise someone else to do the work. This is the class for you. Are you considering a career change and wonder if you’ll like this work or be good at it? This class will help guide your decision. Whether new to the field or you have some experience, this training will help you raise your game.

In this two-day training, learn how to create a successful grant proposal:

• Write a data-based description of the problem your nonprofit cares about
• Define specific, measurable outcomes and demonstrate that your organization can deliver them
• Build a basic, doable evaluation plan (and know when to call in an expert)
• Outline a bulletproof budget
• Plan ahead for future funding to sustain your program
• Understand the grant proposal review process
• Identify which tools help you find grantmakers that are right for you.

Schedule and Agenda

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