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8. Stephanie Gerding http://stephaniegerding.com stephaniegerding@gmail.com Winning Library Grants May 4, 2011 WebJunction

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10. To Do Today! • Demonstrate steps for grant work • Discover tips for grant success • Indentify grant sources • Know how to easily locate grant opportunities • Be confident about grant work! What are you hoping to get out of today’s discussion?

11. Handouts

12. Post to Chat: Have you written a grant proposal?

13. New to grant work? • You have experience: • finding information, • answering questions, • serving the community, and • building relationships.

14. It’s all about the people… not the money

15. GrantCycle

16. Dream BIG

17. Optimism and Realism Put it in Writing Grant Team (coordinator, community, volunteers) Know Your Capacity

18. Potential Partnerships Friendraising Appreciation Relationships

19. GrantCycle

20. Meet Community Needs (make things better)

21. GrantCycle

23. Good Projects: • Address community needs • Offer something new, innovative, or creative • Create a model that can be replicated • Maximize resources • Have tangible outcomes or products • Have a reasonable budgets and realistic timelines • Include community partners and community involvement • Have goals and SMART objectives • Have an evaluation plan that measures progress • Cause a change in behavior, attitude, skill, life condition or knowledge in PEOPLE • Indicate sustainability

24. Success Stories

26. Post to Chat: What target population did your grant project(s) serve?

27. GrantCycle

28. Categories of Grants • Government: • Federal • State • Local • Private: • Foundations • Corporations and Businesses • Clubs and Organizations • Professional and Trade Associations

29. Just my Size!

30. Federal Grant Sources • Institute of Museum & Library Services http://www.imls.gov • US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps • National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/grants.html • National Endowment for the Arts http://www.nea.gov/ • National Endowment for the Humanities http://www.neh.gov/grants/index.html • National Institute for Literacylincs.ed.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/search/gsearch/dbsearch.cgi?action=Show%20Results

31. State and Local Government Sources • State Humanities Council www.neh.gov/whoweare/statecouncils.html • State Council on the Arts www.nasaa-arts.org/About/State-Arts-Agency-Directory.php • State Department of Education wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/org_list.cfm?category_ID=SEA • State Library: www.publiclibraries.com/state_library.htm • City, County Gov (Arts, Business, Community Development, Environmental, Historical Preservation, Education, Youth, Technology, Archival)

32. Private Funding Sources Foundations Corporations Clubs and Organizations Professional Associations

33. Resources for Finding Grants

34. Find out about Funders • Use the language of the resources and funders • key words, subject matter, geographic area, demographics • Refine and target your search, work from general to specific • Learn about prospective grantors - find a good match! • Visit prospective grantor websites • annual reports, success stories of previous grants, staff biographies, current guidelines, philosophy. • Nonprofit Intelligence: Guidestar.org; search on 990s • Record what you find; Keep your research organized

35. Federal Gov Grant Resources • Grants.gov • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance www.cfda.gov • Federal Agency websites • Federal Registerwww.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html • Primary Source www.imls.gov/news/source.shtm • TGCI Federal Register Grant Announcements www.tgci.com

36. Community Foundations cof.org/whoweserve/community/resources (Scoll to bottom of page)

37. http://foundationcenter.org Cooperating Collections: Electronic & print resources!!

38. Corporate Grant Resources Visit web sites of corporations that operate in your community for information about their priorities, grant guidelines, and deadlines. Grantsmanship Center Corporate Giving (banks, grocery stores, utilities, stores, etc.) http://www.tgci.com/funding National Directory of Corporate Givingprint directory for corporate funders -The Foundation Center.

39. Professional Organizations • ALA Awards & Scholarships • American Assn of School Librarians • SLA Scholarships & Grants • ALA Awards and Grants

40. Remember local grants! • Research your local community directory http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/topical/sl_dir.html • Michigan State University’s service clubs & civic organizations fundinglist http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/servicec.htm • Your local government, yellow pages, friends, and staff may also know local clubs and organizations that provide funding

41. Library Grants Blog http://librarygrants.blogspot.com

42. 5 Easy Grants for Beginners Target Store Grants Libri Foundation Books for Children Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Minigrants Dollar General Grants Dreyer's Foundation Grants & Product Donations

43. Top 8 Sites to Search for Library Grants • Library Grants Blog http://librarygrants.blogspot.com • Foundation Center RFP Bulletin fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp • Grants.govgrants.gov • IMLS http://www.imls.gov/applicants/name.shtm • National Endowment for the Humanities http://www.neh.gov/grants/index.html • National Network of Libraries of Medicine http://www.nnlm.gov/projects • The U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=rt • State Libraries http://www.imls.gov/programs/libraries.shtm

44. What grant sources and resources do you recommend?

45. GrantCycle

46. Funders Aren’t ATMs…

47. Write the Winning Grant Proposal 1. Tell the Story. With PASSION! 2. Keep the Audience in Mind 3. Seek Feedback

48. Common Grant Components • Cover Letter, Title Sheet, Table of Contents • Abstract/Summary • Organizational Overview • Statement of Needs/Justification • Project Description • Timeline/Activities/Methods • Budget • Evaluation Process • Appendix

49. Writing an Evaluation Plan 1. What is the purpose? 2. Who is the audience? 3. What do you need to measure progress? 4. What sources of information are needed and how will you collect? 5. When do you need the information?

50. GrantCycle