Grant
Writing and Fund Development
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course title for details)
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Grantseeking
Basics
Topics include:
- Understanding
what's most important to grantmakers
- Researching grants, and approaching grantmakers prior to applying
- Planning programs and projects before writing grants
- Preparing information commonly asked for in grant applications
- Building a grantseekers tool kit to help you save time
Cost: 3hr.
workshop $50 (Short Course), 1 Day workshop $125
Instructor: Ron Bender, Pres/CEO Bender Consulting
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Researching
and Approaching Grantmakers
Topics include:
- Sources and methods
of researching grantmakers
- Preparing and submitting letters of introduction and inquiry
- Approaching grantmakers by telephone
- Meeting with a grantmaker and successful site visits
- Asking for guidance before applying
Instructor:
Ron Bender, Pres/CEO Bender Consulting
Cost: $100 per person
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Building
Budgets
Topics include:
- Developing
budgets that accurately portray your organization and its programs
- Methods of sharing costs among programs
- Prorating expenses toward administration and program costs
- Placing fair value on in-kind contributions and services
- Using "cost per outcome" scenarios to generate requests for
funding
- Tips for formatting and presenting budgets in proposals and
applications for funding
Instructor: Rick
Bender, Accountant, Bender Consulting
Cost: $90 per person
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Board
Training
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course title for details)
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A
Productive Board of Directors
Topics include:
- Responsibilities
and expectations of board members
- Using a "job description" as a means of guiding your board
- Structuring relationships between the board, committees, and staff
- Getting committees to do the work of the board
- Assessing your board’s needs and recruiting new members
Instructor: Ron Bender,
Pres/CEO Bender Consulting
Cost: $50 per person
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Planning
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course title for details)
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Evaluation
Basics
Through a
combination of lecture and group discussion, you will:
- Learn about
fundamental evaluation concepts and definitions, including how to
develop components of an evaluation model
- Gain an understanding of how to build organizational capacity
based on realistic program plans and objectives
Instructor:
Rev. Richard Bender Jr. Pres/CEO, Seed Sowers Evangelistic Assoc.
Cost: $50 per
person
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Using
Logic Models to Plan Programs and Write Grants
Topics include:
- Getting your team
to use a shared platform to plan and manage programs and projects
- Creating and stating a program’s outcomes, budget, activities and
evaluation plan
- Communicating cost-benefit scenarios and your financial needs in
meaningful ways
- Making the case for grants and other funding requests
Instructor: Ron Bender,
Pres/CEO, Bender Consulting
Cost: $125 per person
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