Course Level: Advanced

Grant writing is the practice of completing an application process for a financial grant provided by an institution such as a government department, corporation, foundation, or trust. Such application processes are often referred to as either a grant proposal or a grant submission. Join Non-Profit, Small Business Professional Michael Matthews of P5 Ventures Inc. for an introductory  course into building winning Grant Writing applications.

Grant Writing 301: Prepared for High Level Funding Opportunities.

In this course, an experienced grant writer, Michael Matthews of P5 will show you how to research and write winning proposals that get funded. You will become proficient in the proposal format use by the vast majority of public foundations. This two session training course provides a comprehensive framework for writing grants to foundations, responding to government RFP’s and other formal philanthropic entities. Session topics include the development of a needs statement, goals, objectives, evaluation, key personnel and budgets.

By the end of the Course you will be able to:

• To increase participants understanding of the importance of responding correctly to the funder’s guidelines
  
• To provide guidelines and a template for preparing critical sections of a grant proposal, needs statement, activities, evaluation, etc.

NOTE: You must take 101: 5 Keys and 201: My First Grant before taking this Course

About the Instructor

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