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183 Articles FoundHow Do You Manage Grants?
Managing grants is one of the most important activities in a development office. If an organization has more than a dozen grants, it becomes difficult to manage applications and reporting with a grants management strategy. Your organization can increase its ...
New RFP's Announced
Arts and Culture Chamber Music America Invites Applications for Classical Commissioning ProgramAwards of up to $20,000 to cover composer's fees, plus additional funding of $2,000 for copying costs and a rehearsal honorarium, will be given to classical/contemporary ensembles, presenters, and ...
$3 Million in Grants Available from the Texas Veterans Commission
TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION Contact Information Lisa Waddell 1700 N. Congress, Suite 800 Austin, Texas 78711-2277 512-936-1910 / Fax 512-475-2395 lisa.waddell@tvc.state.tx.us For Immediate Release: February 25, 2010 Release No. 20100225-01 $3 Million in Grants Available from the Texas ...
NEW RFP's Announced
Arts and Culture Cultural Exchange Fund Offers Travel Support for Performing Arts PresentersGrants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to individual presenters, presenting organizations, and groups of presenters traveling to see artistic works and/or working to develop and advance ...
Public Grants - Building Relationships Are Key to Accessing These Funds
I believe that there is a perception that people who work for the government are different than those who work for private sector funders. Why do I believe this? My experience has been so often that some staff seeking grants ...
New RFP's Announced
Animal Welfare American Humane Invites Entries for Be Kind to Animals Kid ContestAwards of up to $1,000 will be given to youth between the ages of 6 and 17 who have shown particular kindness to animals through volunteer work, fundraising ...
First Choice Power Opens Reduce Your Use(TM) Grant Applications
Grants enable Texas nonprofits to be energy-efficient IRVING, Texas, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- First Choice Power has opened the application process for its 2010 Reduce Your Use™ Grants, which encourages nonprofits to be more energy-efficient. The $2,000 grants provide funding ...
Social Innovation Fund Issues Call for Grant Proposals
By Suzanne Perry The Corporation for National and Community Service issued its final notice today on how it plans to spend the Social Innovation Fund, paving the way for organizations to prepare their grant applications. The notice includes several changes ...
How to Create a Needs Statement That Will Increase Your Chances of Getting That Grant
Why do nonprofits devote so much time and effort on preparing foundation grant proposals? The usual answer is that they need the money and many foundations have large amounts of money to give away. This need for money is a ...
New RFP's Announced
Aging American Public Health Association Seeks Nominations for Program Innovation Award in Health and AgingAwards of $1,000 plus an invitation to attend the 138th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association will be given to programs that effectively link ...
New RFP's Announced
Aging Applications Sought for Center for Technology and Aging Remote Patient Monitoring Diffusion Grants ProgramGrants totaling $500,000 will be awarded for programs that use remote patient monitoring technologies to promote independent living for older adults and lessen the burden on ...
New Requests for Proposals!
Arts and Culture Entries Invited for Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging WritersAn award of $2,500 and a one-week residency at Ledig House International Writers Colony in New York's Hudson Valley will be given to emerging contemporary writers exploring ...
Jan 24 - RFP's Announced
Arts and Culture Princess Grace Foundation-USA Announces 2010 Princess Grace Awards Applications in Theater, Playwriting, Dance, Choreography, and FilmAwards in the form of scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships will be given to students or film programs that excel in theater, playwriting, ...
Jan 21 - Where Can I Get a Good Grant Writer?
People ask me frequently if I know of a good grant writer. I used to think that it was possible to find an excellent grant writer by going on one of the many websites, such as Guru.com and ELance.com and ...
Jan 19 - Grant Writing - Government Grant Facts & Writing Tips
Although no one single source of information covers all federal government grants, most federal agencies have some type of grant-making program. This article will help you become familiar with government grants by providing you with important federal government grant facts ...
Jan 19 - Grant Writing - Being Off Topic - Mistake 1 of 7 to Avoid When Approaching Funders
Federal government agencies, foundations and corporations get turned off by grant proposals that: Are off topic;Have been tried elsewhere;Give a negative tone;Come from an applicant, not a client perspective;Lack adequate infrastructure;Include lots of unsupported assumptions; andLook for quick fixes. In ...
Jan 16 - Sammons Dallas Foundation Awards $100 Million to Area Organizations
The Sammons Dallas Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sammons Enterprises, has announced grants totaling $100 million to six Dallas-area organizations to support a range of programs aimed at improving the quality of life in the region. The foundation's six beneficiaries ...
Jan 16 - New RFP's Announced
Arts and Culture Nominations Invited for Best Companies Supporting the Arts in AmericaNominations of companies in recognition of their support for the arts through their leadership, long-term commitment, impact, or other level of involvement are now being accepted from individuals, ...
Jan 9 - New RFP's Announced
Arts and Culture Harry Ransom Center Announces 2010-11 Humanities Research Fellowship ProgramFellowships or travel stipends of up to $3,000 will be awarded to fifty recipients to support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, ...
Jan 3 - Do You Need to Hire a Grant Writer?
In a recent informal study, over 100 random grant applications were reviewed. Of those, 32% of the applicants didn't even meet the basic qualifying requirements. Over half of the proposals had serious spelling and grammatical errors, which incidentally is one ...