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02 Jun How to Build and Maintain Strong Relationships With Grant Partners by Hayley Waynick, GPC

Posted at 13:06h in Competency Eight, Funder Relations, Funders, Hayley Waynick, GPC, Relationships

I recently attended a webinar through the Grant Professionals Association entitled “Pet Peeves of Funders.” The trainer had conducted extensive surveys with grant making entity officers in her area to assess their biggest pet peeves with the organizations they fund. One program officer surveyed shared that...

04 Feb Webinar Confirmation – Test

Posted at 21:21h in Uncategorized

Thank you for registering below are details for joining the webinar. This information will also be sent to you via email 2 days before the event. Webinar Title Webinar Date | Time Join the webinar: link Call into the webinar: phone Add to calendar: Gmail | Outlook ...

22 Jan Creating an Effective Budget Narrative

Posted at 22:07h in Budget Narratives, Budgets, Competency Four, Courses, Grant Training Series, Julie Assel, GPC and Julie Alsup, GPC

A budget is a key element of most grant proposals and serves as a blueprint for spending the project’s funds. An effective proposal budget outlines the proposed project in fiscal terms and helps reviewers to determine how the project will be conducted. The decisions made...

22 Jan Best Buy Teen Tech Center Awards $150,000 Grant to YMCA of Greater Kansas City

Posted at 18:23h in Grants in Action, Industry News, Success Stories

YMCA of Greater Kansas City was recently awarded a $150,000 grant, over 3 years from the Best Buy Teen Tech Center to launch a Best Buy Teen Tech Center and offer programming designed for teenagers to learn in a non-traditional way, with training in Music, Multimedia, Video, Graphics, Digital Photography, Engineering and Animation. Teens will leverage technology to develop projects based on their own interests such as creating art; producing music and animations; designing their own science simulations and mobile applications; writing and illustrating interactive poetry, stories and films; building kinetic sculptures and robotic constructions; and designing their own 3D worlds and games. These interactive learning spaces will help teens explore technology to discover new interests, collaborate with one another and prepare for the future.

13 Jan Create a High Quality Case Statement

Posted at 20:02h in Case Statements, Grant Writing, Grants 101, Julie Assel, GPC

People want to give to organizations that present a compelling vision. As you approach donors, they will want to know why they should care about your non-profit’s work. Great Case Statements include a mix of both emotionally compelling stories and descriptions of the work you...

10 Jan Department of Health and Human Services Awards $150,000 Grant to Wichita Children’s Home (WCH)

Posted at 22:45h in Grants in Action, Industry News, Success Stories

Wichita Children’s Home (WCH) was recently awarded a $150,000 grant from the Department Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Street Outreach Program to provide prevention and intervention services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, and severe forms of trafficking in persons.

03 Jan Seeing Stars: Identifying High-Impact, High-Profit Programs by AGS Staff

Posted at 20:51h in AGS Staff, Competency One, Funding, Program Design, Program Development, Research

As grant professionals, we are all too aware that nonprofit organizations have dual bottom lines: mission and money.

02 Jan Department for Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Awards $100,000 Grant to Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity (THHFH)

Posted at 22:46h in Grants in Action, Industry News, Success Stories

Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity (THHFH) recently received a grant for $100,000 from the Department for Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Habitat for Humanity International Capacity Grant to support a new, full-time Aging In Place (AIP) Coordinator. THHFH will hire a new, full-time Aging In Place (AIP) Coordinator to assist with increasing the portfolio of family services available and help relieve some of the administrative burden of the construction team (intake, paperwork, contracts, assessments, and other reporting). The position will not have any construction duties, only administrative and home assessment duties. This new position is critical to increasing operational efficiency, expanding needed services for our clients, and capitalizing on partnership opportunities.

30 Dec Ready, Set, Research! by AGS Staff

Posted at 20:49h in AGS Staff, Competency One, Funding, Organizational Readiness, Research, Strategy

Grants can seem like an easy way to fund our organizations. You just write a request and then the check arrives!

30 Dec Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Awards $1,398,244 Grant to YMCA of Greater Kansas City

Posted at 18:47h in Grants in Action, Industry News, Success Stories

The YMCA of Greater Kansas City recently received a grant for $1,398,244 from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 21^st Century Community Learning Centers to deliver high-quality academic afterschool programming (Y Club) at two locations within the Center School District in Kansas City, Missouri. This includes enhanced before/afterschool programming at the Red Bridge Elementary School (a 21st CCLC site in Cohort 8 with enhanced behavioral and social-emotional learning supports) and the establishment of a new afterschool program for sixth graders at Center Middle School where no program has ever existed.