The Fountain of Funding: Strategies for Securing Financial Support for your Project February 22,...
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The Fountain of Funding: Strategies for Securing Financial Support for your Project February 22, 2012 Sarah Jennings, Director of Development for Corporations & Foundations Pamela M. Salela, Associate Professor, Director of Central Illinois Nonprofit Resource Center, Brookens Library Don Long, Grants & Contracts Coordinator, VC Academic Affairs William Kline, Assistant Professor, Liberal & Integrative Studies University of Illinois at Springfield
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The Fountain of Funding: Strategies for Securing Financial Support for your Project
February 22, 2012Sarah Jennings, Director of Development for Corporations & FoundationsPamela M. Salela, Associate Professor, Director of Central Illinois Nonprofit Resource Center, Brookens LibraryDon Long, Grants & Contracts Coordinator, VC Academic AffairsWilliam Kline, Assistant Professor, Liberal & Integrative Studies
University of Illinois at Springfield
University of Illinois at Springfield
Central Illinois Nonprofit Resource Center
http://library.uis.edu/cinrc
Central Illinois Nonprofit Resource Center
http://library.uis.edu/cinrc
Pamela M. Salela, Associate ProfessorCINRC CoordinatorBrookens [email protected]
Pamela M. Salela, Associate ProfessorCINRC CoordinatorBrookens [email protected]
Affiliations
Foundation Centerhttp://foundationcenter.org
– Publications & Training– Reference Guide for Researchers
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/guides/research.html– Webinars (live as well as archived)
http://foundationcenter.org/events/archive/webinars.html
Donors Forum of Illinoishttp://donorsforum.org
– Publications– Workshops (Chicago)
GoodWorksConnect.org– Community resources including Land of Lincoln…
Resources
Databases– Foundation Directory Online
http://fconline.fdncenter.org/ipl.pl
– Foundation Grants to Individuals Online http://gtionline.fdncenter.org/ipl.php
Print Materials– Directories– Manuals– Budget tools
Select Bibliography of Directories
Directory of Research GrantsAS911 .A2 D5 2008
Annual Register of Grant Support: A Directory of Funding Sources AS911 .A2 A67 2008
The Grants Register: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding WorldwideAS911 .A2 G734 2009 DirectoryHV7 .I56 2005
Grants for Higher EducationAS911 .A2 G7247 2007
Workshops
Faculty/Staff
Course specific
Online
Community
University of Illinois at Springfield
Office of Developmenthttp://www.uis.edu/development
Office of Developmenthttp://www.uis.edu/development
Corporate and Foundation Relations
Help you find private funding sources– Prospect research– Initial conversations and meetings w/funders
Help you develop your proposals– Internal and external procedures– Grant seeking basics and guides
http://www.uis.edu/development/audiences/facultystaff/cfgrantmaking.html
– Proposal Development form
Corporate Giving
Corporations provide around 5% of total private giving
Various pockets– In-kind, Sponsorship, Grants, Gifts
Most follow strict giving guidelines
Many link giving with talent acquisition
Senior management may influence
May allocate based upon market
Foundation Grant Making
Foundations provide around 14% of total private giving
Fit their mission; Follow their guidelines
Engage in pre-proposal discussions
RFPs, Guidelines, Invitations
Letters of Interest/Intent
No assumptions– Research each Foundation (4 general types)– Be clear about your project
Getting Funded
Reviewers need convincing– Reviewers may not be experts– Show benefits beyond the classroom– A new way of solving a problem- Innovation– Data supports your idea– ‘Intend’ vs. ‘will’
Listen to colleagues
Rejection is okay?– The national success rate is…– Reviewer notes are your map to success
University of Illinois at Springfield
Grants & Contracts Officehttp://www.uis.edu/grants
Grants & Contracts Officehttp://www.uis.edu/grants
Assistance provided by G&C Office
Identification of external funding sources
Interpretation of sponsor guidelines and requirements
Assistance with all stages of proposal development
Official submission of proposals to outside sponsors, including electronic submissions through grants.gov, Fastlane, etc.
Assistance with protocols for research involving human and/or animal subjects
Assistance with intellectual property issues
Assistance with export issues
Assistance with conflict of interest issues
A webpage with links to relevant information, and downloadable forms www.uis.edu/grants
Where to look for funding
IRIS www.library.uiuc.edu/iris campus only!
Association listserves, funder newsletters, etc.
Grants.gov
Colleagues
Council on Undergraduate Research www.cur.org
UIS Provost Funding
Summer Competitive Scholarly Research Grant Program (SCRGP)
Strategic Academic Initiatives Grant (SAIG) Program
Scholarly Presentation Support Program
Federal agency home pages (ed.gov)
State agency home pages
www.uis.edu/academicaffairs/faculty/index.html
UIS requirements for proposals & awards
All proposals submitted to external sponsors by UIS faculty, staff and students require internal approval using the UIS Internal Clearance Form. (may take 3 or 4 days to process after it is submitted to the grants office depending on signature requirements)
All awards must be officially accepted by the campus, and must be signed by the proper authority.
Proposal Writing Tips
DO: Follow directions
– Read and follow the format and assembly instructions
Learn as much about your funder as you can, including what they funded in the past
Use language that is simple and direct
Repeat the funder’s language back to them
Include tables, flowcharts and diagrams when they are useful
Check for modifications to the RFP often
Assemble required addendums and forms early
Tips continued …
Consider including a logic model
Proofread– Have someone not familiar with your work read your
proposal
Prepare a detailed and justifiable budget– Align budget with objectives and measurable outcomes
Talk to staff at the funding agency
Ask for reviewer comments
Volunteer to serve as a proposal reviewer
Tips continued…
DO NOT: Go over the number of pages allotted
Pad your budget with items that can’t be justified
Assume that reviewers are experts in your field
Wait until the last minute – to write or to submit
Wait until the “perfect time” to submit
Send the same proposal off to multiple funders
Get discouraged!!
Suggestions for Success
Establish a track record with peer reviewed publications
Do your research. Know current “best practice” related to your grant topic
Show institutional support – List all available resources even if you haven’t
tapped into them yet
Find collaborators – Colleagues down the hall, at another campus– Attend professional conferences
Resources for Grant Writing
Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide www.wkkf.org
Grant Experts Nonprofit Website– www.grantexperts.info
US Dept. of Health & Human Services– http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm
NSF Publications– http://www.nsf.gov/publications/
Thompson Publishing www.thom– Winning Strategies for Developing Proposals
and Managing Grants, 3rd Edition
