Course Information
Course Overview
Crafting Winning Proposals that Get Funded, with Effective Outcomes Statements and Proven Communications Methods
An in-depth look at it takes to craft winning grant proposals for nonprofit programs. The course covers building your fundraising case, to learning about different types of foundations and other funding sources, to the seven essential elements of a fundable proposal. We'll take a close look at crafting strong outcomes statements, the use of storytelling to make an impact, and what funders are looking for.
This online course is adapted from the instructors' fifteen years of experience teaching grant proposal writing in a classroom setting to over 1,000 nonprofit professionals.
Course Content
- 11 section(s)
- 11 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Lesson 1: The Charitable Giving Landscape
- Section 3 Lesson 2: Making Your Fundraising Case
- Section 4 Lesson 3: Getting Ready for Grants
- Section 5 Middle Stretch
- Section 6 Lesson 4: Starting Your Proposal
- Section 7 Lesson 5: Goals and Outcomes
- Section 8 Lesson 6: Methodology, Evaluation, and Sustainability
- Section 9 Lesson 7: Budgets
- Section 10 Lesson 8: Putting it all Together
- Section 11 Conclusion
What You’ll Learn
- Building your case for fundraising, Types of foundations and other funders, Types of proposals and submissions, Key elements of successful proposals, What funders are looking for in a proposal, Understanding outcomes versus outputs, Story telling for grant seekers, How grants fit into your fund development plan
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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DDavid Powers
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EEugena M J Brooks
Clear, concise, easy to understand.
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AAstrid L Perez
The material is very informative and clearly contains a substantial amount of valuable information. However, I feel that the review moves too quickly through the content considering how robust and detailed the material actually is. Given the depth of the subject matter, it would be beneficial to and provide more thorough explanations or context in certain sections so that readers can fully appreciate and understand the concepts being presented. Expanding on key points and samples would really help!
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GGrace Powell
So far, great information from Dr. Ken. Looking forward to finish listening to the course. Thank You.