Show Me the Money! Effective Strategies for Identifying and Writing Winning Grants

Overview:

This is a recording of a live webinar held on May 19, 2023. 

Public health practice depends on funding to function. This training focuses on understanding, identifying, and securing funding to meet your organization’s strategic needs. Strategic grant writing aligns the needs of organizations with funding sources, whether foundations, government agencies, corporations, or individuals. This webinar offers an introductory-level guide to the basics of strategic grant writing and how to successfully identify, plan, and write winning grants. It also outlines the components included in every grant proposal and highlights grant writing best practices, tips, tools, and resources to support your grant writing efforts.

Tom Stevenson is a freelance grant writer and consultant with a 14-year record of success in winning federal, corporate, and foundation funding for nonprofit organizations at the state and local levels. He has extensive experience working with diverse community organizations including Youth Empowerment Project, Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Greater New Orleans, Odyssey House Louisiana, Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans, Acadiana, Center Point, Inc. in San Rafael, CA, and other award-winning nonprofit organizations. With his expertise in completing strategic prospect research, writing compelling proposal language, strategic program planning, and data collection, Tom has won more than $17M in winning grants for local organizations and nonprofit clients. He has a Bachelor of Arts in English Writing from Loyola University, a Master of Public Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and currently resides in the New Orleans, LA area.

Learning Objectives: By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify potential funding sources to support your agency’s work
• Describe how to research a funding source to determine if it aligns with your community’s needs and agency’s goals
• List 2 best practices for moving forward with a funding opportunity you are interested in
• Identify the sections usually included in a grant proposal
• Explain 2 tips for writing a persuasive proposal
• Locate tools, templates, and other resources to support your grant-writing efforts

CERTIFICATE:  The course contains two modules: a module to access the webinar and an evaluation module. After accessing both modules, learners will earn a certificate of completion. When the certificate is available, learners will see a Certificate button on their dashboard.