"Grant writing is the practice of completing an application process for a financial grant provided by an institution such as a government department, corporation, foundation, or trust."
Familiarization with grant writing techniques, research, and prospecting for funding opportunities, as well as budgeting and financial management.
Understanding grant funding: Understanding the basics of grant funding, including what grant funding is, how to find grant opportunities, and the types of grants available.
Writing a grant proposal: How to write a grant proposal, including an overview of the essential sections of grants proposals, such as the executive summary, introduction, background, goals and objectives, methodology, evaluation, budget, and conclusion.
Creating a budget: Creating a budget for a grant proposal, including estimating expenses, creating a realistic and detailed budget, and justifying the expenses to the grant reviewers.
Finding funding sources: How to research and identify funding sources, including private foundations, government agencies, corporations, and individuals.
Building relationships with funders: How to develop relationships with funders, including networking, creating a compelling case for support, and cultivating long-term relationships.
Developing a needs assessment: Developing a needs assessment that identifies the needs of the community or organization, and how the proposed project will address those needs.
Measuring impact: Developing a plan for measuring the impact of the proposed project, including identifying measurable outcomes, data collection, and analysis.
Collaborative partnerships: Building partnerships with other organizations or individuals to strengthen grant proposals and increase the likelihood of funding.
Marketing and promoting your project: Developing a marketing plan to promote the proposed project, including social media, networking, and public relations.
Ethics and accountability: Understanding the ethical and legal considerations of grant writing and funding, including transparency and accountability.
Project Grants: These grants are awarded to fund a specific project, program, or event. They are usually for a set period and require a detailed proposal outlining the project, its goals, and budget.
Operating Grants: These grants are awarded to provide general support to an arts organization or institution to assist with their ongoing expenses such as salaries, rent, utilities, etc.
Capacity Building Grants: These grants provide resources to help arts organizations build their capacity, skills, and infrastructure to become more effective in achieving their mission and strategic goals.
Fellowships: These grants provide funding to support individual artists, writers, or performers to work on specific projects or programs.
Residencies: These grants provide artists with access to a shared space, resources, and time to focus on their creative work.
Public Arts Grants: These grants are awarded to fund art projects or programs that are publicly accessible and intended to enhance the cultural experience of the community.
Arts Education Grants: These grants support arts education programs in schools, community centers, and museums to provide opportunities for youth to learn about and engage in the arts.
Research Grants: These grants fund research projects related to the arts, such as studies examining the impact of arts on individuals, communities, and society.
Endowment Grants: These grants provide long-term support for an arts organization through investment in an endowment fund that generates income that can be used to sustain the organization's mission and programs.
Matching Grants: These grants require the recipient organization to match a portion of the funding provided by the grantor. This type of grant incentivizes organizations to seek additional funding from other sources, thereby increasing the scale and impact of their projects.
"Such application processes are often referred to as either a grant proposal or a grant submission."
"Successful grant writing requires a clear understanding of grantsmanship."
"Successful grant writers are able not only to mobilize knowledge about the form and content of the proposal documents but also the intertextual relationships of the specific proposal to other, related documents."
"The elements of proposal-creation typically involve: - Analyzing the intended audience for the proposal - Analyzing the purpose of the proposal - Gathering information about the subject of the proposal - Writing the proposal - Formatting the proposal - Revising, editing, and proofreading the proposal - Submitting the proposal"
"Correspondence with agency personnel, supplementary materials, budgets, general and agency-specific writing guidelines, etc."
"Analyzing the intended audience for the proposal."
"Gathering information about the subject of the proposal."
"Writing the proposal."
"Formatting the proposal."
"Revising, editing, and proofreading the proposal."
"Submitting the proposal."
"All elements (before the submission of the final version) are less discrete stages than they are overlapping and often recursive activities."