1. Writing A Grant—From Start To Finish
Workshop 2:
Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Educational Resource Development
& LCC Foundation
March 27, 2018

2. Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Using a SWOT Analysis
Not included in this presentation--add to the next presentation
Strengths
Put into quadrant table
(internal)
Weaknesses
Opportunities
(external)
Threats

3. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Last week we discussed:
Educational Resource Development and LCC
Foundation overview
What grants are (and aren’t)
Types of grant funders
Researching potential funders
Project planning
Other resources
LCC’s Educational Resource Development
(ERD) and LCC Foundation
LCC and LCC Foundation application process
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4. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
This week we’ll explore
The how’s and why’s of developing a grant-ready project:
Developing your project idea
Preparing the case for support
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5. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Successful grant proposals
Address a significant issue for both the applicant and the funder (defines the project’s goal)
Show an innovative and well supported approach to addressing that issue
Describe reasonable and measureable objectives, and a detailed work plan to achieve them
Include a plan to evaluate the project’s success
Include a clear and accurate budget & budget narrative
Assure the funder that the applicant is capable of success
Demonstrate that you are working in partnership with other organizations that have similar programs. Don’t compete with them.
So how do you get started?
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6. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Generate a project idea
Brainstorm
ideas
questions
Use mind maps
Freewrite
Conduct
research
Generate lists
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7. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Using Mind Maps
Mind maps can be a very effective fist step in developing a project idea.
Through individual or group
brainstorming, mind maps can
help you generate, visualize,
structure, and classify ideas
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8. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
More on generating project ideas
Mind map templates
Template
Quick Tips: Brainstorming Techniques
More Brainstorming techniques
Brainstorming with questions
questions-not-ideas-sparks-creativity
Freewriting
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9. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Innovate by Adapting
A project idea can
be generated from—
and should be supported
by:
A tested idea adapted
for your project
A theoretical or
research construct that
needs testing
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10. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Once you’ve identified your project idea
(1) Identify project goals
Project goal(s):
Concretely describe the project’s long-term impact and effects
Are not measurable
The project will contribute to…
The project will achieve…
The project will enable…
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Once you’ve identified your project goals
(2) Identify project objectives
Can also be used as project outcomes
Project objectives:
State the project’s desired end results to achieve its goal(s)
Are S.M.A.R.T. -- (s)pecific, (m)easurable, (a)ttainable, (r)ealistic, and (t)ime-bound
The project will expand LCC’s food pantry to
provide food, toiletries, and job interview clothing to at least 200 students per year
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12. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Once you’ve identified your project objectives
(3) Begin to list project activities
Activities are the specific actions taken to achieve project objectives
Can be used to create the project timeline
Receive college approval to expand food pantry (by ..)
Work with physical plant to design the expanded pantry (by ..)
Survey students to identify high priority needs (by ..)
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13. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Cultivate Buy-In and Commitment
To fully develop a project idea, you need buy-in and commitment from LCC (to proceed) and potential internal and/or external partners (to participate)
Buy-in is accepting an idea and being willing to explore it
Commitment is more emotional; both head and heart want to support or join something
Both are needed for a project to succeed
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14. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Writing the Case for Support (case
statement)
Writing a Case for Support is a strategic
next step in developing a project idea that will
clearly meet the defined needs of project
participants and the organization
It will also provide baseline information for writing a grant proposal
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15. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Case for Support basics
Use a Case for Support template to build on
your project idea, using:
Baseline planning: Project need
Background information
Supporting documentation
Other relevant information, including evaluation
Project partners
Project budget (expenses and income)
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16. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Starting the Case for Support
What ideas/information do you already have
from your project idea
What do you need to collect? (Create a list)
How will you collect it?
If working in a small group or partnership, who will collect what information?
If working on your own, how will you gather information?
Create a timeline and set a date for completion
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17. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
How might you use a Case for Support?
A complete and current Case for Support
can be quickly adapted to meet a specific
funder’s interests and requirements
It can also be used for Departmental
planning, in outreach materials, on your
website, and by LCC marketing
A completed Case for Support should be reviewed and updated regularly
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18. To develop a strong Case for Support
Helpful tip:
To develop a strong Case for Support
Stay grounded
in reality
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19. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
This week’s to-do’s
Continue to develop your project idea
If you have an idea in place, consider goals, objectives, activities
Note questions that surface
Coming up next week:
More on case statements
Planning tools
Pulling it all together
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20. Developing Your Grant Proposal Idea
Contact ERD and the LCC Foundation:
ERD
Jeanne Donado, Grant Development Coordinator
ext. 1307
Vivian Keeney, Grant System Coordinator
ext. 1581
LCC Foundation
Dan McKean, Executive Director, ext. 1987
Retta Parsons, Scholarship and Operations Coordinator,
ext. 1989
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