2. University of Texas-Pan American Southwest Border Nonprofit Resource Center

3.  You love writing.  You love math.  You plan every detail of your day, week or month.  You love surprises, whatever happens, happens.  You love to-do list and deadlines.  Your closet is organized by color, seasons, etc.  You love meeting new people.  You love being out of your office and in the field. 2

4.  Letter of Inquiry (LOI)  Letter or Notice of Intent  Request for Proposal (RFP)  Request for Applications (RFA)  Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA)  Notice of Grant Award (NOGA) 3

5.  Grant - Each year, the U.S. government along with private foundations and public corporations offer billions of dollars in funding to individuals and organizations to be used for specific projects. This funding, which is called a grant, requires no repayment as long as it is used to fund the project for which it was allocated. corporations fundingorganizations repaymentfund

6.  Grants can be given to individuals, non-profit organizations, government entities, or educational institutions.

7.  In order to receive a grant, the prospective recipient must submit a formal request to the organization. This request is called a grant proposal or grant application.  Two kinds: Formula and Competitive

8.  RFP – Request for Proposals or  RFA – Request for Applications or  NOFA- Notice of Funding Availability

9.  Online Online portal and email  Hardcopy ( using a word processing and spreadsheet software)

10.  Letter of Intent to Apply  Executive Summary  Organizational History/Accomplishments  Program Narrative  Program Budget  Program Evaluation  Attachments

11. www.grantprofessionals.org American Association of Grant Professionals www.grantprofessionals.org www.afpnet.org Association of Fundraising Professionals - AFP www.afpnet.org Call local AAGP Chapter and AFP contact Official group is the Valley Grants & Fundraising Network (Hidalgo and Starr Counties) or Grants Consortium (Cameron County) 10

12.  Ethics and Accountability

13.  Knows the rules, regulations, ethics and laws to stay on course and out of trouble.  Knows content and has subject expertise.  Organized, concise and analytical writer.

14.  understands the grant application process  superior writing and grammar skills  work independently  meet deadlines  attention to detail  ability to understand financial and budget matters 13

15.  Train someone on staff  Contract with an independent writer  Create a new position

16.  Members shall work for a salary or fee.  Members shall not accept or pay a finder’s fee, commission, or percentage compensation based on grants and shall take care to discourage their organizations from making such payments.  Compensation should not be written into grants unless allowed by the funder.  Finder’s fee - payment made for introducing a nonprofit to a funder and/or contingent upon the nonprofit receiving a grant from that funder.

17.  Brainstorming rules  Identifying Needs (what do you need funding for?) example: staff, program implementation, etc.  Identifying Sources (what types of funding do you receive historically? And which do you need to ramp up? Example: donations, private foundation grants, government grants, etc. 16

18.  Identifying Partners & Creating Coalitions  Brainstorming potential partners 17

19.  Problems, Solutions, Goals & Objectives  Write Winning Case Statement  Market your Case Statement 18

20.  Corporations  Local Government (local tax funds)  State and Federal Government (federal tax funds)  Federated Funds  Private Foundations

21.  www.Grants.gov www.Grants.gov  www.Foundationcenter.org www.Foundationcenter.org  www.gpoaccess.gov www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/st ategrants/resourcebyarea www.gpoaccess.gov www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/st ategrants/resourcebyarea  www.dshs.state.tx.us/fic www.dshs.state.tx.us/fic  www.fundsnetservices.com www.fundsnetservices.com  www.grantstation.com www.grantstation.com

22.  A good fundraising plan will include a balance of all techniques and sources. Establishing unrestricted, ongoing funding is the most important, followed by other funding that will grow the organization and sustain its future.plan

23.  www.mangementhelp.org www.mangementhelp.org ◦ Getting ready for fundraising and grants ◦ Board’s role ◦ Should you and how do you hire a fundraiser or grant writer? 22

24.  University of Texas-Pan American  Southwest Border Nonprofit Resource Center  1201 W. University Drive, 1.404R  Edinburg, Texas  956-665-7566  sbnrc@utpa.edu sbnrc@utpa.edu  www.utpa.edu/sbnrc www.utpa.edu/sbnrc