Finding Grants

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Finding Grants

• David W. Dillard, Arcadia Valley R-II Melanie
  Dillard, Central R-III

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Objectives

• How to match your needs to funding
• Know what you want
• Know what you will or can do, produce, make,
  support and have time for
• Where to find grants
• State Federal
• Grant Sites
• Internet Searching
• How to select a grant
• Fit your needs, capabilities
• Budget match
• Deliverables and timeline

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Write out the following
Step 1

• A brief idea or concept of the project formalize
  your thoughts and purpose for doing this (the
  project)
• A list of items needed supplies, equipment,
  software and their costs
• Your objectives what is the project going to
  accomplish (this may be behavioral or just I
  want a SmartBoard
• Your timeline how soon?, do I have time?, can I
  wait?

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Timeline
Step 1

• Make a timeline
• Determine the final date for submission and work
  back
• List everything that must be completed and when
• Add who will help or where to find information
• Define Tasks

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Your Need, Want, and/or Desire

• How large or small is the project
• Individual, group, building, district
• Dollar amount you need
• List what you want
• Material supplies, software, equipment
• Is there need for salary/stipend
• Outcomes raise MAP scores, improve
  health/fitness, hands-on-learning, community
  service
• Deliverables
• What will or can you produce?
• What are the deadlines application timeframe

Step 1
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Where to find a funder

• Determine your need, want, desire
• Missouri State Federal sites
• DESE website
• MOREnet website
• Federal Grants
• Grant and Foundation Sites
• Google search

Step 2
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Types of Funding
Step 2

• Determine whether you are looking for public or
  private funding
• Public usually a governmental agency, more
  paperwork, more accountability, more scrutiny
• Private deal with targeted proposals, easier to
  write, often less required paperwork and fewer
  rules, may want to call and inquire about the
  program

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Know Your Funding Source

• Learn the funders perspective including
  governmental agencies
• Learn about biases
• Learn about the review process
• Contact them before you submit do not ask about
  what is on the website you should be able to
  read
• Search private funders website Know who they
  are and what they do

Step 2
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Contacting Funders
Step 3

• Web page
• Letter of inquiry
• Phone
• Visit

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What you need to look for from a potential funder
Step 3

• Web page
• Guidelines
• Grant priorities
• Rules and procedures
• Request for Proposal (RFP)
• Application packets
• Scoring Guide
• Past projects funded/sample grants

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Evaluating Funders
Step 4

• You need to develop a system to evaluate
  potential grants
• Need to go beyond the common to narrow the
  choices to find the best grant for you
• Goal/Purpose
• Amount of funding
• Deadlines/Timeframe

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Grant Evaluation

• Again, know what you want!
• Develop a grant evaluation form
• Sample provided
• Develop a system for scoring, rating, ranking
  potential grants
• Complete the grant evaluation form

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Grant Evaluation
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Next

• Our next step is to choose a grant and
• Complete the application for practice
• Complete the application and submit it
• Work on an application to get a feel for the
  process
• Review a couple grants to see what they really
  look like

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Next

• The third session
• will continue the process of grant management
• Answer questions
• Work through the sample grants

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Sample 1
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Sample 2
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Starting your search

• The best place to find a grant is through an
  internet search
• Try various combinations of the key words
• Search for the specific topic or area that you
  want to fund
• Art, technology, computers, mathematics, science,
  sports, recreation, physical education,
  calculators, afterschool
• Combine keywords and specific topic

• Key Words
• Grant(s)
• Education(al)
• Technology
• Foundation
• K-12
• Teacher
• Secondary terms
• Funding
• For, and,
• Schools

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Some Web Sites To Start to Procss of Finding a
Grant/Funder
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http//www.thecoca-colacompany.com/citizenship/our
_communities.html
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http//philanthropy.com/
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http//www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
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http//www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?srcln
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http//dese.mo.gov/divimprove/instrtech/documents/
november2008.pdfpage11
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http//www.more.net/services/grants/gs-found.html
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http//www.more.net/services/grants/upcoming.html
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http//www.schoolgrants.org/index.htm
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http//www.fundsnetservices.com/grantwri.htm
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http//www.bestbuyinc.com/community_relations/teac
h_awards.htm
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http//www.more.net/services/grants/gs-corp.html
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http//www.technologygrantnews.com/grant-index-by-
type/k-12-grants.html
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http//www.techlearning.com/resources/grants.php
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http//www.techlearning.com/techlearning/pdf/grant
s/dellgrantscalendar08_09.pdf
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http//www.dollargeneral.com/Community/Pages/Grant
Programs.aspx
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http//www.nsta.org/pd/tapestry/
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http//www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_t
eaching/k12_main.html
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http//www.ing-usa.com/us/aboutING/CorporateCitize
nship/Education/INGUnsungHeroes/index.htm
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http//www.kidsinneed.net/grants/index.php
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http//www.teacherscount.org/teacher/grants.shtml
lit
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http//www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actionpgpAboutLo
wes/Community
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http//www.grantsalert.com/
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http//www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/grants.html
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http//foundationcenter.org/
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http//www.arts.gov/grants/apply/index.html