Advanced Grant Strategies

Presenters: Rick Levine, Grant Writing Consultant
Barbara Gibbs, Program Director, Meyer Memorial Trust

Date: October 9, 2008

Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

General Admission: $165.00
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Includes Continental Breakfast and Lunch

Event Description:

Join Rick Levine, one of TACS' most popular trainers, and Barbara Gibbs, Director of Grant Programs at Meyer Memorial Trust to learn what foundation and corporate grant makers expect of experienced grant writers. Receive direct feedback about your proposals while working in small groups with a staff person of a major regional funder. The proposal reviewers will include:

• Jeff Anderson, Oregon Community Foundation
• Chris DeMars, Northwest Health Foundation
• Shelley Hansen, Spirit Mountain Community Fund
• Jan Kennedy, Murdock Charitable Trust
• Louis King, Spirit Mountain Community Fund
• Megan Schumacher, Oregon Community Foundation
• Candy Solojovs, Meyer Memorial Trust

You will also get to meet some of the major foundation trustees who make the final decisions on your proposals and learn how and why they make their funding decisions. The trustee panel will include:

• John Castles, Murdock Charitable Trust
• Alice McCartor, Miller Foundation
• Orcilia Forbes, Meyer Memorial Trust

Don't miss this opportunity to:

• See your proposal through funders' eyes in small group discussions with regional program officers
• Sharpen your writing skills
• Hear foundation trustee perspectives on grants decisions
• Build relationships with funders

Preparation

Bring eight (8) copies from a two-page summary of a current or recent grant proposal. This narrative description should completely describe your program. If the writing sample is for a funder with specific requirements, please re-format the information so that all aspects of the project/program are covered. Using this material, you will join experienced peers and leading grant makers for feedback about your strategy and presentation. You will learn what the strengths of your work are, as well as be better able to spot bad habits weakly presented material, and unfounded assumptions. You can expect to come away with a new understanding of what you can do to increase the likelihood of getting your proposals funded. (Note: Foundation reps have asked that participants view this as a learning opportunity, and suggest that people not bring material that has already been highly successful.)

Who Should Attend

Experienced grant writers - those who have written 3 or more successful proposals for foundation support.

The Presenters

Rick Levine is Oregon’s most experienced grant writing trainer/consultant. He has raised millions of dollars in foundation and corporate grant funding, and provided practical and effective training for hundreds of nonprofits.

Barbara Gibbs is a Program Director with the Meyer Memorial Trust. As a highly experienced program officer for one of this region’s largest funders, Barbara is committed to helping organizations improve the quality of their grant proposals. Barbara brings substantial experience as a fund development professional to her role.

Pre-registration is required. Registration is not confirmed until payment is received. Workshop fee includes continental breakfast and lunch.

Location

Ecotrust Conference Center
721 NW 9th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209