The Accidental Grant Writer: Writing Proposals with Purpose
With Katie Howard

Thursday-Friday, 9am-12:30pm each day, Katie Howard will walk participants through the essentials of grantwriting.

If you’re working or volunteering in the nonprofit sector, odds are you’ll find yourself writing or helping with a grant proposal someday. You might even inherit the responsibility of writing all of your organization’s grants – a prospect that can feel overwhelming, risky, or uncertain.

This workshop will teach you about the proposal lifecycle, from research to submission, and how to develop a strong grant writing plan. You’ll learn to describe the need for and strengths of your program, techniques for writing compelling proposals, how budgets tell a story, and how logic models can support effective program implementation and monitoring. Participants will also have a chance to get into the mind of a grant reviewer by reading a brief grant proposal to identify strengths and opportunities for improvement. You’ll leave with a toolkit of helpful worksheets and templates to get you started, and there will be an optional pre-class assignment to help you prepare.

Need more help? Office hours 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. are available to workshop participants who want to practice their new skills and ask questions of the trainers.

Katie Howard has worked as a fundraising professional and consultant since 2000, helping organizations raise more than $236 million. She has worked with tribes and urban Native organizations since 2007.