Welcome to RC PTAC Peer-to-Peer Resource Sharing on Grant Writing!
Finding Grant Opportunities
- Free resources for grant discovery
- Paid resources for grant discovery
Accessing Grant Fit
- Criteria for evaluating if a grant suits your nonprofit’s goals
- Checklist of things to look for in grants that meet the purpose of Parent Center
Grant Funding Sources
Current and prospective sources of grant funding
Crafting a Winning Proposal
- Characteristics of an effective grant proposal
- Strategic partnerships
- Use of AI
Organizing for Grant Writing
- Strategies for preparing to write a grant proposal
- SAM registration up to date
- Collaborative partners
Data-Driven Needs Statement
- Data to collect & sources of data
- Utilizing data to identify gaps or unmet needs
Evidence-Based Practices
- Incorporating proven methods into your proposals
- Adult learning
- Youth services
- Self-advocacy
- Others specific to funding opportunity
Management Plan
- Key components of a robust management plan
- Clear organizational structure: Define roles and responsibilities
- Communication strategies: Outline internal and external communication
- Timelines and milestones: Establish a detailed timeline
- Risk management plan: Strategy for identifying and mitigating risks
- Sustainability plan: Describe how results will be sustained after the grant ends
Developing Logic Models
- Approach to constructing a logic model
- Define the problem: Clearly identify the educational issue
- Inputs: Outline resources (staff, funding, partnerships)
- Activities: List key actions or strategies
- Outputs: Specify immediate results from the activities
- Outcomes: Identify short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes
- Assumptions & external factors: Include factors affecting success
- Aligning the evaluation plan with the logic model
- Measure outputs and outcomes: Ensure evaluation methods correspond
- Key performance indicators (KPIs): Define specific KPIs
- Feedback loops: Incorporate mechanisms to adapt based on evaluation data
Resources/Learning Modules on Logic Models
- University research centers: Utilize materials from universities
- Evaluation webinars and courses: Links to relevant webinars or courses
- Toolkit on effective logic models: Sample models and templates
- Sample logic models: Provide examples based on different educational grant projects
Activity Planning
- Factors to consider when planning project activities
- Alignment with grant objectives: Ensure activities tie to grant goals
- Feasibility: Assess practical feasibility of activities
- Target audience: Consider needs of participants
- Innovation vs. evidence-based practices: Balance innovative and proven strategies
- Collaboration: Identify potential partnerships for specific activities
- Evaluation of activities: Design activities with built-in measures for evaluation
Project Timelines and Anticipated Challenges
- Time allocations: Be realistic in assigning timeframes
- Potential delays: Identify anticipated challenges
- Adaptive management: Plan for adapting to delays while maintaining focus on outcomes
Goals & Objectives
- Considerations for writing clear and achievable goals
- Link back to logic model
- Short, medium, long-term goals
- SMART goals
Comprehensive Evaluation Plans
- Essential elements of an effective evaluation plan
- Short, medium, long-term measures
- Coordinated data collection plan
- Multiple types of data
- Resources on evaluation plans
- CIPP – Evaluation Plan Resources
- CIPP-Guidelines for working with third-party evaluators
- Sample evaluation plans
Language Access Plans
- Critical components
- Examples of language access plans
- Digital resource for team for quick access
Letters of Support
- Strategies for soliciting (lists of groups to include, timelines, best practices for following up, checklists)
- Utilizing letters of support (content usage, handling similar letters)
- Examples of effective letters of support (templates, best practices for submission)
Partnership Strategies
Identifying key partners and determining sufficient collaboration
Sustainability Planning
Vital elements for ensuring project sustainability over time (checklist for leaving things for next time)