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Starting in October, eligible social equity licensees received grants through the Technical Assistance Program. This initiative provides funding, educational programming and regulatory compliance guidance to ensure sustainable business success. https://ow.ly/se1B50Uw675

🌟 Empowering Communities, One Grant at a Time 🌟 At Work With Grants, we believe in the transformative power of grants to fuel growth, foster collaboration, and address the needs that matter most in our communities. Our community members are changemakers who bring their unique skills, insights, and dedication to the positions they hold, creating ripples of progress wherever they go. Grants are more than just funding—they are tools to build solutions that align with goals, carry impactful messages, and advance communities in need. By identifying these needs and working collaboratively, teams can develop strategies that truly make a difference. In a world where change happens rapidly, staying connected and informed is critical. That’s why Work With Grants is here to provide you with the latest updates, insights, and resources. Through our blogs and series, we offer actionable steps, incremental plans, and support to help you navigate the grant landscape with confidence. Nothing is perfect, but the efforts and impact driven by our community members today can create sustainable futures that extend far beyond what we imagine. Together, we can turn possibilities into plans and challenges into opportunities. 📢 Join the Movement Explore more of our blogs to share your feedback, and discover the resources that can bring your team’s vision to life. Let’s grow and succeed together. Visit us at www.WorkWithGrants.com to get started! Ready, Set, Let’s Grow! 🚀

🏗️ Transform Your Regional Community with Precinct Development Funding! 🏗️ Local councils, Indigenous NFPs, and community leaders—do you have a bold vision for community infrastructure that needs the right start? The Regional Precincts and Partnerships Program offers funding from $500,000 up to $5 million to help bring regional precinct ideas to the investment-ready stage. Through a partnership-driven approach, this program unites government, First Nations groups, local organisations, regional universities, and private sector partners to develop precincts tailored to your community’s needs, whether it is creating business districts, cultural hubs, or vibrant recreational spaces. This program aligns with critical priorities like Closing the Gap, social and affordable housing, and sustainable development goals. 🔹 Program Highlights: Activate Partnerships: Foster collaboration among local stakeholders for shared vision precincts. Create Tailored Plans: Develop precinct plans grounded in community engagement, preparing your project for investment. Regional Impact: Eligible areas include regional, rural, or remote locations outside capital city areas. 🔹 Eligible Applicants: Local councils, Indigenous NFP organisations, Regional Universities, and relevant incorporated NFPs with ABN or ORIC registration. Ready to take the next step? Total Grant Solutions (TGS) can help you align your project with funding guidelines, secure your application, and drive your precinct vision forward! Contact us to explore how we can help bring your project to life. 📧 gillian@totalgrantsolutions.com.au 📞 0420 360 872 🌐 https://lnkd.in/g-JKKJ7G Let us build a future that reflects and enriches our regional communities! 🌱 #RegionalDevelopment #PrecinctPlanning #CommunityInfrastructure #TotalGrantSolutions

Grant opportunity: Major Grants + Everyday Legal Grant: Vic Both streams open 01/07/24 MAJOR GRANT up to $100,000 closes 02/09/24 They support civil legal projects that help legal organisations better understand and support the legal needs and capabilities of Victorians. They can be used to fund civil legal projects that: develop a new understanding through the collection and use of data strengthen systems and capabilities to collect, understand and use data develop new approaches to help the community understand their legal issues and access the help they need. EVERYDAY LEGAL GRANT- up to $10,000 - closes when funding has been fully allocated. The grants can fund civil legal information and education projects that: -address a civil legal issue for a specific community -develop new approaches to community legal education -deliver legal information or help to navigate the Victorian justice system. Eligibility for both grants are open to: -community legal organisations -community organisations with an internal legal service -community organisations in partnership with a legal service. #pruesgold #grants #grantwriting

This year we invested nearly $3 million in community-based organizations as well as coaching and other support—about a third of our budget. This ranged from stipends for steering committee members in programs like RainReady and Civic Innovation Hub to covering costs for specialized services like legal, marketing, and real estate consulting in Elevated Works to collaborative grant projects and consulting fees for user testing of online tools. #GivingTuesday

🚨 Missed Our Coffee Talk Webinar? Watch the Replay! 🚨 The replay of Capital Strategic Solutions' Coffee Talk webinar, "Percolating Municipal Funding Strategies: What it Takes to Apply, Win and Administer Grants," is now available on our YouTube channel! 🎥💼 In this informative session, our expert panel covers everything from researching and applying for grants to managing multi-year, multi-jurisdictional projects. Whether you're new to grant writing or looking to boost your success, this webinar offers practical insights: 💡 Tips for identifying and applying for grants 💡 Assessing grant requirements 💡 Navigating multi-year and cross-jurisdictional grants 💡 Successfully administering grant funds Our panel includes experienced municipal leaders and grant experts like: • Karen Kelly, Town Administrator, Bernardston, MA • Jennifer Thompson, Partner, CSS • Blythe Robinson, Development Executive, CSS • Mary Ellen Kelley, Senior Project Manager, CSS Get the inside scoop on securing and managing grants for your community! 📈 Watch now: [https://lnkd.in/enkvyZ9e] #GrantWriting #MunicipalFinance #CSS #CoffeeTalk #CommunityDevelopment #FundingSuccess

📢 The voluntary sector needs a funding landscape that is fair, flexible, sustainable, and accessible to ensure that organisations can provide services that are crucial to communities across Scotland. On the new Fair Funding section of our website, we’re providing information and resources to help you support our calls: ✅ Fair funding definitions ✅ Scottish Government commitments ✅ Useful facts and stats ✅ Common concerns and questions ✅ Useful links, resources and case studies ➡️https://buff.ly/4dz4Qy5

Are you a funder working on the tax system to make a positive impact? The Earth Funding Lab is a platform, created by the Environmental Funders Network and the The Bio-Leadership Project, for learning, strategy and collaborative action designed to help philanthropic funders work together to support greater impact. The platform already has three practical workstreams, one of which is exploring how the tax system might evolve to serve life. This workstream focuses on exploring the points of confluence between the tax system and the climate and nature emergencies, seeking to identify ways in which the power of the tax system can evolve to act in service of life. Funders involved in this workstream are exploring five key areas: 🌀 Supporting the deepening of connections between the existing network of actors engaged with this topic 🌀 Supporting those actors to convert their existing policy recommendations and analysis into political reality 🌀 Supporting a shift in the public discourse towards greater government investment in climate and nature 🌀 Supporting amendments to taxes or tax breaks that are key to nature and climate impacts 🌀 Supporting legislative change to incorporate nature and climate into all tax decision-making Want to get involved? The next Basecamp Training begins this month (September) and is the first step towards joining the Lab and getting involved with any of the workstreams! You can learn more about the training here > https://lnkd.in/egdX6Kh9 Questions? Reach out to Hannah Temple (hannah@tealco.org) for more information. #philanthropy #funding #taxsystem

Time is valuable, and when your efforts aren’t reflected in your funding outcomes, it’s time to make bold moves. In pursuing grants today, you don’t have to be stuck waiting for opportunities that barely align with your mission or goals. The funding world has empowered us to capture our potential and secure resources at a pace that reflects how strategically we’re willing to plan, execute, and stay the course. It’s not easy. It’s challenging, but here’s the simple truth: • You need a clear mission, rooted in purpose and evidence, that drives your organization forward. • You need projects and programs that genuinely transform communities and solve real problems. • You need skills and proven strategies to approach grant funding with integrity, resilience, and vision. So, what’s the key to building and sustaining your impact in the grant space? Start by investing in your organizational capacity. Develop your strategic planning, financial management, and leadership skills. Then, offer solutions funders are looking to support, just like I teach in my Grant Seed Advisory Services. Here’s how you can begin: • Develop your grant strategy with a purpose-driven mission. • Stay consistent, continuously seek out new opportunities, and refine your proposals. • Serve your community with excellence and measurable impact. You already have the foundation—your unique story + mission. Now all you need is the courage to take bold steps and trust the process. If you’re serious about securing transformative funding and leading with purpose, let’s connect and work together through my advisory services designed to help your organization win grants and achieve long-term success. This journey is worth every step, and it’s time to elevate your mission through sustainable funding.