Kate Wilson’s Post

Seeking funding to elevate your organization's programs and make a real difference in your community? Here are 9 essential elements of grant assessments: 🔺 Know when to apply and when applications are due. Plan ahead to ensure you're ready to seize the opportunity! 🔺 Gauge your chances of success. More awards mean more opportunities for you. 🔺 Find out how much funding is available and ensure it aligns with your needs. 🔺 Understand cost-sharing requirements to determine if you're eligible to apply. 🔺 Get a clear timeline for project completion to align with your organization's schedule. 🔺 Ensure your project fits within the grant's scope. Choose the right focus area for your mission. 🔺 Know who can apply and who's excluded. 🔺 Ensure your project aligns with accepted activities to avoid wasted effort. 🔺 Reach out to grantors for clarification and guidance. #CPADepartment #GrantAssessment #GovernmentContracting

A well-crafted grant application should: ✅ be clear and concise ✅ provide a summary of your organisation's mission, vision, and capability ✅ highlight the identified need, proposed activities, and anticipated outcomes ✅ align your aims with the funder's ✅ itemise and justify proposed expenditure ✅ explain how you will evaluate progress ✅ identify potential risks and offer mitigation strategies. If you want to be competitive, include all this even if the application form doesn't directly ask for it. ➡️ One of the common mistakes I've seen is proposals that don't provide sufficient details to understand what you want to do or how your interests and goals are aligned. ➡️ With younger organisations, funders particularly want to understand risk and your capability to manage funding. ➡️ Not having enough detail in your budget is another reason why grant applications are often declined. Your passion for your purpose always shines through, but passion alone isn't enough. To secure a grant you need to help the funder understand your aims. 🔥 -- Need a hand? Reach out for a chat 👋🏻 or visit our website: www.purposeplus.com.au. Purpose Plus supports purpose-driven organisations to secure much-needed funding.

Quality > quantity certainly applies when it comes to achieving grants success! ⠀ Ensure that you only invest your time into grants where: 💛 You’ve confirmed your organisation and project’s eligibility 💛 Your organisation and/or project has a strong alignment with the grant’s funding priorities. ⠀ Ranking and prioritising grant opportunities based on strength of alignment will result in a highly strategic grants program... and when it comes to maximising the potential ROI on grants, there could be nothing better! ⠀ #WhereGrantsFindYou

Some great practical advice here from Gill Pipkin about bid writing. Well worth a read!

This is well worth a read if you are seeking grant funding. Some great tips here thank you Gill Pipkin. Writing bids is time consuming and so often pressured with short deadlines. So important to do the groundwork, be prepared, read the funding criteria carefully, write in simple terms and avoid jargon, tell your story of who you help, why and the difference you will make but make sure you are answering the question being asked! Take any opportunity to build a relationship with your funder. #charity #fundraising

Struggling to make your grant applications shine ✨ as a small organisation? It can be tough when larger organisations have: ✔️ Established track records and reputations ✔️ More experience and more resources for writing applications But here's your chance to stand out! Talk about how your unique perspective and innovative solutions will solve the problem, and how you'll work with the grantmaker to achieve fantastic outcomes with the funding. 🤝 Don't let the competition discourage you – many funders are eager to support smaller organisations. Craft your story well, and it could be the game-changer you need!

Dont miss out! Learn how to increase your Grants income without extending your existing budget. Click here to RSVP: https://lnkd.in/ei2DNPX6 Join us on Monday, November 25th at 12:15 pm for an insightful 45-minute session including special guests such as Dr Dan King and James Brook, both introduced by Ian McGowan from GrantsNow. Dont miss these vital topics: 1) How build efficiency into your Pre-Awards processes 2) How to remove intensive & repetitive manual tasks that limits the number of proposals you can submit 3) Maximise the performance of your Pre-Award team & Research Office 4) How to produce clear KPI metrics to improve performance and efficiency by 35%+ 5) Minimising the admin burden for Academics for proposal development 6) How to find dozens more funding opportunities in a matter of minutes Looking forward to seeing you there!

You have the ideas that will change the world – now all you need are the funds to make it happen. A strong grant proposal shows potential funders why your project is worthwhile, which means it’s up to you to clearly communicate your objectives, methods, and more. Simplify the process of creating grant proposals so you can maximize your chances for success with the help of CDP’s grant proposal template. Get started today to see how CDP helps you digitize and automate the work that helps you pursue your goals. https://hubs.la/Q02yGwf20

What a great combination! This workshop topic is always relevant, and Alexandra Schuppert, MBA and Lynn Arsenault McGinnity, MBA are among the grant professionals to whom I most often refer folks. Join if you can!

How Do You Win the Next Government Grant for your Association? What are the tips and tricks you can use today? In an upcoming Association Executive Services lunch webinar on the 31st of October we will cover the following: 😎 What is the government grant process and how are grants assessed? 😎 Is your association ready to secure a government grant? 😎 What is the best practice when submitting your proposal? 😎 Once you get approval for the grant, what are the next steps? 😎 Contractual obligations and compliance requirements. 😎 Be ready to explain the purpose and effects of such grants to your association. Applying for government funding can be a minefield. All states and territories, as well as the federal government, offer opportunities to help businesses grow, communities thrive, and social enterprises expand their service offerings. We will take you through the government grant process, going over the do's and don'ts, including good writing practices, the importance of planning and preparation, and ways to promote grant opportunities to your own members. Association Executive Services Consultant Angela Krepcik has extensive experience as a CEO of several associations, plus business case writing, government grants, marketing and delivery of programs and initiatives, including building industry networks. Angela is experienced in grant writing and has been on the other side of the fence with the Victorian Government, assessing and approving grant applications. Through this experience, Angela brings a level of knowledge about grant writing that very few people possess. For more information and to register see the link in the comments #association #grants #grantwriting