At the Knott Foundation, we continually strive to refine our processes to better serve our community and the organizations we partner with. Earlier this year, we announced updates to our grantmaking policies that will take effect during our first grant cycle of 2025. Today, we’d like to revisit these changes, share the “why” behind them, and help you prepare for the year ahead. These updates are designed to bring greater transparency, efficiency, and intentionality to our grantmaking process, ensuring that we can continue to support meaningful, impactful work across our region while simultaneously lowering burdens on both applicants and Foundation staff. An examination of our grantmaking history tells us that only 28% of submitted Letters of Inquiry are advanced to the full proposal stage. To learn more about these changes, check out our latest blog post https://lnkd.in/eCz2PiTA
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Mass municipal folks: Not only is the Best Practices grant program open for FY25, but they have a very helpful new Best Practices area called General Management and Governance which will support charter and org structure work. Check it out! And let us know if we can help!
The Massachusetts Community Compact Best Practice Program Grants opened on August 19th and will run until the funds are exhausted. New this year are grants for municipalities seeking to improve or create a charter and to review operations or organizational structures. The Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management can help you identify which grant is right for your community and develop project scopes and budgets. Review our recent announcement on this and other upcoming grant programs to learn more https://lnkd.in/evrbkMB4
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We're pleased to announce a joint venture between Communities Rise and the Puget Sound Grantwriters Association to boost your chances of receiving grants! This FREE monthly grant assistance program is designed to support community-based organizations that serve communities impacted by systemic oppression and that do not have a grantwriter. This month's sessions will be July 15 between 3:30 and 6 pm. Here's how it works: 1. An organization schedules a grant assistance appointment with Communities Rise by emailing cbclinics@communities-rise.org. 2. Requesting orgs bring application guidelines, draft proposal, an unfunded proposal, or questions about grants. 3. An experienced grantwriter meets the team virtually to provide individualized guidance. These services are FREE and available by appointment only. Can’t make this one? Grantwriting consultation happens each month--contact Communities Rise today to schedule for a future date.
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ICYMI: Access to grant funding can make or break important municipal projects. However, the variety of grants and different application processes can be complex and time-consuming. Watch this on-demand webinar to learn our experts' tips and best practices for giving your community the best opportunity to secure grant funding. https://ow.ly/AfOs50RjTCA
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The Avadian Foundation was delighted to award its third round of grants yesterday. Navigate Affordable Housing Partners, Inc., received a grant for $20,000, and Junior Achievement of Alabama and Small Magic both received grants for $10,000. The Foundation partners with organizations in Alabama that are addressing needs in these four key areas: affordable housing, financial health, small business development, and education.
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WEEKLY HAYDAY HOT TAKE FROM THE HAYDAY DUO! Curious what your grant calendar is going to look like in Federal Fiscal Year 2025 (October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025)? You don’t have to wait until grant programs are released in grants.gov. As one example, the House Appropriations Committee released a draft of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025. You can review the full text HERE. Other department appropriations have been drafted as well. Appropriation Bills haven’t been approved yet, so changes are possible, likely even. But if your agency depends on a certain program year after year, now is a good time to see how much funding is designated to that program. Some programs have been slashed and others eliminated entirely, in this early draft. And because the 2025 Appropriation Bills are still in draft form (not passed by the House of Representatives or Senate yet), there is still time to call your elected officials to let them know how reductions in funding will affect the communities they are elected to serve. The more you know about what federal funding is, and isn’t, in the proposed budget, the better prepared your agency is to find alternative sources of funding, if needed. The better-informed grant professionals are, the better we can work to ensure continued programming takes place where it is needed most. ********************************************************************************* Hungry for more? Sign up for the HayDay Hot Takes newsletter at https://bit.ly/3NMTSd1 and get fresh hot takes, tips on winning more grants and raising more money, and book reviews delivered piping hot to your inbox every Friday.
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WEEKLY HAYDAY HOT TAKE FROM THE HAYDAY DUO! Curious what your grant calendar is going to look like in Federal Fiscal Year 2025 (October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025)? You don’t have to wait until grant programs are released in grants.gov. As one example, the House Appropriations Committee released a draft of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025. You can review the full text HERE. Other department appropriations have been drafted as well. Appropriation Bills haven’t been approved yet, so changes are possible, likely even. But if your agency depends on a certain program year after year, now is a good time to see how much funding is designated to that program. Some programs have been slashed and others eliminated entirely, in this early draft. And because the 2025 Appropriation Bills are still in draft form (not passed by the House of Representatives or Senate yet), there is still time to call your elected officials to let them know how reductions in funding will affect the communities they are elected to serve. The more you know about what federal funding is, and isn’t, in the proposed budget, the better prepared your agency is to find alternative sources of funding, if needed. The better-informed grant professionals are, the better we can work to ensure continued programming takes place where it is needed most. ********************************************************************************* Hungry for more? Sign up for the HayDay Hot Takes newsletter at https://bit.ly/3NMTSd1 and get fresh hot takes, tips on winning more grants and raising more money, and book reviews delivered piping hot to your inbox every Friday.
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The First Monday in September, We are excited to have entered into the last month in the 3rd quarter, and yes, let check-out boxes and complete unfinished projects from last month this week. This month will be wonderful 👍🏽 #schoolofgrant #schoolofgrantsuccess #GrantCourse #GrantWritingCourse #GrantWriting #GrantWriter #WinningGrant #GrantApplication #FundingOption #grantfunding #GrantFundingOpporrunities #GrantSuccess
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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
Our new grant offering has been unveiled! This year we have streamlined our grants with new processes, eligibility criteria and project timelines. This includes replacing our Knowledge Grants and Community Legal Grants with a single Major Grant round. The cost of delivering projects that make a real and sustainable difference is growing. That's why we have also increased the amount of funding for each grant. Discover more: https://zurl.co/0Z2E
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