Nonprofit organizations want to secure federal dollars because there are millions of dollars available, and they are often multi-year grant awards. But where do you get started with such a large and competitive process? Join this webinar for basic knowledge and understanding of the federal grant-seeking process from initial opportunity identification and preplanning for forecasted applications through completing a competitive application. Participants will learn:
- How to be “grant ready” to be a federal grantee
- How to identify potential federal grant opportunities prior to a NOFA/FOA being released to allow for pre-planning
- How to structure and conduct your pre-planning and application development process
- The common elements of competitive federal grant applications
- The common weak points of federal grant applications
Participants can earn 1.5 CFRE points. All participants receive the 'Getting Started on Federal Grants' checklist, fillable pdf worksheet for creating your key activities work plan as it relates to your goals and objectives, Logic Model Template for Federal Grant Pre-Planning, and Research Summary of Proposed Federal Grant Opportunity.