© Evelyn Daniel
Rev. 6/5/2001.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

LIS 450RRL:

GRANTWRITING AND FUNDRAISING

Summer 2001

Day 2 - Tuesday, June 12

In preparation, review your draft organization writeup and edit it, if necessary.
Look at some of the funding source resources on the web.

Aproximate Times and Topic

9:00


 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS


9:15


 LOOKING FOR FUNDS
  • Funding Sources
  • Private Sector Funding Possibilities
    1. Foundations
    2. Corporations
  • Public Funds
    1. Federal, state, local government agencies
    2. Societies and Associations
    3. Competitive Research Grant Programs
    4. In-House Funding
  • Comparison to Prospect Development for Fundraising


10:15


Break

10:30


 FOCUS ON FOUNDATIONS

  • The Foundation Center

  • Types of Foundations

  • Criteria to select target foundation
    1. Eligibility and restrictions
    2. Type of support sought (Building, equipment, start-up, operational)
    3. Central Purpose - Subject, Geographic, Population group(s)
    4. Potential Contacts

  • Developing a Prospect List
    1. Name, address, contact person, telephone
    2. Deadline dates for proposal submission (if any)
    3. Past record of giving
    4. Subject/geographical/type of support focus & limitations
    5. Types of organization funded and sample grant
    6. Guidelines

Lab/Library exercise. Investigate funding sources and begin developing prospect list. Experiment with useful web-based form to collect needed information -- see example.


11:30


 FUNDRAISING - EVALUATING PROSPECTS
  • The MAGIC mnemonic for prospects
    • Does the prospect have Means?
    • What is the person's Age and are there heirs?
    • Is the person a Giver?
    • Is the person Involved in your organization?
    • Does the person have Contacts?

  • Prospect Development (or Funder Development)
    • Identification = Prospect to
    • Involvement = First Meeting to
    • Identification = Repeat Meetings to
    • Solicitation = Advisor/Counselor/Donor to
    • Stewartship = Advocate to
    • Resolitication = Partner


12:00

  LUNCH

1:15


CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
  • The contextual match
  • The problem or the need
  • The proposed solution and criteria for a proposed solution
  • Very rough estimate of project cost (see small, medium, large definitions for Idea generation on Day 1 of the workshop


1:45


ASSIGNMENT - CONCEPT PAPER


2:15


Break

2:30


 MEET WITH GROUPS -- Sign-up for 15 minute discussion period.
    • Group 1 - 2:30 - 2:45
    • Group 2 - 2:50 - 3:05
    • Group 3 - 3:10 - 3:25
    • Group 4 - 3:30 - 3:45
    • Group 5 - 3:50 - 4:05

Please use your campus time productively during the time when you are not meeting with me -- work on your concept paper, explore funding sources, experiment with prospect form, talk with potential teammate(s) re joint proposal development.


I'm looking forward to working with you on some excellent and creative proposals.

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