January 2009
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Welcome to 2009 - a time of real opportunity, especially if you're working within a nonprofit or agency. Today's challenging economic climate could easily be viewed with concern or even despair, but I believe tough times like these can bring out the best in us and in our organizations. Read More
Upcoming Training Opportunity:
The Funding Exchange's popular 5-day Intensive Grantwriting Class will be held this January 26 - 30 at the Tanana Valley Campus in Fairbanks, Alaska from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
This is a small, focused class, with hands-on mentoring from the instructor during every step of the process. By the completion of this class, participants will end up with a full grant proposal for much less than it would cost to pay a grant writer to write the proposal, plus the five-day training in grant research, writing and strategy.
As part of the class each student will receive a copy of The Funding Exchange’s grantwriting handbook, The Art of Grantwriting – Communicating Your Vision to Funders as well as a free 3-day membership to GrantStation.com
Managing in Tough Times: 7 Steps
Tough times force hard choices. And these are rapidly becoming the toughest times most of us have ever seen. Even for nonprofit leaders who are accustomed to 'making much of little,' the repercussions of the unfolding economic downturn are likely to pose unprecedented challenges. It's hard to imagine that many (if any) of us in the sector will escape unscathed. Read More
Evaluation's Role in Creating Better Programs, part III
In past months, we learned how to determine whether an outside evaluator is needed for your project and what questions to ask yourself when designing an internal evaluation. Today we want to look further at the ways evaluations are used, how to create an evaluation, and what to do with the data you collect. Read More
Grant announcements
As we move directly from the holiday season to the height of the federal grant season we share with you these grants which are due in the next few months. Read More
CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2009 Bezos Scholars Program @ the Aspen Institute
Application deadline: February 15, 2009.
Prestigious scholars program seeks 12 top public high school juniors to receive full scholarships (seven days, all-expenses-paid) for attendance at the Aspen Ideas Festival, June 30 - July 6, 2009. Upon selection of student scholars, chosen through a competitive application process, an educator from each school also will be awarded a full scholarship.
Review the school and scholar criteria, and apply online: www.bezosfamilyfoundation.org/scholars/.
