Foundation and Grants Fundraising Overview

Facilitator: Diane H. Leonard

Foundation and Grants Fundraising Overview provides basic information about the variety of granting organizations, the process of applying for grant funding, and the most common components of a grant application.  Taught by Diane H. Leonard, a grantwriting consultant with more than ten years of experience including as a program officer for a statewide public foundation, Foundation and Grants Fundraising Overview will help you to be more competitive in the fund seeking process and help you to increase your success ratio.

Foundation and Grants Fundraising Overview will cover the following topics:

• Variety of funding organizations

• Researching foundations

• Grantwriting process

• Key proposal elements

• Top reasons for denied requests

• Grantwriting process

• Grantwriting “Rules to live by”

Foundation and Grants Fundraising Overview is designed to be beneficial for the individual(s) in nonprofit organizations who the staff primarily responsible for grantwriting/foundation relations be they a grantwriter, development director, program director, or executive director.  The webinar is designed to primarily benefit those with no to minimal formal training in grantwriting or grant seeking.  This webinar is designed to provide a basic understanding for how to best seek grant funding.

Class Format: This class is recorded from the live class on October 9, 2009. On registering, you are transported to the classroom page, where you may play the class player to view the slides and hear the class presentation and discussion. You may log in as many times as you wish for one year from the date of registration, enabling you to replay portions of the class as you wish.

How to Register: Add the class (and any others that you wish to take) to your shopping cart, then proceed through the checkout process. As soon as you have completed the payment, you will be taken to the classroom page for this class, where you will find the class player where you play the class and view the slides. You may log in to listen to the class as often as you wish for up to one year from the date of registration.

About the Instructor: Diane Leonard

Diane Leonard is the owner of DH Leonard Consulting based in Clayton, New York.  An experienced grant professional and speaker on the topic of grantwriting and grants management, she consults with nonprofit organizations of all sizes.  

DH Leonard Consulting, formed in 2006, has raised more than $5 million dollars in funds for its clients.  The services of DH Leonard Consulting include funder research and strategizing, program planning and design, proposal writing and editing, and grants management.  DH Leonard Consulting works with nonprofit organizations of all sizes, but specializes in working with grassroots organizations or organizations that have no to very little grant support in their existing budget.  The grantwriting work of DH Leonard Consulting has supported organizations with missions including women and girls, aging, home ownership counseling, local independent school districts, and environmental advocacy and conservation.  

Diane has professional grant related experience as a Program Officer for a statewide public foundation and then as Foundation and Grants Coordinator for a major voluntary health organization in a large metropolitan area.  Diane is a member of the Grantwriting Professionals Association (previously the American Association of Grantwriting Professionals).  She is a graduate of Cornell University.