As you may know, the SLPL Grants & Foundation Center is a Foundation Center Funding Information Network (FIN) partner - it is in this capacity that we provide free access to the Foundation Directory Online database with its wealth of information about available grant moneys and other resources. One requirement of the FIN partnership is filling out an annual performance self-assessment, which the Foundation Center than compiles into a Network Achievement Report. The report was recently released, and our center did very well, receiving a score of 37.5 out of 50 (the average score for the 360 FIN partners who completed the assessment was 22) - as you can (kind of) see below in an excerpt from the Foundation Center PowerPoint showing some of the Midwest FINs, St. Louis Public Library was declared the "state leader" for Missouri!
If you have any ideas, please feel free to call or email me (Lisa Thorp at 314 539-0357 or lthorp@slpl.org). (And if you read the words "Foundation Database Online" & "wealth of information" & do not know what I am talking about, you should come by and check it out - it's a pretty nifty tool. Orientation offered every 4th Monday at noon - or give me a buzz and set up a time to go through it one-on-one).
Once you've identified those funding prospects, what next?
See the following information about an upcoming conference being offered by the St. Louis chapter of the Grant Professionals Association at the offices of the Network for Strong Communities with sessions on Grant Writing Basics and Federal Grant Writing - it is on June 7, with a registration deadline of May 24, so you'd better act quickly!
St. Louis Grant Professionals Association
Regional Conference
June 7, 2016
Regional Conference
June 7, 2016
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MAY 24
Join the St. Louis Grant Professionals Association for their Regional Conference on June 7, 2016. The conference will feature two renowned St. Louis area grant writers who will conduct grant writing training and workshops. As a member of AFP St. Louis, we invite you to this dynamic conference.
The GPA event will include:
Grant Writing Basics 8 AM - 12 PM
Taught by Kent Hornberger, GPC&
Federal Grant Writing 1 PM - 5 PM
Taught by Karen Cassidy, GPC
Grant Writing Basics 8 AM - 12 PM
Taught by Kent Hornberger, GPC&
Federal Grant Writing 1 PM - 5 PM
Taught by Karen Cassidy, GPC
The day's agenda will be as follows:
7:30 - 8:00 AM - Conference Check-in and Continental Breakfast
8 AM - 12 PM - Grant Writing Basics
12 PM - 1 PM - Lunch (To be provided)
1 PM - 5 PM - Federal Grant Writing
Registration is limited to 45 students.
Registration deadline: May 24th.
7:30 - 8:00 AM - Conference Check-in and Continental Breakfast
8 AM - 12 PM - Grant Writing Basics
12 PM - 1 PM - Lunch (To be provided)
1 PM - 5 PM - Federal Grant Writing
Registration is limited to 45 students.
Registration deadline: May 24th.
Where?
Network for Strong Communities
8764 Manchester, Suite 203
St. Louis, MO 63144
Fees:
Half Day sessions each - $50 GPA Members or $80 Non-Members
Full Day (both sessions) - $80 GPA Members or $110 Non-Members
The registration cost includes all training materials and lunch. All attendees will be entered into a drawing for a free Professional Level GPA annual Membership (valued at $209)!
The first 10 registrants will receive a copy of Karen Cassidy and Cheryl Kester's book and workbook, "Writing to Win Federal Grants" (also available on Charity Channel Bookstore valued at $59.95).
All Non-GPA members will receive a coupon for a free year of chapter membership if they enroll as a national GPA Professional Member within two weeks of this training event.
Meet you in St. Louis on June 7th for the first ever full day of grant writing training offered by the St. Louis Chapter of the Grant Professionals Association!
Network for Strong Communities
8764 Manchester, Suite 203
St. Louis, MO 63144
Fees:
Half Day sessions each - $50 GPA Members or $80 Non-Members
Full Day (both sessions) - $80 GPA Members or $110 Non-Members
The registration cost includes all training materials and lunch. All attendees will be entered into a drawing for a free Professional Level GPA annual Membership (valued at $209)!
The first 10 registrants will receive a copy of Karen Cassidy and Cheryl Kester's book and workbook, "Writing to Win Federal Grants" (also available on Charity Channel Bookstore valued at $59.95).
All Non-GPA members will receive a coupon for a free year of chapter membership if they enroll as a national GPA Professional Member within two weeks of this training event.
Meet you in St. Louis on June 7th for the first ever full day of grant writing training offered by the St. Louis Chapter of the Grant Professionals Association!
Click the Link below to:
Register for FULL DAY (both sessions)
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Register for AM Session only (Grant Writing Basics)
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Register for PM Session only (Federal Grant Writing)
Please contact Micki Vandeloo at micki@lakeviewconsulting.net if you have any questions about this event.
And once you've received the grant(s)...
I'd be remiss if I did not point out again the Grant Management Basics workshop being held right here at Central Library on Thursday May 26 at 2:00 p.m. More information below in my April 28 post (click here to register)- hope you can come!
