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Essentials of
Foundation Grant Writing:
Part 1
Developed by:
The Michigan Public Health Training Center

Great Lakes PHTC Members: University of Illinois at Chicago | Indiana University at IUPUI | University of Michigan | University of Minnesota |
The Ohio State University | University of Wisconsin

Stacey Barbas
Senior Program Officer
Kresge Foundation
August 2015

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AGENDA
 Introductions
 Foundations
 Basic Principles for Grant Requests
 Writing the Proposal—Project Design, Budget,
Evaluation, and Sustainability Plan
 Elements of a Strong Proposal
 What Makes a Successful Grant?
 Why are Many Grants Unsuccessful?
 The Kresge Foundation’s Health Program
 Q&A
 Wrap-Up

Overview
The Kresge Foundation
Kresge is a $3 billion private, national foundation that works
to expand opportunities for vulnerable people living in
America’s cities.
Through the work of our programs and partners, residents
can improve their life circumstances and join the economic
mainstream.

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TYPES OF FOUNDATIONS
 Foundation
An entity that is established as a nonprofit corporation or
charitable trust under state law, with principal interest of
making grants for charitable purposes.

Private Foundations
Corporate Giving Programs
Family Foundations
Public Foundations
Community Foundations

FUNDING CRITERIA

 Priorities/Values
 Funding Cycles
 Exclusions/Limitations
 Geographic Locations

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TYPES OF GRANT MAKING


 Planning
 Program/Project Support
 General Operating
 Capital
 Challenge
 Matching
 Loans/Program-Related

THE GRANT MAKING


CONTINUUM
 Passive
 Proactive
 Prescriptive
 Peremptory

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TRENDS
 New funders/changes in grant making
 More emphasis on governance, staff competence,
fiscal solvency, long-range planning
 Emphasis on outcomes and accountability
 Evaluation
 Collaboration

RESEARCHING FOUNDATIONS
 Council on Foundations www.cof.org
 Council of Michigan Foundations www.michiganfoundations.org
 The Foundation Center www.foundationcenter.org
 Questions:
o Funding priorities?
o Levels of funding?
o Where do they operate, do business?
o What is their mission?
o Funding cycle?
o Are we a match? For what?

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BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP
WITH FOUNDATIONS
 Process for accepting grant applications
 Do they accept phone inquiries/one-on-one meetings?
 Face-to-face meeting:
o Be prepared
o Think of foundation interests
o Respect priorities, limitations
o Be respectful

IS A GRANT WORTH PURSUING?


5 W’s
What?
 Do we have a program/project that will match the Request for
Proposals (RFP)?
o Will we have to modify an existing program?
o Will we have to create a new program?
 Does our organization/program match the funders values/mission?
 What are the odds of receiving funding?

Why?
 Do we have a program that needs funding?
 Do we just need to bring in $$?
 Does the project make other services vulnerable?
 Will this funding increase the quality of our program/service?

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WHEN & WHERE & WHO???

 Timeline for proposal deadlines and implementation


 How does this fit in with what we are doing?
 Who is responsible for writing proposal, managing the
grant, evaluating and reporting, etc.?

BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR


GRANT REQUESTS
 Know your audience
 Make your proposal neat and easy to read
 Don’t use jargon
 Be brief and succinct
 Avoid unsupported assumptions
 Be concise—don’t add unnecessary information
 Follow guidelines
 Be specific – give data
 Evaluate – plan for it

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REQUEST ELEMENTS
 Cover or Cover Letter
 Project Summary/Abstract
 Who are you? Organizational history or background
o Relation to your current project
 Problem/Need for Project
 Project Design (Action Plan)
 Project Evaluation Plan
 Project Budget
 Sustainability

WHAT MAKES A STRONG


PROPOSAL?
 Need is understood and identified
 Idea is innovative or evidenced-based
 Applicant has expertise
 How applicant works with communities
 Doing the project “with” and not “to”
 Own skin in the game
 Determined to do the project
 Comprehensive approach
 Collaborative design and history of collaboration
 Evaluation
 Continuation of the program after funding
 Project has potential for broader impact

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TYPICAL DECLINE REASONS


 Does not fit priorities
 Project not well-documented
 Asking for too much/not enough money
 Doesn’t follow guidelines
 Objectives too ambitious
 Goals/objectives are unclear
 Project consumes a large percentage of an
organizations’ annual budget/tipping

FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF


THE GRANT REVIEWER
 Receives many requests and reads many proposals
 Is the request clear?
 Is it a fit? Why?
 Is it interesting, does your commitment come
through?
 Outcomes?

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KRESGE’S HEALTH PROGRAM


Health ≠ Health Care

Where You Live Matters…


It Matters a Lot!

From Delivery-Centric…
Public
health

Related Health
services: Primary
PT, OT, care care
etc.
system

Social
services

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…To a Community-Centered System


Public
health Health
Food care
systems

Person &
community Transportation
Education
and land use

Human
Services Community
economic
development

Developing Healthy Places:


Advance and scale place-
based, community-driven
strategies to develop healthier
communities.

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Accelerating Community-Centered
Approaches Within Health Systems
Accelerate and expand adoption of population health
approaches in health care and public health

Questions

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THANK YOU!

Stacey Barbas
Senior Program Officer
The Kresge Foundation
sbarbas@kresge.org

Essentials of
Foundation Grant Writing:
Part 2
Developed by:
The Michigan Public Health Training Center

Great Lakes PHTC Members: University of Illinois at Chicago | Indiana University at IUPUI | University of Michigan | University of Minnesota |
The Ohio State University | University of Wisconsin

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The Kresge Foundation


Arts & Culture Team

August 28, 2014

Overview

Kresge is a $3 billion private, national foundation that


works to expand opportunities for vulnerable people
living in America’s cities.

We provide grants and investments in the areas of:

• Arts and culture


• Education
• Environment
• Health
• Human services
• Community development efforts in Detroit.
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Our Approach

We know that the barriers to opportunity for low income


people are not problems that exist in isolation.

A new way of working at the Foundation is one that


understands the barriers to opportunity holistically and
engages holistic, cross-sector, cross-disciplinary solutions.

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National Arts and Culture Program

Goal: We seek to help build strong, healthy cities by promoting


the integration of arts and culture in community revitalization.

Our approach: We work across sectors with organizations


committed to creating opportunities for low income and
underrepresented people and tapping the power of arts and
culture to re-energize communities.

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How we work

• Piloting (testing) new approaches to break down barriers

• Learning with exemplary practitioners

• Bringing proven practices to scale

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Expanding opportunities in America’s cities.

The Kresge Foundation


3125 W. Big Beaver Road
Troy, Mich. 48084
248-643-9630
kresge.org

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Mission: to improve the health


and health care of the citizens
of Michigan

The general topic


 The specific topic
 What the problem is
 Empirical evidence of problem
 What you plan to do about it
 Rationale for why you plan to do it
 How you will implement the solution
 What your outcome expectations are
 What resources are needed

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Project Significance:
Significance will the proposed project significantly
impact the health of the community? Does it
demonstrate a compelling need?
Proposal Quality:
Quality is the proposal presented with clarity? Well
organized?
Project Evaluation:
Evaluation has the project/intervention been tested
or evaluated elsewhere? Is it an original idea?
Future Impact:
Impact is there a reasonable sustainability plan for
the project? If proven effective, can it be replicated?
Project Feasibility:
Feasibility does the applicant have a track record? Is
the budget reasonable? Appropriate? Is the time
commitment appropriate?

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