Tools & Training
Grant writing and finding other sources of funding can often be a time consuming and laborious activity. Below, please find a collection of tools that will assist you in your endeavor.
Principal's Tool Kit #1 - Creating a Grant Writing Team
This tool kit provides you with some basic strategies and guidelines to acheiveyour grant writing goals. The main focus is the creation of a grant writing team comprised of staff, parents and/or community people. The grant application process is not a task that should be attempted by one person. The recruitment from a pool of local talent allows you to tailor your team to the needs of the project. By making this task a team effort you will foster feelings of ownership rather than merely a sense of belonging among your staff.
Download: Principal's Tool Kit #1
Related Funding Sources Links
- No Child Left Behind
- Show Me The Money" - Presentation on Grant Writing
- "Show Me The Money" - Presentation Handout
- The Foundation Center
- Grants & Related Resources - Publisher Directories
- Grantwriters.com
- Council on Foundations
- Education-related Federal Register Announcements
- Federal Register
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- Learning to Write Successful Mini-Grant Proposals
More Funding Sources Links:
http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html (Corporation for Public Broadcasting)
Description: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting evaluates hundreds of proposals each year for a variety of funding purposes. This publication is an easy guide to the basic elements of grant proposal writing and is offered to assist applicants to CPB and to other funding sources. It offers guideposts to help you through each stage of the process.
http://www.npguides.org/index.html (not profit guides)
Description: Non-profit guides are free web-based grant-writing tools for non-profit organizations, charitable, educational, public organizations, and other community-minded groups. Our guides are designed to assist established non-profits through the grant-writing process.
http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html (Foundation Center Proposal Writing Short Course)
Description: The Foundation Center's mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. This link brings you to a short course in grant writing broken down into specific steps.
http://www.fundsnetservices.com (Fundsnet Services)
Description: Fundsnet Services provides an array of links to resources that range from Grant Writing for Dummies to grant information.
http://www.schoolgrants.org (K-12 Resources)
Description: SchoolGrants offers a vast array of information to elementary and secondary school grant seekers at no cost. SchoolGrants was created when it became apparent that there were no sites like it for people from small, financially-strapped school districts.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr (Federal Register)
Description: Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for government sponsored grants and funding opportunities.
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml (US Dept of Education)
Ed.Gov is sponsored by the US Department of Education and provides, in addition to information about grant applications, information about research, educational policy and legislation.
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/methods/reading/readingfirst.html (US Department of Education)
A specific section of Ed. Gov that provides specific information about Reading First.
