Want to know what all the animals have to do with fundraising? Get the recording here! http://mosaicnpd.com/shop/masters-circle/ The Masters Circle is a monthly online fundraising discussion session where you can connect with, learn from, and share ideas with some of the most innovative fundraisers and nonprofits on the planet. Each month we answer your questions and cover the topics you suggest. Sign up for the next live session! http://results.mosaicnpd.com/masters/ In this session we cover: * Effective Proposals: Get funded on nearly every submission * Never Fail Proposals - How to structure your submission for maximum funding * Grant Management Systems for Sanity - Keep on top of a bajillion funders without getting buried We answer questions about: * How to engage program officers to help you craft successful proposals * Securing capital and operating grants verses program-specific funding * Attracting and retaining volunteer grantwriters Submit a question for the Masters Circle: http://mosaicnpd.com/masters-circle-topic-request/

1. The Masters Circle
Grant Me a Grant! Effective Proposals

2. Your Masters Circle hosts
Heidi Hancock, CFRE David A. Svet

3. Before we begin...
Credit!
Full participation in The Masters Circle
is applicable for 1 point in Category 1.B
– Education of the CFRE International
application for initial certification
and/or recertification.

4. Grant Me A Grant!

5. ✓ Effective Proposals: Get funded every time
✓ Never Fail Proposals: Structure for max $$$
✓ Grant Management Systems Sanity: Staying
on top rather than digging your way out
Grant Me A Grant!

6. Understanding the Game

7. ● Overview of the Grants Process
● Major Gift Program
● Long Term Relationship
● Large & Small, Competitive, Govt.
Understanding the Game

8. Shoot, Score, Win!

9. ● Effective Proposals: Winning Often
○ Hit Rates Matter
○ How to Break in New Funders
○ Increasing Your Odds of Success
Shoot, Score, Win!

10. ● Research & Discovery
○ Corporate Foundation Competition
○ Reasons for Failure
○ Balancing Your Application Load
Shoot, Score, Win!

11. ● How To Prospect
○ Using Your List(s)
○ Letters of Inquiry
○ Leverage Past Work
Shoot, Score, Win!

12. A Winning Proposal

13. A Winning Proposal
Never Fail Case Structure
Need Solution
Urgent Ask Impact

14. ● Always Winning Proposals
○ Never Fail Case Structure
○ Online Forms are Your Friend
○ On Getting Help
A Winning Proposal

15. Managing Like A Boss!

16. ● Grant Management Systems for Sanity
○ Your grant calendar
○ Your grant team
○ Grant reporting
○ Proof of performance
Managing Like A Boss!

17. Any questions?

18. Next Masters Circle
● Next Masters Circle session is on March 25th
● Watch your email for instructions
● Full participation in The Masters Circle is applicable
for 1 point in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE
International application for initial certification and/or
recertification.

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20. Stay in touch
For additional information:
Heidi Hancock, CFRE
David A. Svet
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21. Thank you
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