Syllabus Funding for Nonprofits

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The address of this page is http://GollyGrantsOnline.com/4202-fnp-summer-2005.htm

PAD 4202, Funding for Nonprofits

Florida Atlantic University

Saturdays, 9:15 a. m. -- 12:50 p. m.

Davie Campus, LA 303D

Do you really want to be in this class?

Much of what you will learn in here is not written down anywhere, at least not in a well organized way. You will have to show up on time every time, having studied in advance the material below, and pay attention; and you well have to ask questions, then go out and study the additional materials that I direct you to. You can't be passive. By the way, if you are late or skip class or let your attention wander, you are sure to miss something important. And that's your tough luck.

I do not try very hard to be well organized. I launch into stream of consciousness lectures, and you get the point if you pay attention and ask questions, or you don't. If you don't, that too is your tough luck.

Bad things happen to people who do not follow my advice.

There are deadlines for turning in projects, and if you miss a deadline, there is no way to be sure what I will do with your late submission. Possibly I will accept it, but possibly I will also misplace it. (I'll try not to lose it; but I won't try very hard.)

There are formats and instructions to follow, and if you fail to comply with directions, there is no way to be sure your paper will be recognized and credited to you. (I'll try to credit your work to you, but I won't try very hard.)

How to reach me.

Jay S. Mendell, Ph. D.
Professor of Public Administration
Florida Atlantic University, Davie campus.

Gadget.	Address.	Where I’ll receive your message.	When to use it.	Details.
Home phone.	954.755-8928, a local call from phones between Ft. Lauderdale and Boca Raton.	Coral Springs.	7 am to 7 p.m., 7 days.	With voice mail.
Cell phone.	954.895-6364	Anywhere in Florida where the Verizon signal is strong.	24/7	With voice mail. Leave a phone number.
e-mail.	mendell@bellsouth.net	My home computer.	24 hr, 7 days.	Okay to use attachments up to 1 meg. Please notice that the extension is .org, not .com and not .edu.

On e-mail and Web updates.

Several times a week you will please have to check this Web page for additions and clarifications.

To send me email, please use mendell@bellsouth.net. In the subject line type "I am a student in PAD 4202." And when you send me e-mail, be sure to include your name, not just your e-mail address. It is helpful if you include your phone numbers at home and work and your cell phone number.

Free materials.

My various Internet pages are accessible by starting at GollyGrantsOnline.com

Grading.

Your grade will principally be based on how well you complete the written assignments that I will give each week and the short quizzes I will give whenever I feel the urge (and I will feel the urge often).

Lame excuses.

If you come up to me and say, "I have got to skip class next week to [insert your lame excuse here]," and I reply, "Okay," this does not mean I have excused you. It just means I have decided fume quietly. So, if you think that I have promised you an excused absence, get it in writing or it doesn’t count. I have never given a written excuse, by the way. (But I've only been a professor since 1973.)

Arriving late and leaving early.

Arriving late and leaving early are especially infuriating variants of being absent. They will surely be tracked in the attendance log. See "unannounced quizzes" below.

Unannounced quizzes.

I will administer an open book, open notes quiz whenever I feel like it. (And I get the feeling often.) Favorite times are at the start of class, after the break, and just before I send you home. Your grade for a missed quiz will, of course, be a zero.

Turning in HW on time.

If I don't like your HW, but you have brought it in on the day it was due and personally placed it in my hands within two minutes of the scheduled time for start of the class, I'll have you do it over for a higher grade. But late HW will not be accepted.

Required Materials

Free on the Internet. [PWSC] Proposal Writing Short Course from the Foundation Center. (http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html)

Free on the Internet. [FFA] Introduction to Fundraising for Archives.
(http://www.ncaonline.org.uk/materials/fundraising.pdf)

Free on the Internet. [FTK] Fundraising Toolkit.
(http://www.ehtf.ca/fundraisetk.pdf)

Free on the Internet. [FIGG]. Fundraising Ideas.
(http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pc-cp/pubs/e/fr4gras1.htm)

A book I use in my graduate course

Free on the Internet. [FTF] Face to Face.
(http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pc-cp/pubs/e/Fac2Fac1.htm)

Where grants and gifts money is to be found.
Chapter Four of FIGG, "The Four Types of Fundraising"

Posted 2005-05-22.

This HW is due at the start of class (9:15 a. m.) on Saturday, 28 May 2005. Please be sure to word-process it and then write your name clearly in the upper right of each page.

If you have questions about this assignment, don't be bashful about calling or emailing me. But please don't wait until the last minute.

First, give me one or two sentences about your current job and future career. Then browse through this Web page and its links and give me one or two paragraphs of reflection on how the course content might advance your career. Don't comment on how convenient the Saturday class is or how you feel about the professor. Try to zero in on the course content (grantwriting and fundraising).

Also, pay attention to grammar, spelling, and editing.

Remember, if you bring the HW to me on time, I will let you do it over if it is less than A work.

Grantwriting

I have written a mock solicitation of a letter of inquiry (http://GollyGrantsOnline.com/download/RWF-Mock-request-for-proposal.PDF) and a responsive letter of inquiry (http://GollyGrantsOnline.com/download/SSS-Center-mock.PDF).

Posted 2005-05-28

Remember, please, to download and print the Proposal Writing Short Course from the Foundation Center. (http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html). Notice the model of the parts of a proposal. You don't have to submit anything in writing, but I wish you would reflect on why the Foundation Center model does not include "objectives" between need and program/project.

Now here is HW due at the start of class (9:15 a. m.) on Saturday, 4 June 2005. Write your name clearly in the upper right of each page you turn in.

Go to the Foundation Center web site (http://atgdata.fdncenter.org/990search/search.php) and download the tax form 990 of the House of Hope in Fort Lauderdale. (Be sure to get the HoH in Fort Lauderdale. Any year will do.) Print the first page and put your name in the upper right.)

Go to the Foundation Center web site (http://lnp.fdncenter.org/finder_990.html) and download the tax form 990PF (any year) of the Abraham Foundation of Miami. Somewhere in there is a list of the charities the foundation funded . Print the list and put your name on each sheet.

There is nothing to write except your name on each page.

The parts of a proposal

PWSC complete

To condense an existing proposal as a concept paper (http://gollygrantsonline.com/grants-central-station.htm#Examples%20of%20grant%20proposals)

Posted 2005-06-05 around 6:30 p. m.

Remember, please, if you have not done so (where have you been?) to download and print the Proposal Writing Short Course from the Foundation Center . (http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html).

Go to http://gollygrantsonline.com/download/YMCA%20Broward%20Children's%20Services%20Board%20%202000-2001%20Proposal.PDF (best is to right click on it, download it to your harddrive ("Save Target As ..."), then open it using Adobe Acrobat), a rather long proposal. Skip to "II. Statement of Need," and chop it down to 100-120 carefully chosen words. It might help if you read more than "Statement of Need," the better to understand the context. (Let's see how well you do before I tell you how to do it.) Be sure to write your name in the upper right, and also right the number of words you used.

Posted 2005-06-11

Please remember to print a copy of the YMCA proposal (http://gollygrantsonline.com/download/YMCA%20Broward%20Children's%20Services%20Board%20%202000-2001%20Proposal.PDF) and bring it to class. (If you are a procrastinator, please print it now. If you are absent-minded, please put a copy in the glove compartment of your car or in the pocket of whatever you plan to wear on Saturday. Focus, focus, focus, please.)

Here is the HW due on Saturday, 18 June 2005.

Imagine that you are on the review panel which has to decide who will receive funding for their proposal. Read the YMCA proposal skeptically and decide what you wish the YMCA had not written. Give me 400-600 words, please, on what should have been left out and why leaving it out would have improved your willingness to fund the proposal. (I may read your HW out loud in class.)

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To identify potential funders.

For state grants, Florida Resources Directory.

The Florida Resource Directory is a searchable database which can be searched by Agency, Category of Assistance, Program or Keyword as shown below. Once you have found a program in which you are interested, you can print the page or access the associated website and/or link to the program's contact for more detailed information and/or an application.

State grants and benefits State grants offices

Corporate grants to nonprofits (keyword searches) Visit http://fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/gws_corp/corp1.html

Private foundations and charities (keyword searches) Visit http://fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/gws_priv/priv1.html, then http://fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/gws_pubch/pubch1.html

Prospecting for gifts from generous people. Visit http://gollygrantsonline.com/prospecting-for-grants-and-gifts.htm Private foundations and charities (keyword searches)

The Foundation Center's complete database may be consulted at four locations in the Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. In WPB, go to the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties. In Boca Raton, a few blocks east of FAU is the Junior League of Boca Raton. In Fort Lauderdale, Nova University is the archive, and in Miami, the United Way.