Funding Success News

June 7, 2010

Need free help?

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If you know an organization that might be interested in this opportunity, could you please forward this to them?

Option 1: AmeriCorps Subgrant Site (only Massachusetts, Los Angeles & Chicago)
TechMission Corps is now making an AmeriCorps sub-grant site application available for programs serving at-risk youth in Massachusetts, Los Angeles & Chicago. These grants will provide funding for full-time AmeriCorps members (including a stipend of $11,400, health insurance and a $4,725 educational award).

AmeriCorps is often called the “domestic Peace Corps” or the “urban Peace Corps”, and two popular AmeriCorps programs are City Year and Teach for America. TechMission Corps is a faith-based AmeriCorps program focused on providing interns to programs serving at-risk youth.

AmeriCorps members can serve as full-time interns for urban youth ministries.  Sites can either do their own recruiting of the intern to serve as an AmeriCorps member or receive interns recruited through TechMission. Last year TechMission Corps had over 500 applicants for 60 full-time intern positions.  Next year, we will have over 80 full-time positions.

To qualify for the grant sites must meet the following criteria (with no exceptions):
1. Site must be in Massachusetts or in the Los Angeles or Chicago metropolitan areas
2. Site must have and existing after-school or youth program that primarily serves low-income youth.
3. Site must have 501(c)(3) nonprofit status (including churches with 501(c)(3) status).
4. Site must employ at least one full-time staff member who could supervise a TechMission Corps intern.

If your site meets this criteria, you can fill out a grant application at:
http://www.techmissioncorps.org/cms/tmc/siteapplication

The grant application deadline in June 30. We anticipate that grantees will be selected during Summer, 2010, with the positions starting as soon as September, 2009.  If your site plans to apply, please reply to this E-mail just notifying us of your intent to apply.  If you have any questions, you can call me at 617-282-9798 x121.

Option 2. City Vision Internship Site (any ministry serving at-risk communities in the USA or Canada)

Find out more information and follow the instructions at: http://www.cityvision.edu/cms/cv/site-application Call Theresa at 816-960-2008 or tmcloyd@cityvision.edu with questions on Option 2

Angenette (Angie) Crume

TechMission Corps Assistant Director

angie@techmission.org

May 24, 2010

FREE DOWNLOAD: The 8 Online Fundraising Changes You Must Make in 2010

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A wonderful resource from Network for Good. Read it through to make sure that you are ready to meet the challenges of modern fund raising.  8 Online Fundraising Changes You Must Make in 2010

Download this PDF and enjoy at your leisure.

May 7, 2010

Money through Social Networking

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Social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Face Book, and Twitter have exploded. These are the best known but hundreds of smaller networks exist. They grew because people love to talk and share.  You probably wonder about some of the things you see on these sites. Do we really care what Ivory ate for breakfast or if Stella is in a good mood? The answer is yes!!

We do care. We have an insatiable desire to know what is going on in our neighbors minds, bodies and businesses. So of course it is only natural that people are courious about where their money goes when they donate.  As a nonprofit with foster care I saw this often. A gift would arrive; it could be a crib or a toy, sometimes food or money for a familyand the giver would ask where it went. Could they get a picture of the child opening the present? What was the baby’s name who received the crib?

Often i would be asked months even years later, what happened to…

Your donors are hungry, they want to know how their donations are used.  Of course you can’t track each donation and you will need to be careful about having releases, but share the stories.  Let your donors follow you on the social networks and give a quick up date.

I used to write a News Letter and send it as a thank you to donors. With the web it can all be streamlined. Let them know that Evie turned eight and thanks to their donations she is able to ride a shiny new red bike! Tell them of the excitment the school supplies bring, the tears the food brought to a single struggling mom.

This is especially important if those of you working with populations that are hard to like or care about.  So talk about the parolee who made a mistake, worked hard and is now being released. Give him a name – a personality – a dream.  Let your donors know that  Luke has twinkling blue eyes and dreams of marrying his childhood sweetheart. That Luke is looking forward to restarting his life and thanks to the donor can now rent a small apartment and finish his certification in auto repair.

Tweet your success and when you have needs your donors will be more willing to pitch in. They will share and connect with their networks bringing in greater dollars.

$50,000 contest for new startup

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Not a grant but a great opportunity!! So many of you have approached me about money for your business ideas.  If you have an idea for a start up business, blog or website this is your chance! $50,000 prize 1/2 in cash and 1/2 in web design/marketing help. Let me know your ideas and I’ll post them!

Go to http://pitch.co/ and get started! Good Luck

November 4, 2009

Illinois Recycling Grants –Deadline Nov 13

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http://www.ildceo.net/dceo/Bureaus/Entrepreneurship+and+Small+Business/ From their Nov. Newsletter

Every day, Illinoisans fill containers and dumpsters with trash to be hauled away for disposal in landfills… “out of sight and out of mind.”  DCEO’s Division of Recycling and Waste Reduction offers programs that promote alternatives to landfill disposal, conservation of resources, and further development of markets to recycle more of what we currently throw away. Adding value to recycled materials is the principal reason that recycling has become a multi-billion dollar industry in Illinois.

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) is pleased to announce that the Illinois Recycling Grants Program has opened its FY2010 grant cycle for both traditional (i.e., fiber, metal, glass, plastic) and electronics (e.g., computers) recycling.   The Illinois Recycling Grants Program helps communities, businesses and not-for-profit organizations collect and process materials for recycling.

Through this competitive process grants are available to assist local governments, for-profit, and not-for-profit businesses and organizations with their recycling efforts.  Traditional recycling grant funds may be used to purchase project-related capital equipment such as collection, processing or handling equipment and project necessary expansion and modernization costs.  Electronics recycling grant funds may be used to set up permanent drop-off and collection facilities; purchase recycling containers; fund project necessary site improvements; and to purchase processing and handling project-related equipment to collect, refurbish, de-manufacture, and recycle computers and electronic equipment.

Entities interested in submitting an application for Traditional Recyclables are encouraged to schedule an individual consultation with their regional DCEO representative.  Contact the following individuals:

Northern Illinois –  Rick Fiddyment, 217-524-1838 or Richard.Fiddyment@illinois.gov.
Central Illinois – Angie Embrey, 217-785-2773 or Angie.Embrey@illinois.gov.
Southern Illinois – John Druhot, 217-785-2768 or John.Druhot@illinois.gov.

Those interested in submitting a Computers and Electronics Recycling application should contact Sam Al-Basha, 217-785-2765, or Sam.Al-Basha@illinois.gov.  To learn more about the Illinois Recycling Grants Program, go to www.illinoisrecycles.com.

October 19, 2009

Build Giving Through Stories

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Keri Silk, MS, DTM

Keri Silk, MS, DTM

Stories create connection.  Perhaps the most important thing an agency can do is to get their clients stories out to the world at large. People are moved to give because they feel connected. Connections through emotion are the strongest. Consider the television advertising with small needy children staring through hungry eyes.  Or, the ads that show a homeless person smiling over a steaming plate of Thanksgiving dinner and others.

Your stories are just as powerful. Use words and whenever possible pictures. Tell the needs, tell your successes and always offer a way that your audience can help.  This is just as important in grant writing as it is in any other form of donation request.

When you tell a story or use a picture be sure to obtain a release of information from the client. If not available, you can consider changing names and other information so that the client is not recognizable.  You may wish to consult an attorney on this.

When writing a grant I always try to include a story.  It helps the giver identify and connect.  With more funders moving towards shorter applications you will need to weigh every word.  Leave out the pontificating and keep the story.

October 9, 2009

Prospecting for Individual Philanthropists –section II

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Almost everyone gives. The trick is to have them choose your agency to give to. Donors may give money, time or in-kind donations but they give. As a nonprofit looking for funding it becomes important to uncover new individuals, who not only choose to give once but who wish to maintain a relationship with you. In order to achieve this you must make a personal connection with current and prospective donors.

A recent class, given by eTapestry, highlighted the importance of creating the donor – receiver relationship. Cate Shaffer spoke about utilizing social networking to do this. Many of you are reading this because of a social networking site. My blog highlights this article and my business. The blog is connected to sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

As you read the information, you will see my logo, perhaps my picture and often links to other things that I have created or services that I offer. We have made a connection. Now when you think of grants or fund raising I will pop into your mind. It will work the same way for your agency. Often this kind of connection is more impactful for a service-oriented agency. Readers will be hearing from you in small consistent ways. They will hear about your mission, your fundraiser, your needs and your successes.

A reader receives a quick bite of information through their network. Family burned out – looses everything. Please contribute furniture, food or funds. There is a link to your web site – YOU HAVE MADE A CONNECTION. They check it out and think I have…. I could give…. Or I know others who can help and your information is forwarded on. Now the connection moves from one to two to infinity. There really isn’t a limit. And if each person gives something – wow!

The first step in this process is to have a website. If you would like free information on inexpensive and often totally free web sites email me at KeriSilk@fundingsuccess.us include FREE WEBSITES in the subject line.

August 6, 2009

Prospecting for Funds

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I have recently been part of a conversation, between Development Directors, concerning prospecting. Prospecting is looking for individual philanthropists that might like to send your organization funds. Sounds rather simple, but the complexity and the scope was greater than I imagined.

My work has been dedicated to grants. I research the different funders and share this information with my clients in a grant search report. Grants are given by foundations, corporations or government agencies.  This is different from prospecting for individuals.

The individual donor, generally does not have an application process. How do you find these rich or giving individuals? What is the best way to be sure that they are a match? Is there a good or a bad way to approach? These are a few of the questions I have been collecting answers too.

The conversation has been extremely interesting and I will pass this information on to you over the next few weeks. Be sure to keep tuned in, either through an RSS feed or follow me on twitter!! http://twitter.com/kerisilk

July 27, 2009

Renew Your Status for Federal Grants

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www.grants.gov

CCR RENEWAL – CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS    Grants.gov registration is an integral part of the federal grant application process and is required for any organization or individual wishing to apply for a grant. This one-time process has been set up to verify and protect the applicant’s identity and allow for proper allocation of federal funds. The registration process is composed of five steps and multiple verifications. Although registration is a one-time process involving five steps, only the second step, Register With CCR, must be renewed yearly for Organization Registration.

June 1, 2009

Free Tele-class. Where’s the Money??

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You are invited to a Free Tele-class.  Where’s the Money??

 

Facilitated by Keri Silk you will learn what kinds of government money is really available. You will learn where to look for grants and other sources of free money. Keri will share her expertise and give you the tools you need to start mining the millions of available dollars in funding. 

 

10:00 am CT     on June 2, 2009

 

PHONE NUMBER

1 (218) 339-2626

ACCESS CODE

340742

 

For the hand out please send an email with handout on the subject line.  You can also send your questions ahead of time.

 

Looking forward to learning more about you,  

 

Keri

 

Please forward to friends!

 

Keri K. Silk, MS, DTM

Author, Coach, Grant Writer

866-279-8666 voicemail/fax

630-529-3181 office

www.fundingsuccess.us

 

 

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