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Grant News
Why Attend a Grant Writing Workshop?
The best way to understand how to apply for an Iowa Arts Council grant is
to attend an IAC grant writing workshop. IAC staff will discuss the difference
between Mini Grants and Major Grants, help you consider whether you should
be applying in the Organization Grants category or in the Arts in Education
Grants category (or any of the others), and make sure you know how to navigate
the new eGRANT system.
Staff can give tips about information you MUST include in your application, talk about how to put your budget together and what kinds of expenses can be used as cash or in-kind match. We’ll take you through grant review process so you can see it from a reviewer’s perspective. And we’ll give you the chance to have one-on-one time with IAC staff to talk about your particular project ideas.
eGRANT Tip
While filling out the online section of your eGRANT application, click on
“Help” in the upper right hand corner of the screen for step-by-step
instructions for completing the form.
Grant Symposium for Nonprofits
Join your peers from across the state at Iowa’s Office of Grant Enterprise
Management’s 2nd Annual Iowa Grant Symposium, Wednesday, August 16
at the Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel
The agenda is filled with information relative to all grant seekers. Some highlights include “Nonprofit Oversight and the Iowa Principles and Practices for Charitable Nonprofit Excellence” presented by Sandy Boyd and Richard Koontz, Iowa NonProfit Resource Center, University of Iowa.
Concurrent workshops will cover the following:
• Grants.gov: Find, Apply, Succeed
• Do’s and Don’ts of Administering Federal Grants
• Funding for Home and Community
• Enriching Your Public Programs
• Proposal Writing Basics
• Grant Seeking Basics
• Iowa Community Foundations – Capturing the Transfer of Wealth,
Providing Community Support
• How to Begin! A Proactive Approach to Seeking Grants
• Creating a Successful Budget
• Using Hard Data to Build Strong Proposals
There is a $65 registration fee which includes a deluxe continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon break. On-line registration is now available at www.iagems.gov. Questions? Contact Kathy Mabie at kathy.mabie@iowa.gov or 515-281-8834.
Funding Opportunities for Nonprofits
Tourism Cares for Tomorrow Cultural Tourism and Preservation Grants
www.tourismcaresfortomorrow.org
Submission deadline: November 1, 2006. Tourism Cares for Tomorrow, the tourism
industry’s nonprofit organization, awards grants to worthy tourism-related
nonprofit organizations worldwide for conservation or preservation of exceptional
cultural, historic or natural sites. Tourism Cares for Tomorrow considers
projects or programs with either or both of the following goals: 1) projects
that protect, restore or conserve sites of exceptional cultural, historic
or natural significance; and 2) programs that educate local host communities
and the traveling public about conservation and preservation of sites. Historically,
grants have ranged between $10,000 and $20,000 each. However, based on merit
and availability of funds, grants of up to $100,000 will be considered.
Johnson & Johnson/Society for the Arts in Healthcare Partnership to
Promote Arts in Healing Grants
www.thesah.org
Letter of inquiry deadline: August 16, 2006. Johnson & Johnson working
in conjunction with the Society for the Arts in Healthcare (SAH) seeks to
promote the use of the arts to enhance the healthcare experience for patients,
their families and caregivers. Proposals are being sought from healthcare
organizations or arts agencies working in partnership to produce innovative
projects. Preference will be given to projects that are new initiatives
and have the potential to be replicated. Since 2001, Johnson & Johnson
and SAH have funded 81 programs in the United States and Canada that represent
leading models and initiatives in high-quality healthcare through the use
of arts.
