• How to find opportunities• 6 application tips

Grant Hunting

• Start the application early• Use their language• Think like an investor• Plan the details• Proofread• Be greedy

Applying

• Start the application early

Start early

• Go to the organization’s website and read their mission and vision

• Use their language in your application

Use their language

• Why should an organization place their bet on you?

• Choose work samples that • Demonstrate past success• Relate to the current project• Are easy to see / understand!

Think like an investor

• Demonstrate past success• Relate to the current project• Are easy to see / understand!

Work samples

• Nail down as many of the project details as possible

• Leave room for flexibility

Plan the details

• Don’t skip this step!!• Proofread for grammar, spelling,

and clarity• Use terminology everyone can

understand

Proofread

• Apply to more than one grant

Be greedy

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