Grants: Overview of Philanthropy, Grant Professional Skills and Competencies
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Grants: Overview of Philanthropy, Grant Professional Skills and Competencies
Event Summary
CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PS2: Fiscal Management
Description: Successful prevention agencies will raise funds through a variety of avenues: individual donations, specific campaigns, corporate sponsorships, etc. One avenue for funding that cannot be ignored is seeking, applying for, and securing grant dollars. Applying for grant funding can be overwhelming, especially if you have never done it before. Grant Writing for Prevention Professionals will get you started with an overview of philanthropy in the United States, historically how philanthropy has changed over time, a foundational definition for different types of grants, and the competencies and skills that are essential for every grant professional to possess.
Learning Objectives:
- Summarize the history of philanthropy in the U.S. and what philanthropy looks like today.
- Paraphrase a basic definition of the different types of “grants.”
- Identify the grant professional skills and competencies that every grant professional must possess.
Presenter: Deborah Combs, MA
Deborah Combs is an experienced grant researcher and proposal writer whose work has won over $26 million in awards for nonprofit organizations in regions throughout southwest Ohio. In addition to two decades as a grant professional, she has ten years of experience as a composition instructor and English literature lecturer for Dayton-area colleges and universities, and she is also an experienced technical writer. She is a founding member and past president of the Grant Professionals Association’s Miami Valley Chapter (GPA MV) and a Grant Professional Certified (GPC) from 2009-2016. She holds a Master of Arts in English from the University of Dayton with Minors in Communication Arts and Education. She brings her broad base of experience to You Thrive Training & Consulting to produce winning proposals to private, community, and corporate foundations and county, state, and federal funding opportunities.
