GWFPP: Finding Grant Opportunities that will Expand Your Horizon to New Funding Possibilities

CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PS2- Fiscal Management 

Description: Finding grants for your prevention organization is a lot like shopping for a pair of jeans. They come in all shapes and sizes, require some self-reflection, and it can be an incredibly time-consuming process. And let’s face it… maybe it’s not your favorite thing to do! This session will equip you with the knowledge and resources to make finding grant opportunities more efficient and effective. Whether it’s local, state, or federal government grants you’re looking for, or it’s public, private, or corporate foundations, this session will show you both best practices and short cuts that will save you time and find you opportunities you had no idea existed!

Learning Objectives:

1. Define the term prospect research.
2. Describe a minimum of two best practices in finding foundation grant opportunities.
3. Describe a minimum of two best practices in finding government grant opportunities.

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.