GWFPP: Writing Sustainability Plans, Writing Proposal Summaries, and Putting the Proposal Package Together

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

Description: Grant writing can seem like a daunting task, and it is easy to feel unsure about how to write the individual sections of a successful proposal. Writing an effective sustainability plan is critical to ensure funders are confident that your services will not cease to exist once the award they have gifted to you has run out. Likewise, writing effective proposal summaries is a vital part of your grant proposal since it is typically the very first section read, and we always want to make a good first impression. At the end of the day, the entire proposal package needs to be put together in an organized way that adheres to the funder’s specifications and is reader friendly. This session will walk you through all three of these topics, ensuring your grant seeking efforts are fruitful!

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the importance of writing an effective sustainability plan in your grant proposals.
2. Explain the different components that go in a proposal summary.
3. Articulate the dos and don’ts of putting together the complete proposal package.

Presenter(s): 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.