Overview
Inadequate access to funds and lack of diversification of funding sources are significant challenges to continued professional and institutional growth for social ventures in developing countries. The goal of this course is to provide intensive grant-making training for social entrepreneurs and social change leaders. This 4-day onsite or 5-week online course will empower learners with practical grant-making and fundraising skills that are useful in all settings of international development. After the course, they will be able to raise funds for their impact projects. 30 of 100 past participants surveyed have raised over $600,000.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how project proposal ideas are developed;
- Understand strategies for developing relationships with funders;
- Understand the major components of a project proposal; Learn how to develop strategies for successfully implementing funded projects;
- Become familiar with the grants opportunities available through the US Embassy.
- Receive a resource directory of “Funding for Community Development Projects in Africa” compiled by Professor Jesse Lutabingwa;
- Learn about other fundraising concepts besides grant writing, and share knowledge about what has worked well within their organizations and explore opportunities to collaborate with each other.
Course Features
- Lectures 23
- Quizzes 7
- Duration 10 hours
- Skill level All level
- Language English
- Students 451
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
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Introduction
In this module, you will be introduced to the course, understand the funder's psychology and learn about the the grant proposal process.
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Developing a Problem Statement & Building Relationship with Funders
In this module you will learn how to develop a problem statement and how to develop lasting relationship with funders.
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Writing Goals and Objectives
In this module, you will learn how to write achievable goal(s) and SMART objectives.
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Developing the Project Activities
In this module, you will learn how to design the activities you will carry out to achieve the objectives listed in the previous lesson
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Writing Monitoring and Evaluation Plans
In this module, you will learn how to develop a monitoring and evaluation plan and the importance of the this section in your grant proposal.
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Demonstrating Sustainability
In this module, you will learn different strategies to show funders that your proposed project is sustainable.
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Writing your Organizational Capability Statement
In this module, you will learn how to sell your organization to funders and show capacity and track record
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Creating a Budget
In this module, you will learn how to create develop a good budget for your proposal. This module provides the basic tools for developing an effective program budget.
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Final Submission
Submit your final grant proposal
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Proposal Writing for SMEs
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Other Fundraising Strategies
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