ASL Texts for Consecutive Interpreting Practice

English Outline for Skin Deep

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• Grant Writing: An Intro
  o Often do it for work
  o Not easy process
  § Whether big organization or small
  § Still hard
  o Need to be creative
  § Asking for money isn’t easy
  o Will give brief overview of process
  § Not easy to learn
  § Will give summary of it
  ? First Step: Having a Program
  o Need program or project to fund
  § Example: Helping Deaf children read
  • using ASL only
  • with Deaf people
  § Then look for matching funder for the program
  o Some organizations do opposite
  § See funder offering money
  § Develop program to try to match funding source
  o Not recommended method
  § Better to have program first
  § Then find grant source to suit it
  ? Grant Application: Statement of Need
  o Each grant has certain requirements
  § Certain documentation to
  accompany the request
  § Requirements may vary between grants
  o Some basic similarities between all grants
  § Statement of need
  • Needs to have statistics
  • Proof that it will impact the community
  o Can’t just sound good
  • Funders looking for evidence program will have an influence
  o Want to know whether it will be a localized or broader impact
  • Budget
  o Funders want to know how you will use money
  o Want to know how it specifically influences the program
  • Statement of Need should explain all of this
  Grant Application: Board Information
  o Should have information about
  § Board composition
  § Organizational history
  § Mission
  o Some people think this isn’t important
  o Can be really key
  o Board needs to know about grant itself
  § An experience that happened to me
  • Shows that board members need to know about the grant
  § Sometimes board have to meet with funders
  § One time, went with two board members before funders
  • Assumed they know everything about grant application
  • Had been board members of our organization for many years
  • Couldn’t answer questions at meeting
  o Didn’t know what was being talked about
  • Didn’t receive the grant because of it
  o Seemed they were on board to pad their resume
  § Learned a lesson
  • Board members must be prepared
  o Know about the organization
  o Know the ins and outs of the grant proposal
  o Be ready with answers
  Grant Application: Writing the Proposal
  o Need to collect all necessary info for writing the proposal
  § After you have mission, statement of need, and board info
  o Should have the following
  § Statistics to support proposal
  § Goals
  § Objectives
  • Funders are looking for ways to show how you will evaluate what impact program had
  • Can’t just say you did it
  • Need some way to give evidence of impact
  § Need to have Objectives
  § And an evaluation piece
  • Could be a survey
  • Or some other kind of measure
  • But important to funders
  o Need some way to prove effectiveness
  o Funders can then say they provided funds
  o And got certain results in return
  ? Grant Application; Budget
  o Last part is the budget
  § Crucial
  § You are playing with their money
  § Need to be clear about how you will spend it
  o Most funders require line items
  § Detailed description of how money will be spent
  o Need to not just make up numbers
  § But amounts that you will follow
  o Not following your budget can make you look bad
  § Might tell other organizations that you are not trustworthy
  § Also illegal
  § So important to be honest with budget numbers
  • Not try to cover over or deceive
  § Best to be honest
  • Ask for help from funder
  • Or get an accountant to assist
  § Get help if need be
  • But be honest
  • And have a clear budget
  Submitting the Proposal
  o Need to build relationship with funder
  § Can’t just submit the proposal
  § Many funders like to know who is submitting a request
  • Like if some unknown person comes to your house and asks to be your friend
  • Same response from funders if no relationship
  § Need to build that rapport with funders
  • Gives you more chance for funding
  o If you get the money, be sure to give appropriate reports
  § Follow their requirements
  o Also include their name in any publicity you do
  § Funders are interested in having the public aware of their grants
  o And that is a brief summary of how to write a grant