How to Find Funding for Your Organization
Learn where to go to uncover grant opportunities and how to research, track, and evaluate potential sources of grant funding. Includes PDF downloads, videos, & customizable templates.
Learn How to Find Potential Funders for Your Organization
This course is designed to help you ask the right questions and find resources that can facilitate your grantseeking.
An assessment process to determine what kind of funding and funding amounts your organization should target
Grantmaker database options—an introduction to the different types, their benefits, and their cost
A selection of resources (free and paid) that you can use to manage your prospect research
Ways to position your organization to increase its visibility & success
Main Topics
Course Overview
How to Get the Most from the Course
About Peak Proposals
Introduction
PDF Download: Getting Into the Grant Mindset: What Is a Reasonable Target for Revenue?
Quiz: How to set a reasonable grant revenue target
Chapter 1 Workbook: Setting Funding Targets
Relevant Results: The Challenge of Finding the Right Search Terms
PDF Download: How to Identity & Track Keywords
Quiz: What are the some of the best ways to generate keywords for funder research?
Choosing Your Tools and Methods for Funder Research
PDF Download: Resources for Finding Funding Opportunities Sponsored by Foundations & Government Agencies
Chapter 3 Workbook: Choosing Your Research Tools
Conducting Prospect Research Using Google
Working Backward: How to Follow the Funding Trail (or, how to find funding opportunities without a funder database)
Seeking Funding from the US Government
Seeking Funds for International Projects
Review of Philanthropy News Digest
Tour of Grants.gov
Introduction to the USAID Business Forecast