Essential Grant Skills - Overview

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Learn Core Grant Skills in Only 2 days!

Focus on the areas that are most crucial, challenging—and rewarding! Plus, get a thorough overview of the entire grant proposal development process. 

New to grant proposal writing?

This training gives you a comprehensive, concentrated introduction to the field, sets you on the right track, and helps you steer clear of the most common grant proposal pitfalls.

Experienced and looking for a professional grant development tune-up?

This training refreshes and updates your skills while sharpening your competitive edge.

In this two-day training, learn how to create a successful grant proposal:

• Write a data-based description of the problem your nonprofit cares about
• Define specific, measurable outcomes and demonstrate that your organization can deliver them
• Build a basic, doable evaluation plan (and know when to call in an expert)
• Outline a bulletproof budget
• Plan ahead for future funding to sustain your program
• Understand the grant proposal review process
• Identify which tools help you find grantmakers that are right for you.

Why this training makes grant proposal writing come alive

Essential Grant Skills training uses The Grantsmanship Center’s Listen & Discuss, Do & Review^® curriculum — the most effective approach for adult learners. Our training uses hands-on exercises so that you retain what you learn. 

You leave the training with a workbook of proposal components for your own organization, a network of colleagues to contact, and six months of follow-up support with our Alumni Membership Program.

You're not alone when class is over

As a graduate of Essential Grant Skills you receive our Alumni Membership for six months. This helps you:

• Find funders through GrantStation, our database of foundation, corporate, and federal grantmakers
• Upgrade your own skills with tuition discounts on other training programs, publications, and consulting services
• Find the answers you need. Ask The Center!

Tuition

Tuition for individuals enrolled in the 2-day Essential Grant Skills in 2024 is $545. Save $50 with early bird discount when you pay at least thirty days before the training start date. Tuition for this training in 2025 is $675 with $100 early bird discount.

Choose the training that's best for you and register online or contact The Grantsmanship Center’s Registrar: registrar@tgci.cm.

Here’s a template for a letter you can customize to help your boss understand how this training will increase your skills, knowledge and benefit your organization.

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Details

• When the training is in-person, we email confirmation with directions and parking info after receipt of your payment
• For online training, we ill send you a series of threee detailed emails the week before class. 

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