Grant Writing Workshop Presented by Seattle Area Archivists

Grant Writing Workshop
Hosted by Seattle Area Archivists
Tuesday, June 20 - 9:30-3:30
Seattle Public Library - Central Branch

This workshop is designed to provide an overview of the grant seeking process, with a focus on how individuals in the nonprofit and public sectors apply for grant funding. The course will enable participants to develop and apply their knowledge of such fundamentals as prospect research, cultivating relations with funding sources, needs statements, and program and evaluation design. Course activities include:

• A tour of the Seattle Public Library's Foundation Center CooperatingCollection of publications and directories that contain informationabout foundation, corporation and government grant opportunities.
  
• Hands-on training in how to use the Library's online and databaseresearch tools.
  
• Instruction in program planning and foundation relations and how theseskills fit with grant writing.
  

Instructor Hilary Loeb has worked in a variety of nonprofit settings asan administrator, trainer and consultant. She is an experienced grantwriter who has written successfully funded grant requests in K-12 andhigher education, community development, the humanities and domesticviolence for private, corporate and public funders. Loeb also hasreviewed grants for the U.S. Department of Education and providedtechnical assistance to nonprofit organizations throughout the Seattlearea as both a foundation program officer and a consultant. She is aformer board member of the Puget Sound Grantwriters' Association and is completing her dissertation at the University of Washington in educational policy.

Sign up to take advantage of this low-cost workshop! Cost is $50 perparticipant due at time of sign-up. A registration form is available onthe Seattle Area Archivists website.