Fee: $15 for Spokes Members, $10 for companions

$20 for not-yet-members

Early Birds: Pay online one week in advance & receive $5.00 off

Think applying for a Federal Grant is a daunting prospect? This workshop will help you understand the function and structure of federal agencies so the process becomes more manageable. We’ll help you to identify suitable grants and prepare a viable proposal. You’ll walk away prepared to take advantage of Federal opportunities.

• Use grants.gov to locate funding opportunities and submit proposals
• Understand the funder’s priorities in relation to your mission
• Decide if collaboration with other entities will improve your project
• Position your organization for success and write competitive proposals
• Manage a funded project and work with a federal agency

This class is limited to participants who have previous grant writing experience or who have attended Spokes’ “Grant Writing Basics” or a similar course.

Facilitated by Dr. Suzanne Valery. Suzanne, now retired, was the Director of Institutional Grants at Allan Hancock College for twelve years. She has over twenty years’ experience working in all aspects of grants management. As a retiree, she volunteers on the Fund for Santa Barbara’s Grant Making Committee and its Strategic Planning Committee. She also provides technical assistance and evaluation to Santa Maria’s Central Coast Makerspace Collaborative, a newly established grant-funded initiative. Before working in education, she worked in the nonprofit sector providing case management, employment counseling, and developing self-sufficiency programs in collaboration with government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community colleges. Her dissertation research focused on stakeholders’ views of the process of inter-organizational collaboration.