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Stephanie Schweitzer Dixon: Key Steps for Successful Grants_Sea4_Epi3 Nonprofit Corner Podcast
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Stephanie Schweitzer Dixon has worked in the nonprofit
sector for twenty-five years. She began her career as a grant writer and consultant assisting nonprofit
organizations in program development, fundraising, grant writing, and the management of grant-funded programs. She then served as the Executive Director of a nonprofit organization for thirteen and a half years. Her duties included raising money, leading the grants management process, managing a volunteer first response team, and teaching suicide prevention, mental health, and crisis
intervention training.
Stephanie is the CEO and Owner of SSD Consulting, providing consulting and training services to professionals working primarily within the nonprofit and government sectors.
This episode identified key challenges grant writers face:
No program plan
No data
Expect Grant writer to do it all
5 Key Concepts & Steps for Successful Grant Writing
Understand Grant writing is a process.
Know what makes you unique?
Program planning is essential to the success of
every grant application.
Align your mission with the grantor’s goals and
preference for funding.
Collaboration leads to success, both in the
program and developing the grant application.
Takeaways
Grants are NOT free money. There are task and responsibilities before, during, and after receiving grant funding.
Develop - Good communication, a good team, and nurture partnership.
Stephanie’s book:
Grant Writing Manual: A Project Planning, Grant
Seeking, Grant Writing, and Program Management Training Manual
CONNECT WITH STEPHANIE
https://www.facebook.com/ssdconsulting/ ;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssdixon45/ ;
https://twitter.com/ConsultingSsd
Learn more about the Logic Model Program Planning Framework https://LMPP.now.site
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Stephanie Schweitzer Dixon has worked in the nonprofit
sector for twenty-five years. She began her career as a grant writer and consultant assisting nonprofit
organizations in program development, fundraising, grant writing, and the management of grant-funded programs. She then served as the Executive Director of a nonprofit organization for thirteen and a half years. Her duties included raising money, leading the grants management process, managing a volunteer first response team, and teaching suicide prevention, mental health, and crisis
intervention training.
Stephanie is the CEO and Owner of SSD Consulting, providing consulting and training services to professionals working primarily within the nonprofit and government sectors.
This episode identified key challenges grant writers face:
No program plan
No data
Expect Grant writer to do it all
5 Key Concepts & Steps for Successful Grant Writing
Understand Grant writing is a process.
Know what makes you unique?
Program planning is essential to the success of
every grant application.
Align your mission with the grantor’s goals and
preference for funding.
Collaboration leads to success, both in the
program and developing the grant application.
Takeaways
Grants are NOT free money. There are task and responsibilities before, during, and after receiving grant funding.
Develop - Good communication, a good team, and nurture partnership.
Stephanie’s book:
Grant Writing Manual: A Project Planning, Grant
Seeking, Grant Writing, and Program Management Training Manual
CONNECT WITH STEPHANIE
https://www.facebook.com/ssdconsulting/ ;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssdixon45/ ;
https://twitter.com/ConsultingSsd
Learn more about the Logic Model Program Planning Framework https://LMPP.now.site
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nonprofitcorner/message
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nonprofitcorner/support
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