In partnership with Candid, the Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee will offer a grant proposal writing workshop as part of its Nonprofit Skills Academy.

In this two-day, fully-online, hands-on workshop, you will learn the main parts of a grant proposal. You will write several of those parts of the proposal during the class and get feedback on them from experts and peers. You’ll also learn how to find potential funders for your project, and you’ll learn what those funders look for in a proposal and what they don’t like to see.

What will you learn?

• Understand how to write a grant proposal for your own project
• Create a basic budget to use in your grant proposal
• Find potential grant funders for your proposal using Foundation Directory
• Learn what grant funders want in a proposal and the biggest red flags from their perspective.

Who should attend?

• Board members
• CEOs, executive directors, upper management
• Fundraising & development staff
• Grant writers
• All levels of experience

Bonus materials

• A 70-page workbook with worksheets and example
• Downloadable templates for preparing your proposal
• Temporary access to Foundation Directory

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Note: This workshop is limited exclusively to registrants from nonprofit organizations based in Wisconsin.

Join the Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management for our Fall 2021 Virtual Research Colloquium. See below for more information.

Moving Beyond Transactions: A Qualitative Look at the Characteristics of Transformational Relationships Leveraged by Nonprofit Staff in Their Work in the Community

November 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Presenter: Catherine (Draeger) Pederson, PhD

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of transformational relationships, in contrast to transactional encounters, and how nonprofit staff leverages them to improve nonprofit effectiveness. This research addresses the dissonance between transformational change needed in struggling communities and the transactional work required by nonprofits to serve those communities continuously. Throughout the Literature, there is a consensus that nonprofits should have a level of accountability to their beneficiaries and funding partners. Still, there is limited consensus about what evaluation method(s) offers the best measurement of nonprofit effectiveness and outcomes. Benjamin’s (2008) research observed a model that included tracking short- and long-term outcomes focused on external changes by participants and organizational capacity/building.

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