The document provides essential tips for grant writing, emphasizing the importance of adhering to application guidelines and ensuring that submissions meet the criteria set by funders. Key advice includes avoiding copying past applications, utilizing checklists to fulfill information requests, and keeping narratives clear and focused. The document also highlights the importance of understanding the funding organization's priorities and meeting deadlines while carefully managing budgets and required documents.

1. Money, Money, Money Grant Writing Tips To Make The World Go Round

2. Where or Where Are You? CDE www.cde.ca.gov US Dept of Education www.ed.gov/funding Search for Foundations, etc.

3. RFA What is it? They are requesting that you apply What you write is your application

4. ALPHABET SOUP RFP FTE DUNS MOU CTE CDE USDOE LEA OESE

5. TERMS TO TANTALIZE In-Kind Letter of Intent Matching Funds Budget Object Code Capital Outlay Electronic Submission Planning Implementation

6. A Scenario… Urban High School Population 3600 Underperforming Title 1 Budget cut by 25% Increasing class size Staff layoffs Outdated Tech equipment

7. Don’t copy Never read someone else’s old grant application before writing your own In fact, never read another grant

8. Get a Buddy Have someone not involved in the application read the narrative

9. Rules Are Not Made To be Broken Follow every direction to the letter Readers are not forgivers

10. Volunteer Arrange to be a reader for some other application

11. Be a New Best Friend Grant coordinators are there to help CALL TALK ASK Never Be Afraid That You Will Look Foolish

12. Attend the Information Session Meet the program coordinator in person Listen to all the questions of every one in attendance Take lots of notes

13. Mark It up Remember It is their money Therefore you must meet their criteria Not yours!!!

14. Make a Checklist Use the application Create a list of every piece of info the application asks for

15. Look to the Evaluation Work backwards Determine what you will be evaluated on and then make sure your narrative addresses everything in the evaluation

16. Grant writing is story telling Told in simple language Repeated throughout the application

17. It’s the Little Things That Count Pay close attention to- Verbs Transitional phrases negatives

18. Meet All Deadlines

19. Money, Money ,Money Be very careful with the budget pages Make sure what you are requesting meets the scope of the provider’s program

20. EXTRA EXTRA Don’t ignore the appendixes and attachments Do not give them anything they do not ask for – no one will look at it