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Pinnacle 2015
1. Fire? Police? What about grants
for EMS
Pinnacle 2015
EMS & Leadership Conference
2. 1. Where do I find money?
2. Where do I find money?
3. Where do I find money?
3. Identify needs &
focus
Identify needs &
focus
Find prospective
grant
Find prospective
grant
Prepare proposalPrepare proposal
Submit proposalSubmit proposal
Accept or decline
award
Accept or decline
award
Carry out projectCarry out project
File reports with
funding agency
File reports with
funding agency
The Grant Process
11. Priority Sections
What is your project impacting?
• Education
• Training
• Community
• Safety
• Overall health
• Mutual aid interests
12. Identify needs
& focus
Identify needs
& focus
Find
prospective
grant
Find
prospective
grant
Prepare
proposal
Prepare
proposal
Submit
proposal
Submit
proposal
Accept or
decline award
Accept or
decline award
Carry out
project
Carry out
project
File reports with
funding agency
File reports with
funding agency
15. Government Grants
Pro
• Generous
monetary funds
• Clear priority
objectives
• Federal, state, and
local options
• Rarely ineligible
Con
• Complex NOFOs
• Highly competitive
• Time consuming
and lengthy
process
17. Private Foundation Grants
Pro
• Guidelines,
format and
application
process is clear
• Multi-year grants
• Local focus
Con
• Foundations can
switch giving focus
yearly
• Limited funds
• Geographic
limitations
18. Corporate Grants
Top 10 Corporations that Gave to Charity
# Company Name
Cash
Donation
% of Pre Tax Profit
1 Walmart Stores $311,607,280 1.3%
2 Wells Fargo & Company $275,478,175 1%
3 Chevron Corporation $274,348,743 0.6%
4 Goldman Sachs Group $262,580,983 2.3%
5 ExxonMobil Corporation $227,487,934 0.3%
6 JPMorgan Chase & Co. $210,908,786 0.8%
7 Bank of America $166,453,414 5.4%
8 Johnson & Johnson $157,168,000 1%
9 General Electric $154,800,000 0.9%
10 Target $148,597,737 3.2%
22. Identify needs &
focus
Identify needs &
focus
Find prospective
grant
Find prospective
grant
Prepare proposalPrepare proposal
Submit proposalSubmit proposal
Accept or decline
award
Accept or decline
award
Carry out projectCarry out project
File reports with
funding agency
File reports with
funding agency
23. How can we assist you?
The mission of FireGrantsHelp &
EMSGrantsHelp is to provide members
of the first responder community with a
free, comprehensive resource for grant
information and assistance.