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Best Practice Models: Funding Grant Professionals
Presented By: • Linda Gatten Butler, MSW, ACSW, LISW‐S, President, Butler Consulting, Inc. • Kimberly Richardson, MS, GPC, President, Kimberly Richardson Consulting
GPA National Conference, St. Louis, MO November 12, 2015
Presenters: Linda Gatten Butler, MSW, ACSW, LISW‐S, has her Masters in Social Work, is the Founder and Past President of the Miami Valley Ohio Chapter of GPA, national GPA board member from 2008‐2013, and a Licensed Independent Social Worker Supervisor. In 2014, Butler was the NASW Ohio Region 7’s “Social Worker of the Year”. She is a senior fundraising consultant and President of Butler Consulting for 21 years, specializing in grant seeking, training and managing, with over 40 years of clinical, administrative and fundraising experience with over 200 agencies nationwide, primarily in Ohio’s Miami Valley.
Presenters: Kimberly Richardson, MS, GPC International Grant Consultant 18+ years as grant writer/mgr. $65 mil in grants secured/managed Author, “The Official Federal Grants Prep Guide” President of AL Chapter of GPA
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AGENDA/SESSION OVERVIEW: Introductions and expectations Learning objectives Benefits and challenges of funding grant professionals Best practice models (i.e., Allen County, Ohio Grant Specialist contract; and nonprofit foundation in Alabama) • Highlight the outcomes of best practice models and how they can be replicated • Closure, discussion and evaluations‐THANKS! • • • •
Introductions and expectations • Who is challenged by finding ways/support to fund your grant professional services? • How many of your are consultants? Salaried? • We might have some solutions for you!!!
Learning Objectives: 1) Discuss the benefits and challenges of funding grant consultants; 2) Describe two innovative, successful, best practice models that support and fund grant professionals in two states (i.e., Allen County, Ohio Grant Specialist contract; and nonprofit foundation in Alabama); and 3) Highlight the outcomes of best practice models and how they can be replicated.
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Benefits of Grant Consulting • FREEDOM • Ability to select projects and clients • Flexibility • Potential for improved quality of life • Better compensation • Increased respect and acknowledgement of skill sets
Challenges of Grant Consulting • Cyclical income based on funders’ grant cycles • Need for self‐promotion • Challenge of securing health insurance & other benefits • Isolation as solo entrepreneurs or home‐based business
Focus For Today Identification of alternative models that can support the generation of revenue outside of the solicitation of individual clients!!
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Allen County, Ohio ‐ Grant Specialist • 2013‐2016 eCivis contract for grant services • United Way of Greater Lima and the City of Lima pooled resources (CDBG and UW funds) @ $40,000/year • Initially, 1st year deliverables to write 10 proposals and win $100,000 • Renegotiated contract to focus on “grant readiness of nonprofits” and transition applicants as nonprofits vs. United Way
Allen County, Ohio ‐ Grant Specialist • Offered quarterly trainings in 2nd year as requirement to access grant consultation services (researching, writing and editing grants) • Registration for grant services and trainings posted on UWGL website
Allen County, Ohio ‐ Grant Specialist • 3rd year added quarterly, 90 minute consultations for nonprofits with completion of a questionnaire prior to consult • Quarterly reports to the City of Lima by UWGL (City focused on # nonprofits served, funds submitted, funds raised, # proposals submitted, # trainings offered‐ they were happy campers!) • Successes with HUD, foundations and Early Head Start funding that exceeded expectations!
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Alabama Nonprofit Partnership • Annual partnership between KRC and Collaborative Solutions, Inc. a 501c3 non‐ profit specializing in community and organizational development strategies to improve the lives of low‐income persons with special needs.
Alabama Nonprofit Partnership Services Offered: • Technical Assistance • Strategic Planning • Grants Management Compliance
Alabama Nonprofit Partnership • Sub‐contracted under federal grant opportunities/programs • Facilitated development of strategic plans with community action agencies to meet Results Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA) requirements • Six rural CAAs are ROMA compliant with the ability to continue drawing down CSBG funding
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Alabama Nonprofit Partnership • Structured on an hourly rate basis • Engaged two positions as sub‐contractors • Supported maintenance of millions of dollars in CSBG funding in Alabama
Alabama Nonprofit Partnership Honorable Mentions • Incorporation of Grants Corps in 2014 • Partnership with Grant Writing and Training Foundation
Replication • Seek out partnerships • ID logically aligned businesses operating locally or nationally • Create alternate mission‐oriented funding vehicles (i.e., set‐up a non‐profit) • Leverage the assets and influence of larger, well‐recognized organizations
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Nelson Mandela’s May 10, 1994 Presidential Inauguration Speech entitled‐ “Let your light shine!”: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves: Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others”.
CLOSURE: Questions Discussion Evaluation
Contact Information Linda Gatten Butler, MSW, ACSW, LISW‐S, President Butler Consulting, Inc., 270 S. Broadmoor Blvd., Springfield, OH, 45504 voice: 937‐399‐7192 fax: 937‐399‐2742 cell: 937‐408‐6295 LButler@Butler‐Consulting.com www.Butler‐Consulting.com
Kimberly Richardson, MS, GPC, President Kimberly Richardson Consulting 563 Rutherford Circle, Birmingham, AL 35206 Phone: 205‐612‐3600 www.kimrichardsonconsulting.com [email protected]
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Best Practice Models: Funding Grant Professionals
Presented By: • Linda Gatten Butler, MSW, ACSW, LISW‐S, President, Butler Consulting, Inc. • Kimberly Richardson, MS, GPC, President, Kimberly Richardson Consulting
GPA National Conference, St. Louis, MO November 12, 2015
Presenters: Linda Gatten Butler, MSW, ACSW, LISW‐S, has her Masters in Social Work, is the Founder and Past President of the Miami Valley Ohio Chapter of GPA, national GPA board member from 2008‐2013, and a Licensed Independent Social Worker Supervisor. In 2014, Butler was the NASW Ohio Region 7’s “Social Worker of the Year”. She is a senior fundraising consultant and President of Butler Consulting for 21 years, specializing in grant seeking, training and managing, with over 40 years of clinical, administrative and fundraising experience with over 200 agencies nationwide, primarily in Ohio’s Miami Valley.
Presenters: Kimberly Richardson, MS, GPC International Grant Consultant 18+ years as grant writer/mgr. $65 mil in grants secured/managed Author, “The Official Federal Grants Prep Guide” President of AL Chapter of GPA
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AGENDA/SESSION OVERVIEW: Introductions and expectations Learning objectives Benefits and challenges of funding grant professionals Best practice models (i.e., Allen County, Ohio Grant Specialist contract; and nonprofit foundation in Alabama) • Highlight the outcomes of best practice models and how they can be replicated • Closure, discussion and evaluations‐THANKS! • • • •
Introductions and expectations • Who is challenged by finding ways/support to fund your grant professional services? • How many of your are consultants? Salaried? • We might have some solutions for you!!!
Learning Objectives: 1) Discuss the benefits and challenges of funding grant consultants; 2) Describe two innovative, successful, best practice models that support and fund grant professionals in two states (i.e., Allen County, Ohio Grant Specialist contract; and nonprofit foundation in Alabama); and 3) Highlight the outcomes of best practice models and how they can be replicated.
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Benefits of Grant Consulting • FREEDOM • Ability to select projects and clients • Flexibility • Potential for improved quality of life • Better compensation • Increased respect and acknowledgement of skill sets
Challenges of Grant Consulting • Cyclical income based on funders’ grant cycles • Need for self‐promotion • Challenge of securing health insurance & other benefits • Isolation as solo entrepreneurs or home‐based business
Focus For Today Identification of alternative models that can support the generation of revenue outside of the solicitation of individual clients!!
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Allen County, Ohio ‐ Grant Specialist • 2013‐2016 eCivis contract for grant services • United Way of Greater Lima and the City of Lima pooled resources (CDBG and UW funds) @ $40,000/year • Initially, 1st year deliverables to write 10 proposals and win $100,000 • Renegotiated contract to focus on “grant readiness of nonprofits” and transition applicants as nonprofits vs. United Way
Allen County, Ohio ‐ Grant Specialist • Offered quarterly trainings in 2nd year as requirement to access grant consultation services (researching, writing and editing grants) • Registration for grant services and trainings posted on UWGL website
Allen County, Ohio ‐ Grant Specialist • 3rd year added quarterly, 90 minute consultations for nonprofits with completion of a questionnaire prior to consult • Quarterly reports to the City of Lima by UWGL (City focused on # nonprofits served, funds submitted, funds raised, # proposals submitted, # trainings offered‐ they were happy campers!) • Successes with HUD, foundations and Early Head Start funding that exceeded expectations!
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Alabama Nonprofit Partnership • Annual partnership between KRC and Collaborative Solutions, Inc. a 501c3 non‐ profit specializing in community and organizational development strategies to improve the lives of low‐income persons with special needs.
Alabama Nonprofit Partnership Services Offered: • Technical Assistance • Strategic Planning • Grants Management Compliance
Alabama Nonprofit Partnership • Sub‐contracted under federal grant opportunities/programs • Facilitated development of strategic plans with community action agencies to meet Results Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA) requirements • Six rural CAAs are ROMA compliant with the ability to continue drawing down CSBG funding
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Alabama Nonprofit Partnership • Structured on an hourly rate basis • Engaged two positions as sub‐contractors • Supported maintenance of millions of dollars in CSBG funding in Alabama
Alabama Nonprofit Partnership Honorable Mentions • Incorporation of Grants Corps in 2014 • Partnership with Grant Writing and Training Foundation
Replication • Seek out partnerships • ID logically aligned businesses operating locally or nationally • Create alternate mission‐oriented funding vehicles (i.e., set‐up a non‐profit) • Leverage the assets and influence of larger, well‐recognized organizations
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Nelson Mandela’s May 10, 1994 Presidential Inauguration Speech entitled‐ “Let your light shine!”: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves: Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others”.
CLOSURE: Questions Discussion Evaluation
Contact Information Linda Gatten Butler, MSW, ACSW, LISW‐S, President Butler Consulting, Inc., 270 S. Broadmoor Blvd., Springfield, OH, 45504 voice: 937‐399‐7192 fax: 937‐399‐2742 cell: 937‐408‐6295 LButler@Butler‐Consulting.com www.Butler‐Consulting.com
Kimberly Richardson, MS, GPC, President Kimberly Richardson Consulting 563 Rutherford Circle, Birmingham, AL 35206 Phone: 205‐612‐3600 www.kimrichardsonconsulting.com [email protected]
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