Tone, I've written plenty of grant proposals for the non-profit corporation I work for, as well as for caving projects. The biggest caving project for which I've sought funding was the Huautla Project. In the late 70s and early 80s Bill Stone and I would each send out a letter a day for several months seeking support.
I've taken grant writing classes and have attended seminars with my job. What it always come down to is to have a project worthy of support, hype it up to sound important (the American effort to explore the world's deepest cave!), and write to the right person. I'll never forget writing a letter to the Fisher Peanut Company asking for a donation. I wrote to the president of the company and the president of the company called me personally. He thought it was cool. When he asked how many pounds of peanuts we were seeking, I pitched low, too low. I said 25 pounds. He said, "25 pounds? How about 100? How about 200?" Right now I have a task at my job of raising $20 million by 2010. How will I do it? The cause is good. I'll make up a prospect list of wealthy potential donors who will care about the cause, and I'll look hard for one lead donor who will give us half the goal himself, and be willing to tap his wealthy buddies for the rest. We're talking about a victory dinner in a very prominent place to make it fun. Bill ---- Tone G <[email protected]> wrote: > I see this was through an NSF 5-year grant. > > I am interested in learning more about grant writing, especially where > concerning conservation. Can anyone suggest a starting point? > > \Tone > > On 7/9/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Good morning, y'all! > > > > Just wanted to give you a "heads up" in regard to an excellent article on > > the front page (!) > > of the Dallas Morning News today. > > > > It discusses the economic impact and importance of these little mammals > > and places to check them out around the > > state. > > > > Not a bad article from a city that is no where near any caves and I was > > thrilled to see it placed in such a prominent position. > > > > Here's the link: > > > > > > http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/070907dntexbats.37972e4.html > > > > > > Enjoy! > > > > > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
