Archive for January, 2010

What questions would you like to ask grantmakers?

January 14, 2010

What do you look for in a proposal?
What do you see as a successful proposal?
What do you think as a fundable project?
How do you approach corporate funders?
What is/are your tip(s) for crafting a winning grant proposal?
How Telling the Story:  Writing proposal that get read?
What does every grantwriter need to know?
How to effectively approach funding institutions?
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Meet Rick R. Williams

January 8, 2010

Mr. Rick Williams is currently the National Programs Director for the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation. As the national programs director, Mr. Williams leads the Foundation’s human services program areas. The focus of his responsibilities is to define, develop and implement initiatives which seek to reduce homelessness, end intergenerational poverty, and expand substance abuse [...]

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Meet DOUG STAMM

January 5, 2010

A native Oregonian with a background in private business, the nonprofit world, and law, Doug Stamm has been executive director of Meyer Memorial Trust since April 2002. Mr. Stamm has fiscal, leadership, and administrative responsibilities for the Trust, which has awarded over 4,000 grants, in excess of $300,000,000, to organizations in Oregon and Southwest [...]

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Meet Kristina L. Mayer, Ed. D.

January 4, 2010

Kristina Mayer has been a program officer since 1996. Employed by the Stuart Foundation, Ms. Mayer concentrates her work on educational issues affecting children and families in California and Washington. Her primary responsibilities in the education portfolio include teacher preparation, public engagement, education leadership and public policy. The Stuart Foundation spends nearly [...]

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