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PGA Finds Funding for Early Childhood Leadership, Training Efforts
   PGA reader Charlotte Hendricks, the coordinator for an early childhood training program at an Alabama Community Action Agency, asked for help in maintaining and expanding the boot camps it holds for leaders from state early childhood organizations. The Alabama Early Childhood Leadership Acade...
posted 5/2/13 4 PM  read complete story

PGA Helps Reader Find After-School, Substance Abuse Prevention Opportunities
   Grant Guru: A reader in Tyler, TX asks for help in finding funding to expand existing after-school and counseling programs that offer kids a safe place to play as well as provide them with mental health and substance abuse counseling. Lisa Sipes, of the Next Step Community Solutions (formerly the S...
posted 7/5/12 08:54 AM  read complete story

Foundation Official Offers Tips on Winning Komen Funding
   Grant Guru is shaking things up again this month. We continue to be inundated with general questions from grant seekers who want to know what funders are looking for. If you are looking to score support for your health care programs, we suggest you imitate the A Silver Lining Foundation (ASLF), whic...
posted 6/12/12 07:55 AM  read complete story

NYLF Official Provides Grant Guru with Insight into Funding, Awards
   We are changing up our format a bit this month. Grant Guru will be asking questions to a New York Life Foundation (NYLF) official after the foundation recently gave $1 million to the Moyer Foundation for child bereavement support programs. NYLF president Chris Park sat down with Grant Guru to...
posted 5/17/12 06:29 AM  read complete story

PGA Helps Reader Find Education, Capital Improvement Grants
   Dear Grant Guru: "I would be interested in being given grant opportunities to write for funding," for a range of education and capital improvement projects, says Clyde Naasz, a reader. Grant Guru: Naasz listed an array of projects, including funding for a swimming pool project, a school ...
posted 4/10/12 4:56 PM  read complete story

PGA Helps Faith-Based Group Find Literacy, Education Funding
   Dear Grant Guru: "We are like a YMCA and are looking literacy, education funding," asks Gwendolyn Irby, a longtime reader. "One of our programs, the Nat'l Christian Writers program, we would love funding for." Grant Guru: Irby is co-founder of the Crawford Irby International Fou...
posted 3/8/12 09:07 AM  read complete story

PGA Offers Funding Sources for Faith-Based Group
   Dear Grant Guru: "I was hoping that you could share some suggestions for our specific situation at a church," says Leah Knipe, community outreach coordinator for the Modesto Church of the Brethren. "We have a 501(c)(3) and have applied for quite a few grants. I am having a very diffic...
posted 2/1/12 1:56 PM  read complete story

PGA Provides Leads for Youth Athletic Funding for Reader
   Dear Grant Guru: "We are looking for funding to offset (athletic) programs since most of our programs have no or very little expense for the participants," asks Howard Warren, financial development coordinator for Niagara Police Athletic League (NPAL) in Niagara Falls, NY, Grant Guru: Warren is the...
posted 1/2/12 07:38 AM  read complete story

(FUNDING TIPS) Simple Ways to Demystify the Needs Statement
   Dear Grant Guru: "We are stumped on the needs statement. Can you give us any guidance on where to start?" Grant Guru: Every grant writer will eventually face the same problem: how to write an adequate needs statement to identify the reason why a grant is necessary. When approaching a ne...
posted 12/9/11 03:27 AM  read complete story

(TIPS) PGA Helps Find Funding for School Field Replacement Project
     Dear Grant Guru: "We are in need of a grant that can allow for us to get Astro Turf for our football field," asks Alicia Grinsteinner, from the Grants and Contracts office at Eastern New Mexico University. "Perhaps a water conservation grant?" Grant Guru: Thanks.This type of ...
posted 12/1/11 4:26 PM  read complete story