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The all-too-common problem: Your nonprofit wants to launch a new program that could greatly benefit your community, but first you'll need help with general overhead. And getting that support can be difficult in a tight funding environment -- especially one in which many funders won't fund general overhead.

But, while operating expenses are indeed not high priority for most foundations, the prevailing myth that foundations won't pay for operating support simply is not true.

Just how common is foundation support for operating costs? What are generally accepted overhead rates for proposals? And most importantly, what are the keys to success when seeking operating support?

Do “operating costs” mean the same thing for all private funders? Can operating costs include salaries for staff, for consultative and legal services? Are rental fees included in operating costs?

These are just some of the many issues to be thoroughly explored when CD Publications presents “Winning Funding for Operating Costs”. This 60-minute audio conference will provide insightful, authoritative answers to some of the most frequently posed -- and downright gnawing -- questions raised within grantwriting circles about funding overhead expenses.

Join expert grant analyst and veteran grantwriter David Kittross, editor of Federal & Foundation Assistance Monitor for more than 2 decades and currently senior editor of Community Health Funding Report, as he provides the latest insights on how nonprofits can indeed find funding for operating expenses that are essential for providing new programs.

Among the topics to be discussed …

• How do you find foundations most willing to provide operational funding?
• What “inside information” should your organization be ready to share?
• How do you get the attention of funders who don’t accept unsolicited requests?
• What do you need to know about new trends and  models for overhead funding?
• Where do you start searching, and what should you look for in potential funders?
• What are the keys to success when seeking overhead support?
• How can smaller nonprofits raise operating capital?

And so much more!

Our presentation will include a package of handouts that you’ll want to hang onto for future use, invaluable information that will become an essential part of your grantseeking tool box.