BUSN 157 - Grant Writing/Grassroots Fundraising

5 Credits

Raising money for nonprofits with focus on organizations serving marginalized communities. Includes strategies for identifying foundation and government grants, conducting research and building relationships, writing letters of inquiry and preparing effective proposals, identifying and analyzing grassroots fundraising strategies to maximize organizational and community assets, finding and cultivating individual donors, making effective asks, and using fundraising as a leadership development tool. Course will include student-led projects to design fundraising tools for local nonprofits.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered

Spring Evening

Designed to Serve Certificate Non-Profit Management; AAS Small Business; Continuing Education
Active Date 2015-04-02

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 32
Contact Hours: Lecture 55 Lab 0 Worksite 0 Clinical 0 Other 0
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

Charitable giving landscape
Targeting and relationship building
Goals, objectives and strategies
Effective proposals
Asset mapping and grassroots fundraising
Identifying, asking and upgrading donors
(Fund)raising up leaders
Student-led community projects

Student Learning Outcomes
Properly research private foundation and government grants with funding criteria matching NP mission and program.

Construct effective letters of inquiry and grant proposals.

Select grassroots funding strategies that amplify organizational assets.

Create a project that details how fundraising activities can be used to develop leadership in marginalized communities.

Create tools to advance a local non-profit's fundraising efforts, based on organizational needs.