BUSN 157 - Writing for Good: Nonprofit Grant-Writing and Communication

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
Summer Online
Fall Day, Online

Designed to Serve All students interested in learning to write in a professional business manner or fundraise, especially those wishing to raise money through grants.
Active Date 20260408T14:57:49

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Shared Learning Environment Yes
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
ProfTech Related Instruction

Communications

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
Research private foundation and government grants with funding criteria matching nonprofit mission, vision, and values.

Construct written letters of inquiry and grant proposals.

Select grassroots funding strategies that amplify organizational assets.

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

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