Chaffee County Community Foundation (CCCF)

and

Chaffee County Public Health

present

CCCF’s Best Practices Series for Nonprofits:

Grant Writing Essentials

Grant writing is hard work and involves much more than just words on a page.

Are you ready to write grants? Does your organization have a great plan, along with the capacity to carry out your proposal? Can you clearly explain your desired outcomes?

This workshop is for you.

You will learn to:

• Craft compelling cover letters.
• Understand and use the Colorado Common Grant application.
• Construct a data-based narrative of the challenge or opportunity you are proposing.
• Define the specific, measurable outcomes of your proposal and then demonstrate that your organization can deliver them.
• Create clear, concise project budgets.
• Identify “best funder” matches and understand the tools available to do so.
• And more.

When: March 12 from 9am to 1pm

Where: Scout Hut, Salida (210 E. Sackett)

Cost: $20 per person

Register at www.chaffeecountycommunityfoundation.org (click link at bottom of page)

Your presenters:

Sydney Schnurr, CFRE is a retired Professor of Arts Administration at University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music where she taught Marketing and Fundraising.  She is an experienced non-profit professional, having held the positions of Development Director at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Associate Development Director at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. She also worked in the Estate Planning Department of the Cleveland law firm of McDonald Hopkins. She has a BA in American Studies from Michigan State University and a MA in Arts Administration from UC-CCM. Sydney is a CFRE and the past President of the Board of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Cincinnati chapter.

Ruthann Schoeffield, MNM, has been a part of the nonprofit world for nearly 40 years. As a 25-year resident of Chaffee County, her instructional emphasis has been on empowering rural, grassroots nonprofits to secure mission-driven resources to benefit the wider community. Ruthann’s nonprofit expertise has supported international, national, regional and local nonprofit organizations over the years. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Art from the State University of New York and a Masters in Nonprofit Management degree from Regis University.

Mike Orrill is the Regional Health Connector/Special Projects Coordinator with Chaffee County Public Health for the past almost 2 years.  His primary responsibility is to connect health and wellness sectors/practitioners in a four-county region with the resources they need to help them meet their health and wellness goals.  His areas of focus are: opioids/addiction, LGBTQ, diabetes, homelessness. He is also the administrator to the new Chaffee Resources Health and Wellness website. Previously, he served as the pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Salida for 27 years.

Moderator: Michael Hannigan, Executive Director, CCCF