The Radio Bilingue Approach to Grantseeking Presented at National Federation of Community Broadcaste

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The Radio Bilingue Approach to Grantseeking
Presented at National Federation of Community
Broadcasters ConferencePortland, ORApril 2009

• Dr. Graciela León Orozco
• Associate Professor
• San Francisco State University
• [phone] and orozco_at_sfsu.edu

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Deciding that grantwriting is a priority
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Determining Capacity Programming Streams

• News Information
• Health
• Education
• Immigration
• Arts
• Environment
• Youth
• Development
• Website/Internet

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Finding Your Own Niche
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Examples of what Radio Bilingüe has been funded
for

• Breast Cancer Detection for Hmong women
• Rockin Da House Youth Training and Sex
  Education
• La Placita Bilingüe The Town Plaza
• Latinos in Engineering
• Ultimos Cuidados Hospice Care for Latinos
• La Hora Mixteca
• Línea Abierta A National Talk Show Covering the
  Arts, Health, Education, Immigration, Politics

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What does it take to get the ?

• Relationships
• Research
• wRriting

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Research Seek out funders whose priorities
closely match your interests

• Name, Address, Contact Person
• Financial Data Assets, Total Grants Paid, Grant
  Ranges/Amount Needed, Period of Funding
• Subject/Area Focus
• Geographic Limits
• Type(s) of support
• Population(s) served
• Application deadlines, online, letter of inquiry,
  formal proposal
• Annual Report
• Top foundations in terms of assets, giving

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Grant making foundations increased their giving
2.8 in 2008

• The more than 75,000 U.S. grantmaking foundations
  increased their giving 2.8 percent in 2008 to an
  estimated 45.6 billion, according to Foundation
  Growth and Giving Estimates Current Outlook
  (2009 Edition). Giving did not grow as much as
  had been expected due to the extreme nature of
  the economic downturn. Over 67 percent of
  foundations surveyed said they expect to reduce
  their 2009 giving. Source Foundation Center

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Foundation Giving Trends

• December 2006 Education and health received
  the largest shares of foundation grant dollars in
  2005, according to the Foundation Giving Trends
  Preview. This snapshot report provides a first
  look at 2005 grantmaking patterns. Among other
  key findings international affairs and the
  environment posted the fastest growth in grant
  dollars between 2004 and 2005. A detailed
  analysis of these findings will be published in
  February in the 2007 edition of Foundation Giving
  Trends. - Download the report
• Source The Foundation Center

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The wRiting Process

• Begin with Letter of Inquiry
• The introduction serves as the exec summary
• Organization description
• The statement of need
• Methodology
• Other funding sources approached
• Final Summary
• Attachments only as requested
• Invitation to submit full proposal
• Source The Foundation Center

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How important is your radio service for
educating, informing, involving your listeners

• Consider grantwriting as a priority
• Identify programming priorities
• Identify your capacity
• Cultivate Relationships, do the research, wRite
  the proposals

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Resources

• Foundation Center www.fdncenter.org
• Philanthropy News Digest online or via email
• Geever, J. (2001). The Foundation Centers Guide
  to Proposal Writing. (3rd edition)
• Grantsmanship Center [phone]
• www.grants.gov for federal grant opportunities
• National Directory of Corporate Giving -- details
  on over 1950 corporate foundations. It is
  indexed by
• Funding interests
• Corporate location
• Types of support
• Type of business