Nonprofit Basics: Strengthening Organizational Capacity, Session 7: Grant Writing Basics
In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:
Offer practical skills and foundational elements needed to run, operate, and grow a healthy nonprofit organization
Educate nonprofit leaders on the importance and elements of building proper infrastructure
Build community and share resources among RCO, RCC, and peer-run nonprofit leaders
Session 7 focused on grant writing basics. THE Learning objectives were:
Learn techniques essential for obtaining grants
Review examples of funded grants and consider areas for improvement
Describe the requirements for submitting a federal grant application using a checklist approach such as SAMS or DUNS approvals, and other submission requirements
Review a SAMHSA RFA and understand the essential information presented
Draft a proposal outline for the SAMHSA RFA for your organization
Discuss challenges and solutions to writing a federal grant and the capacity and resources necessary