The Foundation Center

Grant Writting Program

Brooklyn Block Associations and Civic groups,  the New York Foundation center offers an opportunity to learn how to write grants.  Securing grants is a good source of funds for your Brooklyn community projects.  Below you will find the class schedule

The Foundation Center has scheduled the following free training classes in New York City during August 2012:

Proposal Budgeting Basics:August 2
learn how to prepare and present a budget in a grant proposal. 

Proposal Writing Basics: August 2
The basics of writing a proposal for their nonprofit organization.

Grant-seeking Basics: August 8, 22
learn how the Center’s resources  can help make  you a more effective grantseeker. For beginners, this introduction to the library provides instruction in foundation research and identification of potential funders. follow.

How to Approach a Foundation: August 15
learn how to initiate contact with potential donors, plan calls and meetings, and build partnerships with sponsors. This class is intended for fundraisers.

Introduction to Finding Funders: August 22
This class provides a hands-on introduction on how to use the center’s comprehensive online database – The Foundation Directory Online – to research and identify potential funders. The Foundation Directory Online contains over 100,000 profiles of grant-making institutions.

Classes are held at The Foundation Center, located at:

New York Library
79 Fifth Ave. 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003

Space is limited, so register early

For more information, call 212-620-4230 or visit www.foundationcenter.org.