[nabentre] Grant Writers

[Homme, James]

Hi David,
This information is good for now. I think that I'm looking for anecdotal material about what you do. I ended up deciding to start with a course called Writing For Fun And Profit from http://www.vu.org, with the idea of beginning to build into my schedule the things writers do everyday, and to get a feel for the business side and non-writing side of things, such as getting organized, how to write a query letter, where to find work, what you have to do to just do the job. I'm attempting to see if I am the kind of person for this without investing a lot of money. I have grown in confidence about putting words together because I was once a typical programmer who wrote badly, and used too much jargon. Now, when I hand over the occasional article to someone in my area whom I feel is a real writer, they rarely have substantive changes to make to my work, and only have mostly visual cleaning up. Now, I want to know what it's like to start to get real assignments, such as ones with deadlines and word counts, and what it's like to work with a real editor and to interview people, and whatever goes with the job of writing, including keeping records, business activities of the craft, and everything else I don't know to include here. 

Thanks.

Jim

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Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 12:52 PM
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Dear Jim,

I am a grant writer and have written grantsfor the NFB , myself and other 
individuals.
If you want to write grants, educate yourself.
Go to the Foundations Center web site, www.foundationscenter.org and you can 
see some of the information that is put out by grant making foundations.
There are many grant instruction web sites and you can even go to your local 
library or Community Foundation HQ and get instructions on how to write 
them.
For individuals it is harder as most grants are for agencies, organizations 
and government agencies.
Individuals can apply for some grants, but it is limited.  It comes down to 
what it is you are looking for.

Normally you will want to start with a foundation directory that list the 
names, locations and contact info for the foundations and also gives you 
information such as what areas of Interest they give grants in, What their 
"Mean" grant is, they IRS 990 forms, Who they gave grants to last year, What 
geographical area they serve, How to contact them and what dates begin and 
end their grant cycles.

If you have questions, I will try to answer as time permits me.
By the way, you can go to your local library or Community Foundation and 
look at many foundation directories and instructions on how to write grants 
right there.
Let me know what you have in mind and I can advise you.

David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
I-mail: drevans at bellsouth.net

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From: "Homme, James" <james.homme at highmark.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 7:25 AM
Subject: [nabentre] Grant Writers


> Hi,
> Does anyone here know any grant writers? I want to learn about the process 
> of grant writing.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Homme,
> Usability Services,
> Phone: 412-544-1810.
>
>
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