Format: Live instructor-led online training via Zoom / Microsoft Teams

Introduction

Training on fundraising and grant management is an important course in the daily life as it helps Organization to manage grant. In addition individuals will obtain knowledge on how to raise funds meant for funding various activities such as education, hospital bill among other. Grants management and fundraising relates to the administrative tasks which mostly deals with handling of the money, reporting, and program implementation in a way that meets generally accepted standards as well as the requirements of the funding source.

Course Objective:

·         Writing Nonprofit Grant

·         Strategically aligning funder priorities, mission of organization and program budget

·         Needs Assessments

·         Evaluation Plan

·         Project Budget

·         Design a Project

Course content

·         Introduction

·         Understanding  Nonprofit Financial Streams

·         Creating Grant Writing Timeline

·         Need assessment  Statement

·         Checklist for Completing

·         Complete a Needs Assessment

·         Designing  Project

·         Drafting  Project

·         Types of Funders

·         Types of Grants

·         Common Elements of Government and Foundation Grants

·         Comparison of Government, Foundation, and Corporation Grants

·         Common Elements of Grants

·         Knowing Organization mission and vision

·         Gathering Information

·         Finding Funders

·         Finding Potential Funders

·         Picking the Right Funder(s)

·         Writing the Grant

·         Writing the Need Statement

·         Drafting the Need Statement

·         Writing the Project Description

·         Designing an Evaluation Plan

·         Developing a Project Budget

·         Supplemental Documents

·         Revision Process

·         Effective Writing

·         Submission and After Submission

·         Introduction to the Microsoft Word

·         Microsoft Word Essentials

·         Microsoft Word Basics of Entering and Editing Text

·         Formatting a Microsoft Word Document

·         Page Layout Techniques

·         Finalize Your Microsoft Word Document and Print Options

·         An Introduction to Word

·         Working with Microsoft Word Tabs

·         Working with Microsoft Word Tables

·         Word Styles Features

·         Working with Pictures in a Word Document

·         Adding Videos to a Microsoft Word Document

·         Microsoft Word Mail Merge

·         An Intermediate Level Microsoft Word

·         Advanced Level Microsoft Word

·         Working with Microsoft Word Forms

·         Creating Microsoft Word Templates

·         Microsoft Word Document Protection

·         Microsoft Word Track Changes

·         Building a Table of Contents with Style

·         Adding Footnotes and Endnotes

General Notes

·         All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants needs

·         The participant must be conversant with English

·         Presentations are well guided, practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are expert with more than 10years of experience.

·         Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with Foscore development center certificate (FDC-K)

·         Training will be done at Foscore development center (FDC-K) center in Nairobi Kenya. We also offer more than five participants training at requested location within Kenya, more than ten participant within east Africa and more than twenty participant all over the world.

·         Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.

·         The course fee includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, buffet lunch and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance and other personal expenses.

·         Accommodation, pickup, freight booking and Visa processing arrangement, are done on request, at discounted prices.

·         One year free Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.

·         Register as a group of more than two and enjoy discount of (10% to 50%) plus free five hour adventure drive to the National game park.

·         Payment should be done two week before commence of the training, to FOSCORE DEVELOPMENT CENTER account, so as to enable us prepare better for you.

·         For any enquiry at:training@fdc-k.org or +254712260031