COM 427 - Grant Writing

Description:
Students will learn how to evaluate nonprofit organizational needs, identify and research foundations and other funding organizations as potential sources of support, and grant proposal writing.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: COM 312 and a nonprofit major, minor, or certificate, public relations major, communications major or by permission of instructor.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate the various revenue streams available to nonprofit organizations and the advantages and disadvantages of grant writing.
Write competitive grant proposals, including a statement of need/rationale, implementation strategies, outcomes, personnel, evaluation, budget, attachments, and an executive summary.
Demonstrate knowledge of grant funding sources.
Demonstrate knowledge of assessment of grant proposals according to specified criteria.
Compare and contrast fundraising through corporate donations versus foundation grants

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/05/15

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