Before You Call a Grant Writer …

You know your work, you know your art form, you know how you can impact your audiences, donors and students – but how to convey this to a granting program when you’re competing with many established, experienced organizations for those precious project grant dollars?

What are the building blocks you need to have in place to embark on a successful grant writing campaign that can bring in needed funds to support your latest brilliant project idea?

Before You Call a Grant Writer for Your New Project …

Answer These 9 Essential Questions to Be “Grant Ready”

Read on to see how you can order this FREE Resource written by a long-time expert in arts funding and grant writing.

As artists and arts administrators, we feel strongly about our missions, our art forms, and our work. We’ve seen firsthand many times how what we do resonates with our communities and makes life richer all around.

The reality, though, is that it’s not easy to fund some of our best ideas and keep growing in the directions that will maximize both artistic satisfaction and the overall impact of our work.
Denise Pate

Reasons to read Before You Call a Grant Writer for Your New Project … Answer These 9 Essential Questions to Be “Grant Ready”:

Perhaps becoming more adept at using grantsmanship as a funding source has been near the top of your To Do list for some time.
You may need to orient a new committee on your board of directors to take over these functions.
You may be part of a foundation or municipal granting program and realize you need to rethink the way you present your guidelines or orient inexperienced grant-seekers to the ins and outs of the process.

In any case, this 9-question guide will encapsulate the process of preparing for a grant writing process – spelling out the things to consider BEFORE you hire your grant writer.

Starting today you can learn, in just a few minutes, the 9 essential questions you must answer before embarking on a journey to attract grant dollars to your programs.

Denise Pate has helped many organizations and artists prepare for and put together grant proposals for their projects and operating grants.

She has not only written winning proposals, she’s been (and continues to be) a member of many grant evaluation panels – that means she knows how arts funders think and what they tend to reward!

She’s served as the chief administrator for the arts granting arm of major U.S. cities. And, she’s helped municipalities and foundations revise their own granting procedures and approaches to reflect today’s demands for equity, diversity, fairness and inclusion.

You won’t find a more accomplished grant making professional than Denise Pate.

While she no longer does grant writing for clients, she has made some of the lessons she’s learned available to YOU – in the form of a succinct and FREE guide, written with your needs in mind.

Order your FREE copy of Before You Call a Grant Writer for Your New Project … Answer These 9 Essential Questions to Be “Grant Ready” TODAY!

This resource will help you get the lay of the land and think more clearly about who to approach for funding and how to maximize your chances of being successful in your funding request.

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