Spark the Fire Essential Grantwriting Seminar

Learn the core skills for writing grants in just one day. Find out what other organizations are raving about and learn how to write exemplary grants.

Spark the Fire Essential Grantwriting Seminars are the highly-rated, day-long seminars in which you will learn all the essentials of grantwriting to set you on the right track and help you steer clear of common grant proposal pitfalls. Perfect for beginners and intermediate grantwriters.

Learn the following skills:
-prospect research
-building annual grants calendars
-community needs assessments
-proposal writing & storytelling
-outcomes & evaluation
-budget & attachments
-submitting grants online and on paper
-relationship building
-grants management

Instructor: Allison Shirk has more than twenty years experience writing grants and ten years experience as a freelance grantwriter. She has taught over fifty grantwriting classes to hundreds of non-profit professionals in the last four years. Before becoming an instructor and freelance grantwriter, she was Lead Grants Manager for Catholic Community Services of Western Washington. She is a Site Reviewer for 4Culture and a Guest Columnist for the Foundation Center – New York’s blog. Allison is listed as a consultant with the prestigious Statewide Nonprofit Resource Directory hosted by 501 Commons.