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GRANT MAKERS
Foundations and Trusts ● Non-Profits ● Corporate
Sponsors
Bright Star Grant
Consultants will either perform the following services or coach your team so
your investment in the community will make a significant impact. The days of
just handing out checks are over. Grant makers want assurance that their
funding dollars have fiscal and social impacts that reflect the grant
maker’s priorities and mission.
Our services range from full service grant making development to assisting
the small business owner deal will frequent calls for donations.
Sample of services:
Grantmaking
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Facilitate the process
for your foundation to focus and refine your standards, ethics, and
grantmaking practices
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Organize your grant
making structure and process
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Review and score
Letters of Inquiry or full proposals
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Develop the Request
for Proposal
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Facilitate the
criteria determination, scoring, review of proposals, and selection of
grantees
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Develop a contract
with the grantee, including the oversight process, budget control, site
visits, reports, and project evaluation
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Close projects that
are not performing
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Build relationships
with other foundations, stakeholders, and potential grantees
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Review and evaluate
operations, procedures, and current processes for grantmaking
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Advise program and
policy guidelines according to changing societal conditions and the diverse
viewpoints in the community
Leveraging Impact
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Coordinate funding
with other foundations or fund granting entities
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Budget development
including: Evaluation, dissemination, strategic communication, and social
marketing
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Duplicate a successful
model
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Develop collaborative
consortiums to increase impact of projects
New Foundation
Development
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Define and articulate
philanthropic vision and mission statements
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Develop governing
and/or decision making bodies
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Develop grantmaking
Policy and Guidelines
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Strategic planning
that includes the process to review and evaluate operations, procedures, and
grantmaking processes
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Establish a clear,
logical, and consistent grant making components including process, cycle,
and documents
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"Renee Bourque's
Introduction to grants class and workshop series was a great help in my work
with a local community foundation. The class was challenging, fun, and a
great opportunity for building confidence. I found that the presentation of
information was clear, concise, hands on, and relevant to grant seekers and
grant makers alike."
Bonnie
Parden
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Renee is explaining what makes a good grantee and how to evaluate them on the University of Washington Social Venture Funding Panel for Entrepreneur Week. Patrick Ennis of Arch Venture Partners and Robin Breedlove of Social Venture Partners are also shown |
