Framing Our Community
Bright Star is working
with Framing Our Community to develop integrated programs to transform a
regional economy previously extraction-based economy into a
restoration-based economy that improves forest and watershed conditions,
creates well paying green collar jobs, wild fire suppression and increased
educational opportunities. Bright Star is also linking home based crafters
with national e-commerce markets to create local jobs with minimal
infrastructure.
www.framingourcommunity.org.
North Idaho College Work Force Training Center: Lean Process Training
Convened leaders in
business, school district, organizations and college deans from health care,
banking and manufacturing to develop a model for providing course work and
work-based learning in applied lean principles.
http://www.nic.edu/websites/index.asp?dpt=65
Regional Workforce Planning Project
Participant in the
planning committee for the 5 northern counties of Idaho to prepare a
comprehensive strategic plan that delivers a vision of the area's
economic future and a blueprint for how to achieve that vision.
The Panhandle Region was awarded a $250,000 Regional
Innovation Grant (RIG) that will be administered by the Idaho Department
of Labor. The purpose of this planning grant is to bring into alignment
economic and workforce development, education, business, community
leaders and resources to meet the challenges of a changing regional
economy and the known dislocation events occurring within the area's
economy based on the forest products industries.
University of Idaho, Horizons Program for rural development
Conducted a 3 day
customized grant writing training for beginners. Seventy-five percent of
attendees received funding from grants that they developed in the
workshop.
http://extension.ag.uidaho.edu/horizons/
University of Idaho, Horizons Program for Rural Economic Development
Researched government and private funding sources and strategies for 12
North and Central Idaho communities to fund projects that they had
identified through their community assessments.
Coeur d'Alene Tribe Education Department outside Federal Grant
Evaluator
Evaluation Services for
Federal Grant Native American Career and Technical Education Program
(NACTEP).
Muslim Housing Services
(refugee homeless housing and social services): Wrote and won grants from
the Gates Foundation ($275,000 for 15 years of funding), City of Seattle
($500,000 for 10 years of funding) and State of Washington (a building worth
$800,000) for capitol, operating, and program funds with an 80% success
rate. They had no prior grant track record. Renee educated funders about
cultural and on-the-ground realities, how indigenous organizations function,
and evaluation/metrics of indigenous peoples and refugee programs so that
they could better assess my proposals resulting in large, multi-year awards.
Compassion House:
Research and networked (in lieu of grantwriting) to engage $500,000 of
in-kind construction services and materials for a capitol project. This
homeless shelter did not want the work of tracking grants, resulting in
a total in-kind approach to the project.
www.compassion-house.org.
The Center For Strengthening the Teaching
Profession: Developed a statewide education initiative that is
the basis for legislative work. The funding package was developed to
diversify the existing funding portfolio of the organization and segue
with the legislative process.
www.cstp-wa.org.
The City of Pinehurst, Idaho: Researched and developed an
economic development plan and funding strategy. Diversified the funding
portfolio to hedge against government cuts was emphasized.
Ethiopian Consulate
Advise the Ethiopian Consulate in Seattle in how to leverage
humanitarian efforts with national educational and workforce development
initiatives and international funding opportunities.
Lotus Outreach
Fund development for programs in Viet Nam, Cambodia and India.
www.lotusoutreach.org
Prosthetic Outreach Foundation
Organizational positioning, program development, consortium building,
and Fund development for programs in Sierra Leone, Viet Nam, and
Bangladesh.
www.pofsea.org
Guest Lecturer
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The University of Washington, Graduate
Business School.
Topic: Social Venture in International and
Non-Profit Development
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The Evergreen State College, Graduate
Public Administration School. Topic:
International Development Best Practices
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The University of Washington,
Non-Profit Management Certification program.
Topic: Fund Development
Conference Presentations
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Idaho Non-Profit Center Annual
Conference: What
Funders Want Right Now!; Survival Strategies that Work and Surviving
the Economic Down Turn
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Montana State Education Conference:
Education Funding Trends in Montana;
Where’s the Money?
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Department of Housing and Urban
Development, National Neighborhood Networks Conference:
Beginning Grant Writing; Advanced Grant
Writing; Advanced Grants Management; Where’s the Money? (11
presentations in 5 days)
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Northwest Harvest Annual Conference:
Advanced Grant Writing; Why my Grant
Wasn’t Funded; Introductory Grant Writing
Recent Publications
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Grant Writing for Law Enforcement,
an interactive CD-Rom for distance learning that links with
community colleges for self-paced learning
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Grants: Simple Steps to Success,
college course curriculum
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Cool Tools for Grantwriters: Fund
Development to Reach Your Financial Goals
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Grant Writing for Neighborhood Network
Centers,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development
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From a workshop attendee:
Renée and Janet with Framing Our Community staff.
Renee was so much more than a grant writer. She spent time learning
the cultures of both her client organization and their prospective
funding partners. She then helped us build a strong respectful
collaboration.
Alice
Shobe, Director
Sound Families
Seattle Office of Housing
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