Nonprofit Basics: Strengthening Organizational Capacity, Session 7: Grant Writing Basics

In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:

Offer practical skills and foundational elements needed to run, operate, and grow a healthy nonprofit organization
Educate nonprofit leaders on the importance and elements of building proper infrastructure
Build community and share resources among RCO, RCC, and peer-run nonprofit leaders

Session 7 focused on grant writing basics. Learning objectives were:

Learn techniques essential for obtaining grants
Review examples of funded grants and consider areas for improvement
Describe the requirements for submitting a federal grant application using a checklist approach such as SAMS or DUNS approvals, and other submission requirements
Review a SAMHSA RFA and understand the essential information presented
Draft a proposal outline for the SAMHSA RFA for your organization
Discuss challenges and solutions to writing a federal grant and the capacity and resources necessary

You will find the recordings of the 2-part session below. You can download the slides and handouts by clicking the image to the left.

Part 1 Recording

Part 2 Recording

Funding for this initiative was made possible by grant no. 1H79TI083022 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.