Upcoming Courses
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Will you be offering Essential Skills and Strategies workshops? If so please email leaders@cof.org to add your workshop(s) to this calendar
Session 4 materials
(SAVE FILES BEFORE OPENING)
- Slides for in-class presentation [ppt] [updated 01/2013]
- Planning guide [pdf] [updated 01/2013] for faculty and sponsoring organizations
Handouts for Participants
- Participant guide [pdf] [updated 01/2013]
- Foundation Communications: The Grantee Perspective [pdf] (Center for Effective Philanthropy)
- Saying Yes / Saying No to Applicants [pdf] (GrantCraft)
- Resources for New Grantmakers [pdf] (only for participants who did not receive a copy with Session 1 handouts)
- Evaluation form [pdf]
Communicating Funding Recommendations and Decisions
Delivery time: 1.25 hours
This session will help participants understand:
- perspectives foundation leaders and trustees bring to funding decisions
- typical steps and best practices in the funding recommendation process
- issues and strategies for delivering funding decisions to grantseekers
- the responsibilities and best practices in foundation communications
This session will prepare participants to:
- craft and deliver compelling funding recommendations
- craft and deliver final funding decisions to grantseekers in an effective and respectful manner
- communicate as a responsible member of the philanthropic community and your foundation