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Karl Leggett
SOC W 580
Seattle Campus
Prepares students to participate and provide leadership in grant writing and fundraising for community-based human services. Opportunity to practice skills required for developing a successful grant proposal and planning a successful fundraising program. Identify, cultivate, and develop sources of funding. Students assist in writing a complete grant proposal as final project.
Class description
The Overall object of the class is to plan a human services program and get it funded. Over the past 5 years a number of student projects have received foundation or corporate support. The final project, a complete grant proposal, may also be submitted to a hypothetical, sample foundation whose application guidelines are included in the course syllabus.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Reading and writing Lecture and discussion Written feedback on assignments Individual and small group exercises Student projects In three separate class sessions students have the opportunity to meet and talk with a full-time professional grantmaker, a successful, local grantwriter and a human services fund raiser.
Recommended preparation
Think about... Who you would want to raise money for, why? How would the (grant) money be used? What difference would it make? How would you know?
Class assignments and grading
Researching grantmakers Reading and writing Three assignments are drafts for sections that appear in the final project. One assignment is to read and rate an actual grant proposal.
Completion of assignments (90%) Classroom participation (10%)
