Writing Grant Proposals

Date: December 13, 2012
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Speaker(s): Jane Geever, J.C. Geever, Inc.
Location: The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029

In today's competitive environment, nonprofit organizations must have multiple streams of financial support. Physicians, researchers, social workers, and other health care professionals may have to work on grant proposals to secure funding for research, programs, or other initiatives. Hear from a nationally recognized expert about the interests of foundations and corporations and how to build a portfolio of private grants.

Specific topics to be covered include:

1. The process that grant makers prefer you follow
2. Their due diligence efforts
3. Specific content for the proposal package: narrative, appendix and cover letter

About the Speaker

Jane C. Geever is the Chairman of J.C. Geever, Inc., which she founded in 1975, and is on the faculty of Columbia University where she teaches in their Master's Degree program on fund raising. Recognized as a leader in the field of fund raising and philanthropy, she appears nationally as a speaker and lecturer and presents seminars for the Foundation Center based on her book, The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing. She continues to contribute numerous articles and chapters to the literature on philanthropy and fund raising. She holds a Master’s Degree from the New School for Social Research, has completed postgraduate studies at Stanford University, and holds an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from her alma mater, Seton Hill College.

Registration information

Cost: Free, but advance registration required

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