Dave Kinser

The course will consist of 8 weeks of online learning that will teach participants about grant writing and requirements. This course introduces students to the different elements of applying for grants and creates organizational readiness for future grant application. Grant writing is just one element of the process of securing grant awards. The course will detail searching for grants, reading solicitations, writing successful applications, and developing fiscal and operational documents. This course will be tailored to CVI grants and community based public safety strategies.

Introduction to Grant Writing

Sessions will be offered multiple times throughout the year. The course is 8 weeks long, 1-hour virtual session per week. Each session will cover all the below topics:

  1. Develop an understanding of how to research potential grant opportunities.
  2. Develop an understanding of how to read requirements for grant funding opportunities.
  3. Develop an understanding of the elements of writing a successful grant application.
  4. Develop an understanding of how to write a budget for grants.
  5. Develop an understanding of how to fiscally manage a grant.
  6. Develop an understanding of how to create operational reporting documents of a grant.
  7. Develop documentation and resources for becoming eligible to apply for grants.
  8. Create developed grant application elements

Courses

Introduction to Grant Writing: April 18th - June 6th (every Thursday, 5:30-7pm)

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Each session will cover all the topics listed above.

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April 18th - June 6th, 5:30pm-7pm

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Introduction to Grant Writing: June 13th - August 1st, (every Thursday, 5:30-7pm)

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Each session will cover all the topics listed above.

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June 13th - August 1st, 5:30pm-7pm

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Introduction to Grant Writing: August 8th - September 26th, (every Thursday, 5:30-7pm)

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Each session will cover all the topics listed above.

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August 8th - September 26th, 5:30pm-7pm

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Instructor: Dave Kinser

Dave Kinser has 8 years of grant experience in the Public Safety and Community Violence fields. Dave has led multiple successful collaborative grant applications for the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative grant in Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, and Miami for the Community-Based Public Safety Collective totaling 6 million dollars for CVI work across the country. Dave Kinser also leading the CBPSC CAPS initiative grant writing and technical assistance supporting CVI organizations across the country. Dave also serves as a program manager, responsible for operations and administration of grants and community programs: COPS Hiring Grant, DOJ JAG Grant, OVC IACP Collective Healing Grant, Homeland Security Grant, and BJA Body Camera Grant, DOJ Community Base Crime Reduction Grant, Project Safe Neighborhoods Grants. Additionally, Dave Kinser is an adjunct professor at the University of South Dakota teaching courses in Nonprofit Administration and Grant writing.

Instructor: Anna Reich

Anna Reich is a tenured professor and department chair at Augustana University. She has over a decade of research experience in distressed communities and has 5 years of experience developing educational programming and pathways to higher education for Native high school students in South Dakota. She has a track record of successful grant procurement, including receiving grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Art, the U.S. Fulbright Program, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the State Department, and the Council for Independent Colleges.