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| A little intimidated - my 1st grant is for a huge capital project
Posted by CatherineDiane  on 3/20/2008, 10:44 pm
Message modified by user CatherineDiane 3/20/2008, 10:46 pm
Hello everyone!
I'm working on my first grant, well the first one in many, many years. I took a grant writing course in college back in the mid 90s. We could start a thread just on how much has changed since then! LOL
During the semester we did write a grant, collectively as a class. The grant was funded! I attribute the majority of that to our phenomenal instructor!
However, I thoroughly enjoyed the class, research, compiling information, my part of the process, everything! In the years since, I have gone down completely different paths with my career; yet never letting go of my love for writing.
Recently, the company I am doing consulting work for has asked me to write grants for them. I am completely hyped to do so! Here's the kicker - this is a MASSIVE capital campaign and I feel a little "in over my head" to have this be the first grant I'll have written on my own.
This is a multi-year, multi-phase project with substantial impact. They are trusting ME to garner funds and I have never worked on anything of this magnitude before!
Now, let me give a bit of information. They have hired an outside development firm to guide them through this project. I'll work with that firm completely in anyway. However, I'm "the writer" for the grants, and their firm doesn't include grant writing, so they are thrilled.
Knowing this is a long, on-going project, I am trying to think in terms of "one step at a time." I feel I want to start small and local before building up to the big dollar grants from large foundations.
I suppose, I'm just posting to garner some support that I'm not an idiot to take on such a massive project for my first grant 
I would love to transition away from computer consulting work and focus on grant writing completely. This first step is just a more of a leap than a step! LOLOL
I'm building quite a list of questions, but first I wanted to introduce myself. Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom, advice, direction...etc
Catherine 
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments,
but what is woven into the lives of others." - Pericles
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