Anna Dixon Consulting in Busselton, Western Australia | Consultation agency

Anna Dixon Consulting

Locality: Busselton, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 6102 8580

Address: PO Box 1077 6280 Busselton, WA, Australia

Website: http://annadixonconsulting.com

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25.01.2022 Grants usually need a formal, written application. These can vary from quite simple forms through to complex and detailed documents. We suggest that before writing a grant (or engaging a grant writer) you should develop a project plan. Once you’ve designed your project, you can then scope out the grants that might be suitable and begin applying. Need help with the project plan or grant writing? We can help.

24.01.2022 Don't wait until you're writing your tender to start working out your pricing. Analyse past projects to understand what it costs to deliver a project, along with the cost of running your business (and what you want to earn as a director each year) so you can calculate what your pricing should look like. We recommend developing a spreadsheet that you can tweak for each project, allowing you to quickly calculate pricing and explore some variables in how you could deliver the project.

16.01.2022 Develop a communication strategy to map out how you are going to stay connected with funders, other stakeholders, and service users. Take an active approach to communication and manage how you share your message. They shouldn't only hear from you when you need support. Work out an approach to drip feed them constant information about how you make a difference.

15.01.2022 Where can you find a grant fund to cover the cost of your not-for-profit’s operations? In short, you probably can’t. In today’s grant-making environment, it is extremely difficult to find funding to support the ongoing operations of an organisation. This really is a ‘unicorn’ grant and most commonly you’d find them associated with research type organisations (for example, there are a few federal grants for agricultural research-related organisations but even these are dwindli...ng). Aside from being rare, I’d venture to suggest that operational grants are not terribly desirable as they generally see you locked into spending money as dictated by a government agency and often having to adjust your focus to meet their priorities (not to mention messing around with the documentation required to acquit them). Your organisation can also become very dependent on the grant and certainty can never be assured of operational funds beyond the term of the grant and/or an election cycle. So if not a grant, how can you secure funding for operations? I’ve outlined some ideas here: https://annadixonconsulting.com/funding-operations/

13.01.2022 Some grants are ‘always open’, so you can make an application at any time. Other grants are offered in ’rounds’ this means that there will be a short window during which you can make applications. Others are just 'one-off' opportunities. There are also some ongoing operational fund grants for specific organisations, but these are now less common than in the past. Feel like you miss out on grant opportunities? Join our mailing list we save you time by finding grant opportunities. Sign up at annadixonconsulting.com/newsletter