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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Michael,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the Towson GIVE (Grantwriting in Valued Environments) program, we use Clarke’s
<i>Storytelling for Grantseekers</i> and O’Neal-McElrath’s <i>Winning Grants Step by Step</i>. I like
<i>Storytelling</i> as the primary text for its approachability to students, while my co-instructor Zosha Stuckey prefers
<i>Winning Grants</i> for its more direct practicality. Neither is perfect.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The difference between our undergraduate and graduate level courses is primarily the difficulty/quantity of secondary readings as well as the number of grants we have students write—undergrads do a standard format grant first, then a real
RFP, while grads do a standard format then two real RFPs, sometimes for two different organizations. We also have grad students do a non-grant applied nonprofit writing project, while undergrads just analyze an example of advocacy writing in action.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We like to partner with local nonprofits at the course level to have students write and submit real grants. For undergrads, we usually pick one partnership that we manage for the whole class, whereas for grads we might do two partnerships
or let students find their own partners for the second grant. We have a couple of articles coming out soon about how we navigate partnerships—one in the
<i>Open Words</i> special issue on grant writing and one in the <i>CDQ</i> special issue on coalitional practice.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy to talk further or share more specific resources off-list! I love hearing about more folks doing this work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carrie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Carrie Grant</span></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Department of English</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Grantwriting in Valued Environments (<a href="https://www.towson.edu/cla/departments/english/resources/grantwriting-valued-environments.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">GIVE</span></a>)</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Towson University</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces@attw.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Michael S. Knievel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 30, 2023 2:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> attw-l@attw.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ATTW-L] nonprofit course thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="color:black;background:yellow">[ </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red;background:yellow">CAUTION</span></strong><span style="color:red;background:yellow">:</span><span style="color:black;background:yellow">
This email is from outside of TU. Use caution before clicking links or opening attachments. If suspicious, report to
<a href="mailto:phishing@towson.edu">phishing@towson.edu</a>. ]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Good day, all:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I hope that semesters, quarters, and other configurations are coming together peacefully and happily for everyone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I write with a request-- I am teaching a graduate-level course in writing for nonprofits and grant writing next year, and I'm wondering if anyone has good textbook suggestions or other wisdom or
resources <span class="contentpasted0"><span style="background:white">(approaches or assignments, perhaps)</span></span> that you might be willing to share if you've taught such a course or ever imagined doing so. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I've taught a similar course at the undergraduate level, and I'm struggling a bit with what the graduate jump might look like. I expect to have students from different departments and disciplines
on the roster. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">In short, I'd welcome any thoughts or suggestions. Thank you for considering it-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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