What will you learn?
How to read a grant application and understand what organizations are looking for
How to keep a file of go-to grant writing materials
Strategies for crafting a strong grant proposal
Crowdfunding stories and strategies
About the course
This course, part of the Public Library Management Professional Certificate program, explores strategies for developing effective grant proposals and for engaging the community in crowdfunding campaigns.
In this course, you will mock up a crowdfunding campaign and create a grant proposal for a local or state-level funding source.
Program
Grant Writing and Crowdfunding for Public Libraries
Learn how to increase your impact, innovate, and overcome often static funding through various fundraising and grant writing approaches.
Lecturers

Kristin Fontichiaro
Clinical Associate Professor University of Michigan School of Information
Platform
All the courses on this platform are free of charge. The authors are top universities and corporations that seek to maintain high quality standards. If you do not meet a deadline for assignments, you lose points. Like on other platforms, the videos in which the theory is explained are followed by practical assignments. Courses are available in English, Chinese, Spanish, French and Hindi.