Dianne Connery, Director, Pottsboro Area Public Library, Pottsboro, TX (Population served: 2,465) Big Talk From Small Libraries 2021 February 26, 2021 http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk

1. GRANT WRITING
Templates to Succeed
Big Talk From Small Libraries
February 26, 2021
Dianne Connery

2. Pottsboro Internet
PISD Students with no Internet
Service
All items
ITDRC
ITDRC Access
Library
Library
Preston Volunteer Emergency
Services
Neighborhood Access Station
Preston Center Convenience
Store
WHAT HAVE WE FUNDED
POTTSBORO
LIBRARY OF THINGS
Check
It Out!

3. ESSENTIALS
• The impact – Not the program
• Who cares?
• Time frame
• How much $ is needed to
bring about the change?
• Capacity

4. A GOOD CAUSE
(What will change?)
Impact (elevator) speech
Did you know….(state the need/problem)
As a result of (insert name of organization)’s
work…(state the impact)
Listener asks – “How do you do that?”
(Insert name of organization)…(state the name
of the program or service)

5. LOGIC MODEL

6. GRANT INFORMATION

7. DEMOGRAPHICS

8. SCORING RUBRIC

9. SOLICITATION CALENDAR
STATUS
FUNDING
SOURCE TYPE
ANNUAL
DEADLINE
PREVIOUS
DONOR PROGRAM
DATE
REQUESTED
DATE
RECEIVED
AMOUNT
RECEIVED

10. GRANT TRACKING
FOUNDATION
/AGENCY
GRANT
NAME
PURPOSE OF
GRANT
DUE
DATE
APPLIED?
Y/N
AMOUNT
REQUESTED
DECISION
DATE
AMOUNT
AWARDED
ALA Community
Conversations
TSLAC Broadband
IMLS eSports
Tocker Conference
NNLM-SCR Telehealth
Smith Food Insecurity

11. WHAT GRANTS TO APPLY FOR

12. Dianne Connery
Special Projects
Librarian
PottsboroLibrary@gmail.com
PottsboroLibrary.com
Facebook.com/
PottsboroLibrary
@PottsboroLib