GRANT CENTRAL USA PRESENTS
TWO-DAY GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP
Learn How to Find, Develop & Write Competitive Grant Proposals
Whether you're new to grant writing or ready to strengthen your skills, this intensive two-day workshop gives you a practical, step-by-step framework for developing stronger proposals and pursuing funding from government agencies, foundations and corporations.
LIVE, INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING • MULTIPLE CITIES AVAILABLE
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Build the Skills to Develop Stronger Grant Proposals
This isn’t a workshop built around theory. Over two intensive days, you’ll work through the grant-development process—from identifying viable funding opportunities to developing the core elements of a competitive proposal.
FIND THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES
Learn how to identify government, foundation and corporate funding opportunities that align with your organization, program or project.
DEVELOP A FUNDABLE PROJECT
Strengthen the connection between community need, program design, measurable outcomes and the priorities of the funder.
BUILD A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL
Understand the major components of a grant proposal and how to develop a clear, persuasive case for funding.
CREATE A REPEATABLE GRANT PROCESS
Leave with practical tools, frameworks and a grant-development process you can continue using after the workshop.
WHAT WE’LL COVER
A Practical Two-Day Grant Development Intensive
Over two intensive days, you’ll move through the grant-development process—from identifying viable funding opportunities and shaping a fundable project to developing the core components of a competitive grant proposal.
DAY ONE
Find the Opportunity. Build the Project.
Day One focuses on the strategic work that happens before you begin writing—understanding the funding landscape, identifying the right opportunities and developing a project that aligns organizational needs with funder priorities.
Topics include:
✓ Understanding the grant funding landscape
✓ Government, foundation and corporate funding
✓ Finding and evaluating grant opportunities
✓ Reading funding guidelines and requirements
✓ Understanding funder priorities
✓ Developing a fundable project
✓ Connecting needs, activities and measurable outcomes
✓ Preparing to move from project concept to proposal
DAY TWO
Build the Proposal. Strengthen the Case.
Day Two turns the project into a competitive proposal. You’ll work through the major proposal components and learn how to communicate your organization’s need, strategy, outcomes and funding request clearly and persuasively.
Topics include:
✓ Structuring a competitive grant proposal
✓ Writing a compelling need statement
✓ Developing goals, objectives and outcomes
✓ Building the project narrative
✓ Budget development and alignment
✓ Demonstrating organizational capacity
✓ Reviewing for compliance and competitiveness
✓ Preparing for submission
PRACTICAL. APPLICABLE. BUILT FOR REAL-WORLD GRANT DEVELOPMENT.
You’ll work through examples, exercises and practical grant-development tools throughout the workshop—so you leave not simply knowing more about grants, but with a process you can continue using.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Built for People Responsible for Finding and Winning Grant Funding
Whether grant development is your primary responsibility or one of many hats you wear, this workshop gives you a practical framework for identifying opportunities, developing fundable projects, and preparing stronger grant proposals.
NONPROFIT & COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
✓ Executive Directors
✓ Development Staff
✓ Program Directors
✓ Grant Writers
✓ Board Members
✓ Community-Based Organizations
GOVERNMENT & EDUCATION
✓ Local Government Staff
✓ School & District Personnel
✓ College & University Staff
✓ Public Agencies
✓ Program Administrators
✓ Sponsored Programs Personnel
GRANT PROFESSIONALS & CONSULTANTS
✓ New & Aspiring Grant Writers
✓ Experienced Grant Writers
✓ Independent Consultants
✓ Development Professionals
✓ Freelance Grant Professionals
✓ Professionals Transitioning Into Grant Work
NEW TO GRANT WRITING? YOU'LL BUILD THE FOUNDATION.
ALREADY WRITING GRANTS? YOU'LL STRENGTHEN YOUR PROCESS.
The workshop is designed to meet you where you are and give you a grant-development framework you can put to work immediately.
WHAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO
More Than Information. A Grant-Development System You Can Keep Using.
The goal isn’t simply to help you understand grant writing. It’s to give you practical tools, frameworks and a repeatable process you can use to pursue funding long after the workshop ends.
A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK
A practical approach for identifying, evaluating and prioritizing government, foundation and corporate funding opportunities.
A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
A structured method for turning organizational needs and ideas into fundable projects with clear activities and measurable outcomes.
A PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP
A step-by-step framework for organizing the major components of a competitive grant proposal—from need through budget and outcomes.
PRACTICAL TOOLS & WORKING RESOURCES
Templates, exercises and grant-development resources designed to support the work you’ll continue doing after the training.
WHY GRANT CENTRAL USA
Practical Grant Development Training Backed by Real-World Experience
Grant Central USA has provided grant training, education and development resources to organizations and professionals seeking to strengthen their ability to pursue government, foundation and corporate funding.
Our approach is grounded in a simple principle: successful grant development requires more than good writing. It requires the ability to identify the right opportunities, develop fundable projects, understand funder requirements and build proposals that connect organizational needs with measurable outcomes.
That is the approach behind the Two-Day Grant Writing Workshop.
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE • MULTIPLE FUNDING ENVIRONMENTS • BUILT FOR IMPLEMENTATION
WORKSHOP FORMAT
Two Focused Days. Practical Training. Resources You Can Keep Using.
This is a live, instructor-led training experience designed to move participants through the grant-development process while giving them practical tools and resources they can continue using after the workshop.
THE TRAINING EXPERIENCE
LIVE, INSTRUCTOR-LED • TWO DAYS
✓ Two full days of structured grant-development training
✓ Step-by-step instruction and practical examples
✓ Guided exercises that reinforce key concepts
✓ Opportunities to apply the framework during the workshop
✓ Interaction with an experienced instructor
✓ Designed for both newer and experienced grant professionals
YOUR WORKSHOP RESOURCES
TOOLS TO SUPPORT THE WORK AFTERWARD
✓ Grant-development workshop materials
✓ Funding opportunity evaluation framework
✓ Project development framework
✓ Proposal development roadmap
✓ Practical worksheets and exercises
✓ Resources designed for continued use after the training
YOU WON’T JUST LEAVE WITH NOTES. YOU’LL LEAVE WITH A PROCESS.
THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
This Is a Working Workshop—Not Just a Presentation.
You won't spend two days simply listening to someone talk about grants.
The Two-Day Grant Writing Workshop is designed as a hands-on learning experience where concepts are connected to the actual work of identifying opportunities, developing fundable projects and preparing competitive proposals.
Throughout the workshop, you'll work with practical examples, exercises, frameworks and grant-development tools designed to help you apply what you're learning.
The objective is simple: understand the process, practice the process and leave prepared to use the process.
LEARN IT. WORK THROUGH IT. PUT IT TO USE.
EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTION
Learn From Professionals Who Understand Grant Development in the Real World.
The Two-Day Grant Writing Workshop is built on ears of practical grant training and education delivered to organizations, professionals and communities across multiple funding environments.
Founded by Rodney Walker, Grant Central USA's training approach emphasizes the complete grant-development process—from identifying the right opportunities and developing fundable projects to understanding funder requirements and building stronger proposals.
Today's workshops continue that practical tradition through experienced instructors who guide participants through examples, exercises, frameworks and real-world grant-development challenges.
The goal isn't simply to teach you about grants. It's to help you understand a process you can actually use.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION • REAL-WORLD APPLICATION • A PROVEN TRAINING TRADITION
THE GRANT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
Two Days. The Complete Grant Development Process.
This workshop takes you through the grant-development process from opportunity identification through proposal preparation. Rather than treating grant writing as simply putting words on a page, you’ll learn how the pieces fit together—and how stronger decisions before the writing begins can lead to stronger proposals.
Finding Grant Opportunities
Learn how to identify government, foundation and corporate funding opportunities that align with your organization, project and funding needs.
Building a Fundable Project
Turn organizational needs and ideas into clearly defined projects with compelling goals, outcomes, activities and funding requirements.
Understanding What Funders Want
Learn how to read funding guidelines, recognize priorities, interpret requirements and determine whether an opportunity is truly a good fit.
Developing the Core Proposal
Work through the essential components of a competitive grant proposal, including need, project design, goals, objectives, outcomes and evaluation.
Building the Grant Budget
Understand how the project narrative, budget and supporting information work together to present a credible request for funding.
Strengthening Your Proposal
Learn practical techniques for reviewing proposals, identifying weaknesses and improving clarity, responsiveness and competitiveness.
FROM FINDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILDING THE PROPOSAL—YOU’LL SEE HOW THE ENTIRE PROCESS FITS TOGETHER.
PROVEN TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Grant Training Delivered Across the Country.
For more than two decades, Grant Central USA has provided practical grant-development training for professionals working in nonprofit organizations, education, government, healthcare and community institutions.
Our training programs have been conducted at colleges, universities and institutions across the country, while professionals from a wide range of organizations have participated in Grant Central USA programs.
TRAINING HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AT
✓ University of Oklahoma
✓ University of Hawaiʻi
✓ University of Alaska Anchorage
✓ Pasadena City College
✓ University of San Diego
✓ University of Nevada, Las Vegas
✓ Regis University
✓ University of New Mexico
✓ Cal Poly Pomona
✓ National University
✓ Florida Atlantic University
✓ The California Endowment
PROFESSIONALS FROM ACROSS SECTORS
✓ Nonprofit & Community Organizations
✓ Colleges, Universities & Schools
✓ Government & Public Agencies
✓ Healthcare Organizations
✓ Foundations & Philanthropy
✓ Grant Professionals & Consultants
Participants have represented organizations of many sizes and types—from local community organizations to nationally recognized institutions.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
EDUCATION
GOVERNMENT
HEALTHCARE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
PARTICIPANTS RESULTS
What Happens When Participants Put the Process to Work.
Hear directly from participants about their training experience and how they have applied what they learned to pursue and secure funding for their organizations, schools and community programs.
“Within 90 days, we received funding!”
Kelsey Prenger
Project Transformation, Dallas, TX
“The lessons from the two-day workshop were invaluable.”
Hassan Huntley
Grant Writing Workshop Participant
“Nearly $500,000 in food and $150,000 in funding secured.”
Michael Ryer
Amigos Internacionales Corporation
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Answers to Common Questions
Get quick answers to common questions about the Two-Day Grant Writing Workshop.
Do I need to have an active grant opportunity?
What materials are included?
Who should attend this workshop?
What should I bring to the workshop?
Will this work for government, foundation and corporate grants?
May I record the workshop or training session?
Is this workshop appropriate for beginners?
Will I receive a certificate for completing the workshop?
FIND AN UPCOMING WORKSHOP
Join Us at a Two-Day Workshop Near You.
The Two-Day Grant Writing Workshop is offered in multiple cities throughout the year. Choose a location to view dates, venue information and registration details.
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LOS ANGELES, CA
Build Grant Writing Skills.
Turn Ideas into Funding.
Join us in Los Angeles for an intensive, two-day, in-person training designed to give you practical skills, tools, and strategies to develop competitive grant proposals and strengthen your organization’s funding capacity.
Learn by doing with guided exercises and real-world examples.
Leave with templates, checklists, and resources you can apply immediately.
Gain insights from experienced grant professionals.
Build confidence and a repeatable process for grant success.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
This hands-on workshop walks you through the entire grant development process—from finding the right opportunities to preparing a strong, competitive proposal.
Identify the right grant opportunities for your organization.
Design fundable projects and align with funder priorities.
Develop compelling narratives and persuasive proposals.
Build clear, credible budgets that support your project.
Prepare, review, and submit with confidence.
LOCATION
Los Angeles, California
We’re finalizing the training venue in the Los Angeles area. Registered participants will receive venue details, directions, and arrival information before the workshop.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
WHAT PARTICIPANTS
ARE SAYING
Real experiences from Grant Central USA workshop participants.
“Within 90 days, we received funding!”
Dallas, TX
“The lessons from the two-day workshop were invaluable.”
“Nearly $500,000 in food and $150,000 in funding secured.”
