Grant Writers depend on data as a key way to demonstrate need.
But what happens when previously reliable federal data sources are no longer available?
Many federal data sites have been shut down, or staff have been eliminated making the accurate collection and reporting on data less reliable. Key indicators have been eliminated on some data sites.
What’s a grant writer to do?
Join us to see an overview of federal sites that have been eliminated or altered and learn about groups that have banded together to create new data sites or archive previous data. We will also explore what is available on the state and local level.
Every nonprofit collects data. We will open the session up for discussion about our data collecting practices and how we might share some key indicators with colleagues. Our discussion will also include the importance of qualitative data – stories and anecdotes – to amplify and explain the metrics we can present.
Speaker
Alison Paul, President, Alison Paul Grant Writing & Consulting.
MPA, New York University
Alison has worked in the non-profit sector for over 30 years -- from delivering front-line services in a social service agency to program design and management, where in her role as an Executive Director of a non-profit she was responsible for fundraising, strategic planning, finances, marketing and working with a board of directors. As a consultant, she now writes grants for clients involved in the arts, advocacy, children, human services, and social justice. Her work includes grant writing, prospect research, assessing grant readiness, editing, coaching/mentoring, and assisting small nonprofits. She has always been a bit of a data nerd.
She is a past co-president of Grants Professionals of Lower Hudson (GPLH) and was a co-president of ADO. She serves as Education Chair for Impact 100 Westchester and has been a grant reviewer for Impact 100 and several others. Alison has taught grant writing at Westchester Community College in the Community Education Division and for Nonprofit Westchester’s Learning Labs and its BIPOC Thrives program.
In the community, she created the Tarrytown Arts Camp in 2002. Upon “retiring” from running the camp in 2018, she created The Alison Fund to ensure scholarships are always available. In 2007, she co-founded MusicWorks, which provides one-on-one music lessons to lower-income students in the Tarrytown schools. She is a proud member of Leadership Westchester Class of 2018. For many years, she taught yoga to adults and individuals with disabilities. She is on the board of the Open Door Family Medical Center.
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