25 January 2012

IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE
GRANTWRITING, FOUNDATIONS, AND FUNDRAISING COURSE
Develop Your Fundraising & Grantwriting Skills
6 Session 3 hours each led by David Maeir- Epstein, MSSA
Next Session- Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Following Sessions Every 2nd Wednesday Following
Location- Emek Refaim, Jerusalem


Learn the art of grantwriting and fundraising for non-profit organizations in a 6-session, 18-hour combined grantwriting and fundraising course with David Maeir Epstein, MSSA resource development consultant for non-profit organizations. David has worked in the field of fundraising and grantwriting for over thirty years and has served as an independent organizational consultant for tens of nonprofit organizations in Israel. In the last decade, David has assisted clients in raising over $19 million. David has also taught Resource Development for Welfare Organizations at Hebrew University's Baerwald School of Social Work.


Graduates are provided with information about openings in the field of fundraising and grantwriting in Israel. Many graduates have subsequently entered the field or advanced their position. Graduates have uniformly indicated that they gained much practical and helpful experiential information and a fair number have gained employment or enhanced their career in part due to the course.

Course Description: The course consists of six meetings of three hours. Each meeting will be divided into a grantwriting part and a fundraising part. The grantwriting aspect of the course will focus on teaching how to write grant proposals, identifying and working with foundations. Each session deals with a different aspect of grantwriting through lectures and hands-on grantwriting workshops. Participants will be assisted with the writing of different parts of a grant proposal, and homework from each session will be reviewed in the following class. Participants will produce a grant proposal as a result of the course.

The fundraising part of the course will section will teach the theoretical and practical tools necessary to enhance your knowledge of the field via lectures, discussion and experiential simulation workshops on personal solicitation, planning fundraising events, corporate sponsorships, internet web site and email fundraising. The final session will include guidance on how to gain employment or professional advancement in the field.


The course is conducted in English, with a Hebrew translation of terms for key words. Hebrew speakers who understand English but prefer to communicate in Hebrew are welcome to participate. Upon finishing the course, graduates receive diplomas certifying their participation in the course.

As a courtesy to the first few people who register the date and time of day in which the course will take place will be decided based on their availability. Those who register early will also receive a 50NIS early bird discount.

The cost of the course is 1,500 including VAT. Dates of the course are: February 1, 15, 29; March 14, and March 28, 2012.
There are various discounts for graduates of the PresenTense Institute, Nefesh B'Nefesh, AACI, SAZF, the Yokneam Forum of Technical Writers (Elephant), UJIA, and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies.

To sign up or to receive more information, please contact us at 02-563-6629 or email at office@israelgrants.com.

In order to sign up fill out the form below and send it with your payment made out to David Epstein to: David Maeir Epstein, 43 A Emek Refaim, Jerusalem 93141.

For information about David Maeir-Epstein, Resource Development Consultants to Nonprofit Organizations see www.israelgrants.com

We look forward to hearing from you.

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