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MS302: Fundraising for Collections Care
              May 5 - May 30, 2008
              Course Description & Info - Student Login
              Price: $425     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Instructor: Helen Alten

The National Endowment for the Humanities annually gives approximately $10 million in federal challenge grants. And that's just one grant program run by one funding source. Learn how to get a piece of the millions of dollars in federal, state and private funding for your institution by taking Northern States Conservation Center's new online grant writing class. This course introduces students to options for funding a wide range of collection-care needs. Students learn about different forms of fund-raising, how to locate funding sources, and how to write a successful grant proposal. Each student will complete a draft grant deadline. Remember, the deadlines for 2007 grants already are set by most institutions, so the time to act is now.

Course Outline:
1. Introduction to Fundraising
2. Funding Sources
3. Long-Range Planning
4. Writing the Proposal
5. Budgets
6. Samples
7. Conclusion

Participants in Fundraising and Grant Writing work at their own pace and interact through online forums and chats. Instructor Helen Alten will be available at scheduled times for email support. Materials include online readings and lecture notes, projects and links to relevant web sites. The course is limited to 20 participants.

Fundraising and Grant Writing runs four weeks. Please sign up at http://www.museumclasses.org and pay at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble with either, please contact Helen Alten at helen@collectioncare.org

Student Comments for MS302: Fundraising and Grant Writing:
"I thought the materials were very well done. The readings were easy to understand and apply to the subject matter at hand." - MS 302 Student, March 2005


The Instructor:
Helen Alten, Conservator and owner of Northern States Conservation Center, St. Paul, MN has been a Field Education Director, Conservator, and trainer since 1986. Ms. Alten received her conservation diploma from Archaeological Conservation and Materials Science, Institute of Archaeology, University of London in 1986. She began working with people from small, rural, and tribal museums while as the state conservator for Montana and Alaska. Helen currently conducts conservation treatments and operates a conservation center in St. Paul, MN.




MS302: Fundraising for Collections Care
              May 5 - May 30, 2008
              Course Description & Info - Student Login
              Price: $425     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Instructor: Helen Alten






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