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Introduction to Finding Grants

Grantseeking for Nonprofits

2024-04-17 10:30:00 2024-04-17 12:00:00 America/New_York Introduction to Finding Grants This free introductory course will explain what funders are looking for in nonprofits seeking grants and explore how to find potential funders. Main Library - Meeting Room 2AB

Wednesday, April 17
10:30am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-04-17 10:30:00 2024-04-17 12:00:00 America/New_York Introduction to Finding Grants This free introductory course will explain what funders are looking for in nonprofits seeking grants and explore how to find potential funders. Main Library - Meeting Room 2AB

Main Library

Meeting Room 2AB

This free introductory course will explain what funders are looking for in nonprofits seeking grants and explore how to find potential funders.

Register online, in person, or by phone at 330.643.9020.

You will learn the 10 most important things you need to know about finding grants, including:

  • Where nonprofit funds come from and what are their motivations are.
  • What funders really want to know about the organizations they are interested in funding.
  • How to identify potential funders and make the first approach.

Note: This orientation is not intended for individuals seeking grants for their own use. Please refer to Candid's Knowledge Base articles for Individual Grantseekers.

This class will meet in Meeting Room 2AB on the High St. Level of the Main Library. Be sure to check out our Nonprofit Resources Center while you are here. 

Contact the Business Government & Science Division for questions at 330.643.9020 or bgsdiv@akronlibrary.org.

This program is in cooperation with:

    

Candid and the Akron Community Foundation


You might also be interested in:

Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You Really Need to Do to Get Grants by Larissa Golden Brown and Martin John Brown

The Nonprofit Handbook: Everything you Need to Know to Start and Run Your Nonprofit Organization by Gary M. Grobman

Main Library

Phone: 330.643.9000
Branch manager
Michael Bianchi

Hours
We're closed Monday January 20 due to Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mon, Jan 20 Closed
(Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Tue, Jan 21 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jan 22 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jan 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jan 24 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jan 25 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jan 26 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.

Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.

Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.

Upcoming Events

Tue, Jan 21, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Tue, Jan 21, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Wed, Jan 22, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Wed, Jan 22, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Wed, Jan 22, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Thu, Jan 23, 10:30am - 11:30am

Thu, Jan 23, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Thu, Jan 23, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Jan 23, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Jan 25, 10:15am - 3:00pm
Atrium,Auditorium,Meeting Room 1,Meeting Room 2AB,Meeting Room 3

Sat, Jan 25, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Library Educator Lab,Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Jan 27, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Tue, Jan 28, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Tue, Jan 28, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
TechZone

Wed, Jan 29, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Wed, Jan 29, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Thu, Jan 30, 10:30am - 11:30am

Thu, Jan 30, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Quiet Study Room 1

Thu, Jan 30, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Thu, Jan 30, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Thu, Jan 30, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Feb 01, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Tue, Feb 04, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Business, Government & Science

Tue, Feb 04, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Wed, Feb 05, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Wed, Feb 05, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Wed, Feb 05, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
TechZone
Registration opens Wednesday, January 22 2025 at 9:00am

Thu, Feb 06, 10:30am - 11:30am

Thu, Feb 06, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Thu, Feb 06, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Thu, Feb 06, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Feb 08, 10:00am - 2:00pm

Tue, Feb 11, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Business, Government & Science

Tue, Feb 11, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Tue, Feb 11, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Business, Government & Science Patent Alcove

Wed, Feb 12, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Wed, Feb 12, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Wed, Feb 12, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Wed, Feb 12, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Feb 12, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
TechZone

Thu, Feb 13, 10:30am - 11:30am

Thu, Feb 13, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Feb 13, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Feb 15, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Atrium

Mon, Feb 17, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Tue, Feb 18, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
Business, Government & Science

Wed, Feb 19, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Wed, Feb 19, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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