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Creative Financing Ideas
for Michigan Township Officials
Creative Financing
Right-Brain Left-Brain
Introduction
Today’s Presentation
Getting Grants Grant Success Stories Improving Your Chances Selling Your Proposal
Getting Grants
Where should you look? (Mich.) Directory of State Administered Grants MDNR Grant & Loan Program Catalog Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance EPA Grants EPA Guidebook of Financial Tools Grants.gov Council of Michigan Foundations The Foundation Center
Grant Success Stories
Grand Slam for Muir? Low to moderate income MEDC/CDBG Grant Sludge removal from WW
lagoon; street & water improvements
Three grants so far: 2004 – $280,000 2005 – $440,000 2009 – $220,000
R.U.S. $1,000,000 ???
MEDC Low- to Moderate-Income CommunitiesApplications due February 22
Grant Success Stories
EDA Money for HEDCOR Jobs Related EDA Grants
Create business opportunities. Create long-term jobs. Targets low-income or
un/underemployed workers.
Grant Success Stories
Grant Success Stories
EDA Money for Allegan
Allegan wins $4.2M federal grant for water plantKalamazoo Gazette, September 26, 2009
ALLEGAN — The city of Allegan has won a $4.2 million federal grant toward the $9.4 million cost of improvements to its water-treatment plant.The money comes from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.The plant provides drinking water for Allegan and parts of neighboring Allegan Township.
Grant Success Stories
Scottville Sewers $9,600,000 project RUS Grant: $4.75
million RUS Loan: $4.0
million DDA &Amber
Township: $850,000 $50/REU/mo/40 yrs
Grant Success Stories
Hart WWTP Created Agricultural Renaissance Zone Tax savings used to bond $5,000,000 project One company doubled production; another relocated
HQ from WA to Hart
Grant Success Stories
Cannon Township Trail Project: $1,300,000 MNRTF Grant: $500,000 Recreation Millage: $167,000/year for 3 years General Fund: $299,000
Grant Success Stories
Whitehall-Montague Trail Fishing Bridge Project: $131,000 Great Lakes Fishery Trust
Grant: $100,000 for fishing access to White River
244-ft-long bridge and fishing platform
Grant Success Stories
Greenville Streetscape MDOT TEA 21: $973,000 MDOT Small Urban: $240,000 DDA revenue bond: $4,750,000
Grant Success Stories
Kent City Culvert FEMA Loan: $217,500 CDBG Grant: $67,000
Grant Success Stories
Montague Downtown Parking CZMA Grant: $40,000 Private Funds: $42,000
Grant Success Stories
Plainfield Township Land Acquisition $520,000 for Grand Island Park
Big Rapids
Big Rapids Riverwalk Project: $1,000,000+ Local Fund Raising: $250,000 Great Lakes Fishery Trust:
$200,000 for river access MNRTF: $493,300 City Funds: $56,700
Board OKs bond issue for bike paths Muskegon Chronicle, October 12, 2004
Spring Lake Township Monday got the wheels turning toward
construction of new bicycle paths, following voters' August approval of
the millage to fund major expansion of the existing network.
The township board unanimously passed its intent to issue up to $3
million in bonds to finance the expansion, with the debt to be repaid in 11
years by the 10-yer, 0.5-mill property tax voters approved in August.
Grant Success Stories
Spring Lake Township Bike Path
Grant Success Stories
Spring Lake Township Bike Path Recreation Millage: $1,030,000
Grant Success Stories
Fargo WW Improvements 1% Sales Tax $240 M need next 25 years Manageable rate increases Projected needs met Fargo is more than a movie, it’s a regional economic
center Yes, they really talk that way!
Improving Your Chances
Regardless of Grant Source: Completed plans are nice At least a good study and cost estimate Permits in hand High match % Multi-jurisdictional cooperation Political connections
Creative Funding Searches
Grant newsletters or websites www.grant-rating.com/ www.proposalwriter.com/grants.html http://grantstation.com www.quinlan.com
Selling Your Proposal
You must be prepared to:1. Succinctly summarize your proposal in one paragraph
or less…it’s your headline!
2. Provide a little information on your organization and how it will manage the grant.
3. Describe your need/problem/activity in a way that is tailored to grant scoring criteria.
4. Outline your work plan and its cost.
5. Describe the outcome or impact of your request should it be honored with a grant.
You must be prepared to:6. Identify your source(s) of “matching” money. “Skin
helps.”
7. Explain future needs for money, and/or how you will move forward after this money is gone. “Maintenance”
8. Provide a detailed cost breakdown for the entire project.
9. Get your grant before you write the proposal!!!
Selling Your Proposal
Selling Your Proposal
A Sampling of Web Resources EPA:http://www.epa.gov/ogd/recipient/tips.htm Lone Eagles: http://lone-eagles.com/granthelp.htm GrantProposal.com Google: “grant proposal writing tips”
Closing Thoughts
Golden Fleece Award Wisconsin Senator William
Proxmire issued a Golden Fleece Award every month March 1975 – December 1988.
In his own words, the award singled out a “wasteful, ridiculous or ironic uses of the taxpayers’ money.”
Closing Thoughts
Golden Fleece Winners A $27,000 study to determine why inmates want to
escape from prison. A $20,000 grant to construct an 800-foot limestone
replica of the Great Wall of China in Bedford, Ind. An $84,000 study to determine why people fall in love The infamous $400 hammers and $1200 toilet seats Proxmire’s favorite: A study to find out whether
sunfish that drink tequila are more aggressive than sunfish who drink gin.
Closing Thoughts
Good luck! If the US can find $6,000 for Worcestershire
sauce, imagine what kind of help you can get for your projects: Infrastructure Fire Stations, trucks Training Environmental initiatives Watershed protection Boat launch, etc.
Closing Thoughts
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