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Tips on navigating the soft money stream.
As a 4-H club member in rural Minnesota, Doreen Gosmire was upset that a neighbor, a World War II veteran, had his mailbox destroyed every year when the snowplow came through. So she wrote to the John Deere Foundation for funds to replace the mailbox.
That simple request snowballed into on-site training for Gosmire at the Iowa foundation and resulted in a community grant to help both Gosmire's neighbor as well as others in her town. It also helped define a portion of her future career.
With more than 25 years of grantwriting experience in her portfolio, Gosmire shared some of her secrets to attracting money at the University of Nebraska's Women in Educational Leadership conference held in Lincoln in October. She is an assistant professor in the department of education at the University of South Dakota.
Having worked in various capacities as a building and central office school administrator in South Dakota before joining the faculty at USD, Gosmire appears to have the Midas touch. She's written and managed more than $25 million in grant-funded projects including a $9 million technology innovations challenge grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education for a distance learning project.
That 4-H grant experience whetted her appetite for more money to solve problems. During her college years at Macalester College in Minnesota, Gosmire participated in the school's debate team. Seeing a need for additional training for debate teams and coaches, she wrote a grant proposal, which eventually funded a training program through the National Forensics League.
Successfully seeking funds
Gosmire provided these tips to seeking funds:
- South Dakota Youth Facing Adversity Receive Part of $125,000 College...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 7, 2006 700+ words
...high school seniors across the state of South Dakota from pursuing their dreams of a better...each is being awarded a Horatio Alger South Dakota Scholarship valued at $2,500 in support...complete list of the 2006 Horatio Alger South Dakota Scholars immediately follows this release...
- South Dakota women work outside the home but have low wages, report says.
- Newspaper article from: American News (Aberdeen, SD) November 28, 2004 700+ words
Byline: Russ Keen Nov. 28--South Dakota women rank near the top nationwide...report called "The Status of Women in South Dakota." Only North Dakota's women are healthier than those in South Dakota, which shares second place with...
- South Dakota team takes wins at collegiate contest.(INSIDE THE NEWS)
- Magazine article from: Dairy Foods December 1, 2008 700+ words
South Dakota State took the top team award at The...the all-products team title, the South Dakota State "Jackrabbits" were granted a...longtime collegiate contest coach at South Dakota State. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] They...
- South Dakota.(State of the States)
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer October 16, 1995 700+ words
...states would pay to be able to boast as South Dakota's officials do of a history of 106...post in 1994, having already served as South Dakota's governor from 1979-1987. Janklow...governors have carried on the effort. South Dakota officials now say the state has a more...
- South Dakota Sues Army Corps to Maintain Missouri River Levels, Protect Fish.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 8, 2003 700+ words
...News May 8--PIERRE, S.D.--South Dakota hopes to protect hatching baby fish...river, state officials said Wednesday. South Dakota is primarily seeking a federal court...General Larry Long said he believes South Dakota will be allowed to intervene. Nebraska...
- South Dakota Still Wrestles with Incorporated Family Farms.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nixon, Lance August 22, 1999 700+ words
...we're the first farm corporation in South Dakota. Other corporations might have owned...farm corporation. A staffer for the South Dakota Secretary of State's office, which...increases by about five a month. So why did South Dakota need a corporate farming amendment on...
- South Dakota's University Professors Seeing Better Wages.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Keen, Russ May 16, 1999 700+ words
...May 16 -- On average, students at South Dakota public universities outshine their peers...the people who teach those students in South Dakota historically are at the bottom of the...Curtis Jones of Britton, member of the South Dakota Board of Regents. "We were just too...
- Is South Dakota a poor state?
- Newspaper article from: South Dakota Business Review Brown, Ralph J. September 1, 2002 700+ words
Introduction South Dakota is often portrayed as a poor state...not encouraging. Year after year, South Dakota ranks among the lowest in the nation...poorest paid in the country. (1) South Dakota contains four of the most destitute...
- Companies Select South Dakota For Expansion.
- Magazine article from: Construction Bulletin February 10, 2006 700+ words
...are very pleased that Link It chose South Dakota as the best state in the nation in which...and will be hiring its employees from South Dakota," said Gov. Rounds. The governor...have committed ourselves to bring to South Dakota in the state's 2010 Initiative...
- Economic development in South Dakota.
- Newspaper article from: South Dakota Business Review Butterwick, Darrell D. June 1, 1990 700+ words
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH DAKOTA Once an image or perception of...and energy to change an image. South Dakota is in the midst of that difficult...Development have labored to bring South Dakota into the 21st century in the minds...