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r February 9, 2011 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 8 Effort toward successful grant writing B y Terri H arb er Spilyay Tymoo Som e o f the p articip an ts were interested in more funding for the arts while another wanted additional money to help crime victims or local youth. And some rep resen ted re la tiv e ly new nonprofits while others worked for longer established organiza tions. All attended a two-day work shop in late January that focused on effectively securing grants. The workshop was presented by Podatch Fund, an organization that inspires and seeks to expand philanthropy in Northwest In dian Country. The trainer, Heather Miller, program coordinator with Pot latch, worked with the attendees on how to make attention-get ting verbal and written presen tations to groups that might pro vide them with grants. Most of the people who at tended haven’t created a grant proposal before, said A shley Aguilar, who works in the tribes’ grant development office as the project assistant. Creating concise, memorable proposals can help more grant money from the private sector flow toward Native American tribes, which receive only one- fifth of a cent out of every pri vate grant dollar available each year. It’s not a good percentage when taking into account that Native populations in the United States make up roughly 2 per cent of the national population, according to U.S. Census Bureau Terri Harber/Spilyay Jefferson Greene and Leon Washington (from right) were among the participants in the grant seminar. change this, we want to help improve these groups’ chances of securing grants.” “We are d e fin ite ly underfunded,” Aguilar said. One of the exercises high lighted the importance of the classic “elevator speech”— this is the name for a 60-second chance to introduce one’s self and their group to a possible grant provider. The two might meet up during a meeting, at a gathering or even in an elevator (hence the name) and have just a moment to talk. M any o f the participants spoke a little too long. A few had trouble getting to the point, such as why the need is important and 'Native American tribes receive only one-fifth of a cent out o f every private grant dollar avail able each year... estimates. And making the need even greater is the poverty, unemploy ment and related problems that come with living on reservations. “Y ou’d think that (grant awards) would at least match-up with the percent o f the popula tion,” she said. “We want to what a donation might be used to finance. The passion each one showed for their group was ap parent, however. The ability to obtain grants will be increasingly important as government funding continues to tighten up as a result of the recession. And lawmakers in Washington D.C. appear to be in a mood to cut the budget, which might also affect funding for various tribal programs. This all means competition for private grants will be more fierce. This type of training will allow the people making grant requests do so with added con fidence and, in turn, “help bridge that gap,” Miller said. One of Potlatch’s own grant programs for Native Arts fi nancing helped the Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association pay for its annual gathering of weavers last year. It was held in Warm Springs at K ah-N ee-Ta. The group re ceived $5,000 for the event. C ontact the trib es’ grant pro p o sal office for gen eral help with grants. Potlatch has a variety o f fundraising infor mation and can help w ith such things as obtaining grants, get ting a group nonprofit status and how to keep track o f the g r o u p ’s fin a n c e s. V is it potlatchfund.org for details. Births A.layjah Faith Zacarias-Johnson Tyrone E. Johnson and LaToya L. Zacarias of Ma dras are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter A layjah F aith Z acarias- Johnson, born on January 26, 2011. A layjah join s brother Jermaine Johnson, 6. G ran d p aren ts on the fa th e r’s side are C h eryl Norton and Roy Johnson. G ran d p aren t on the mother’s side is Adelita T. Zacarias. Eloise Gregg T hornton, 1927—2011 Mathew Briséis Wewa E rica W ewa o f W arm Springs is pleased to an nounce the birth of her son Mathew Briséis Wewa, born on January 19, 2011. M athew jo in s brother Armando Becerra Jr., age 1. G ran d p aren ts on the fath er’s side are M elinda Frank and Winona Frank of Warm Springs. G ran d p aren ts on the m o th er’s side are A rlene Bryant and Wilson Wewa of Warm Springs. Dory Cinda Ine^ Mireles Eli Braxton Tewee D iam ond T ew ee and G ena Sm ith o f W arm Springs are pleased to an nounce the birth of their son Eli Braxton Tewee, born on January 15, 2011. G ran d p aren ts on the fath er’s side are the late Floyd Tewee Sr. of Warm Springs, and the late Vivian Y ahtin o f Ft. B elknap, Mont. G ran d p aren ts on the m other’s G ail Frank and Adrian Smith Sr., both of Warm Springs. Andrew and Allegra Gil bert o f Warm Springs are pleased to announce the birth o f th e ir d au g h ter D ory Cinda Inez Mireles, born on January 24, 2011. Dory Cinda joins brother T h o m as, 1, and sister Cheylene, 2. G ran d p aren ts on the father’s side are Nancy Marie Gilbert, and Thomas Mireles Jr. (deceased), both of Warm Springs. G ran d p aren t on the m o th er’s side is A m anda Robinson of Warm Springs. 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