PITTSBURGH
August 28, 2006
(Shamokin, PA...) Eric Davis, a partner in the new Pittsburgh law firm Fried & Davis, LLC, (www.fried-davis.com) has been chosen by the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Organizations (PANO) to give workshops across Pennsylvania this autumn on grant proposal preparation. PANO is the statewide membership organization serving and advancing the charitable nonprofit sector through leadership, advocacy, education and services in order to improve the quality of life in Pennsylvania. The workshop will be open to both PANO members and the general public. "It's a great honor for an attorney to be considered an expert by the leading nonprofit association in the Commonwealth in preparing winning grant proposals," Davis stated. Davis, who focuses on corporate and nonprofit law issues at his law firm, worked as a highly successful grantwriter throughout law school for his mother's company, Procopio & Associates Fundraising. (www.procopiofundraising.com)

The workshop is entitled "Grant Writing for Serious Grant Seekers." Offered as individual half day sessions or one full day session, the workshop includes a 3 1/2 hour morning session for inexperienced grantwriters or those who have yet to develop a truly compelling written case for financial grant support. Following lunch, Procopio and Davis will give a 3 1/2 hour advanced grantwriting workshop for experienced grant proposal preparers looking to hone their skills. The workshops will be given in Harrisburg September 18th; in Bethlehem October 6th; in Monroeville October 10th; in Bloomsburg October 16th, and in Philadelphia October 23rd. Registrations are currently being taken at the PANO website: www.pano.org/events.php

"Grant seeking has never been more competitive than today. With information on grant opportunities so broadly available online, most grant making foundations and agencies receive hundreds more worthy grant proposals for each funding cycle than they could ever fund." Davis's workshop will teach attendees how to pre-judge their grant proposals by thinking like a grant maker, and to de-mystify the various components of a fully-developed proposal. Using his unique perspective as an attorney, Davis will provide suggestions on required fundraising disclosures and registrations with regulating bodies.

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