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Dunes Center

SITUATION

Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center Dunes Center receives More Grant Dollars! Spokes helps! On of their goals was to revamp their educational programming, and they needed a little bit of inspiration on how to obtain funding to do so.

ACTION TAKEN

“I attended the workshop [Designing Programs for Better Grant Proposals] last year shortly after I was hired by the Dunes Center and during the time in which the organization was in the middle of a complete restructuring.”

A VALUABLE LESSON

“The most valuable lesson I learned from the workshop is that you need to make a case (or an argument) for why the funding agency you’re applying to should fund your organization’s program.  I look at it like I’m writing a thesis statement for a paper similar to what was required in college.”

~ Executive Director Doug Jenzen, Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center, Nipomo, CA

SUCCESSFUL RESULTS

The Dunes Center has received every grant (at least partially) that Doug has written since he attended the workshop. By extension, the Dunes Center has been able to double the size of their educational programming to serve 8,000 elementary school children in 2013 and begin including the arts in their regular STEM programming.


About Dunes Center

The Dunes Center promotes the conservation and restoration of the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes ecosystem through education, research, and the support of cooperative stewardship.

1065 Guadalupe Street, Guadalupe, CA 93434
Phone: 805.343.2455 | www.dunescenter.org

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Spokes help has been transformative for the Garden in many areas, ranging from budgets, operations, policies and procedures, and long-term vision, just to name a few. The impact of SPOKES has been HUGE, and having a Spokes interim Executive Director was lifesaving. Personally, Spokes has made my work at the Garden so much more organized, less stressful , and hopeful for future success.”

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Ke-Ping Tsao
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San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden
San Luis Obispo, California

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