OC Grant Consulting Offering Seminars for Those Interested in Attaining Non-Profit Status and Grant Funding

ORLANDO, Fla. – Olivette Carter, owner of OC Grant Consulting Associates in Orlando, has begun a series of Nonprofit Capacity-Building seminars on attaining non-profit status and grant funding.

The next session, “An Introduction to Grant Writing,” will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 5 at the Orlando Business Development Center Office, 3218 E. Colonial Drive Suite G.

OC Grant Consulting is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program at the OBDC site, one of the program’s six business incubators throughout metro Orlando.

Designed for executives, administrators, managers and other leaders of aspiring or new start-up grassroots organizations, the series kicked off recently with “How to Start a Non-Profit and Obtain 501(c)3 Status” seminar. Carter said that session will be repeated Jan. 9.

Additional Saturday seminars are: “Board Development for New Non-Profits,” Jan. 23; “Program Design and Planning,” Jan. 30; and “Volunteer Management,” Feb. 6. The December introduction to grant writing session will be repeated on Feb. 20.

Each seminar is $25.00. To register, go on-line at www.ocgrantconsulting.com or call 321-281-8346.

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For more information about this release, please contact:
Olivette Carter, Owner, OC Grant Counseling, 321-281-8346 or ocgrants@obdc2.fdn.com

Melissa Wasserman, OBDC Site Manager, 407-281-8383, mwasserm@mail.ucf.eduGordon

Hogan, Director of Operations, UCF Business Incubation Program, 407-882-1157; bizdev@mail.ucf.edu

Charlene Hager-Van Dyke, Larry Vershel Communications, 386-837-8780, 407-644-4142; Lvershelco@aol.com or chagervandyke@yahoo.com

About the UCF Business Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 130 emerging companies (including nearly 80 current clients) create over $500 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With six facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, City of Sanford and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.