Posts Tagged ‘grant writers’

The Grantwriter’s Start-Up Kit: A Beginner’s Guide To Grant Proposals by Successful Images, Inc.

Fundraisers are often intimidated by the prospect of writing grant proposals. But missing a grant opportunity can mean losing important programs and essential services. For the fundraiser in need of practical skills and guidance, The Grantwriter’s Start-Up Kit shows how to prepare for the process of writing a successful grant proposal.

The “How To” Grants Manual by David G. Bauer

Bauer offers many suggestions and tips (as well as encouragement) to help grantseekers become proactive. The first section does a good job of helping grantseekers see the grant proposal from the grantor’s perspective. It also provides information on how to develop and document a proposal, write and refine it, and find the right venue for it. The second and third sections cover the process of identifying and applying for government and private grants. In addition to clarifying the differences between public and private funding, these sections detail the planning, research, and submission of grants, as well as how to follow up on them. The book includes tables, charts, and worksheets that summarize the information and help grantseekers focus their thinking.

Grant Writing: Strategies for Developing Winning Government Proposals by Patrick Miller

Grant Writing: Strategies for Developing Winning Government Proposals, Third Edition is designed to introduce funding seekers to the fundamental aspects of grant writing from finding potential funding opportunities to preparing successful proposals. In this comprehensive book, Patrick W. Miller, Ph.D. shares tips and tricks of grant writing and budget development while providing concise guidelines, ideas, and techniques for preparing winning grant applications. This book includes 100 tables, figures, charts, and other examples; 180 review questions and answers; 16 proposal writing and budget development exercises; 220 glossary terms and acronyms for reference; 75 up-to-date resources, including websites. The intent of this book is to help you win competitive grants. If you are seeking private and foundation funds, you will also find the techniques in this book useful.

How to Write a Grant Proposal by Cheryl New and James Quick

Effective grant proposals are not so much written as they are extensively researched, developed, and positioned. The actual writing, obviously an essential component, is nevertheless only the tip of the iceberg. Grant seekers must possess the necessary skills to correctly identify potential funders, craft a proposal that meets a specific funder’s needs, and follow that funder’s directions to the letter. Cheryl New and James Quick take grant seekers step-by-step through the entire development and drafting process in How to Write a Grant Proposal.

The authors concentrate on all the behind-the-scenes, pre-writing work that makes the difference between successful grant proposals and those that potential funders discard as “nonresponsive.” New and Quick concentrate on crafting specific proposals that prove a perfect match between a funder and a solicitor’s needs. Funders and the nonprofit organizations they support are both in the business of solving problems; the key is creating a project that addresses a problem that both parties are interested in solving. How to Write a Grant Proposal provides targeted guidance for a variety of kinds of organizations, including:

K—12 private and public educational organizations

Government agencies

For-profit businesses

Health care organizations

Traditional nonprofits

Higher education universities and centers

A companion CD-ROM contains guidesheets and templates that can be easily downloaded, customized, and printed. The authors provide examples of completed proposals and numerous case studies to demonstrate how the grant-seeking process typically works.

How to Write a Grant Proposal proves a one-stop resource on how to interpret a funder’s guidelines to create a successful grant proposal.

Webster’s New World Grant Writing Handbook by Sara D. Wason

In an increasingly competitive nonprofit world, even top organizations struggle to extend their fundraising reach or simply maintain current funding levels. This thorough guide to crafting winning grant applications takes you through the entire process–from pinpointing the right funding opportunities, to writing persuasive proposals, to following up later.

Practical, reliable, and accessible to seasoned pros and grant-writing greenhorns alike, Webster’s New World Grant Writing Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of:

• Different types of foundation and corporate grantmakers
• Defining your project, as well as your organization’s mission and goals
• Tailoring your applications to each grantmaker’s interest areas
• Writing convincing letters of inquiry
• Organizing and writing hard-hitting proposals
• Following up on proposals after they’ve been submitted
• Effective donor cultivation after proposals have been approved

Featuring sample proposals, letters, and application forms; proposal checklists; a glossary of terms; and many illustrative examples, this complete resource is ideal for any nonprofit–whether you’re in a multimillion-dollar university development office or the smallest humanitarian agency.

Grant Writing for Dummuies by Beverly A. Browning

Grant Writing For Dummies, 3rd Edition serves as a one-stop reference for readers who are new to the grant writing process or who have applied for grants in the past but had difficulties. It offers 25 percent new and revised material covering the latest changes to the grant writing process as well as a listing of where to apply for grants. Grant writers will find:

• The latest language, terms, and phrases to use on the job or in proposals.
• Ways to target the best websites to upload and download the latest and user-friendly application forms and writing guidelines.
• Major expansion on the peer review process and how it helps improve one’s grant writing skills and successes.
• One-stop funding websites, and state agencies that publish grant funding opportunity announcements for seekers who struggle to find opportunities. New to third edition.

How to Manage an Effective Nonprofit Organization: From Writing and Managing Grants to Fundraising, Board Development, and Strategic Planning by Michael A. Sand

Agency professionals at every level will find themselves referring to
How to Manage an Effective Nonprofit Organization anytime they have a
problem and need helpful, practical and to-the-point advice from an
acknowledged leader in the field. Each of the nine chapters includes
numerous practical recommendations: * Board members will learn how to
run effective meetings and get and keep the best people on their team.
* Busy staff members will learn how to maximize opportunities to obtain
grant funds while minimizing the time spent. * Grant writers will learn
how to prepare better proposals and how to manage the funds once they
get them. * Agencies will learn how to establish an outstanding
volunteer program and how to form community coalitions that work. * And
everyone will learn effective strategies to help improve supervisory,
personnel, and general management skills.