Summary
Webster's New World Grant Writing Handbook walks readers through every step of the grant writing process-from defining the project and getting and interpreting a foundation's guidelines to submitting and following up on the grant application. With clear, concise explanations, thorough coverage, illustrative examples, and expert advice, this helpful, complete resource gives grant writers all the information and guidance they need to succeed.
Sara Deming Wason (Syracuse, NY) holds a master's degree in nonprofit management from Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Wason has over 20 years' experience in nonprofit administration, including the last 10 years in higher education development. She is currently Executive Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Syracuse University where she is responsible for corporate foundation fundraising.
First line
Corporate and foundation grants can be an important element of a nonprofit's comprehensive fundraising strategy.
From the rear cover
A superior resource to help your nonprofit win the grants you deserve
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.
Details
- Title Grant Writing Handbook
- Author Sara Wason
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 326
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin
- Date 2004-09-24
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780764559129 / 0764559125
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.8 in (23.37 x 19.05 x 2.03 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Fund raising, Nonprofit organizations - Finance
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004016043
- Dewey Decimal Code 658.152
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