April 4 1968 or The Only Grant Writing Book Youll Ever Need

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The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need: Top Grant Writers and Grant Givers Share Their Secrets

Author: Ellen Karsh

This is the revised and expanded edition of the most sought-after guide for everyone seeking grants: nonprofits, state and local governments, universities, school administrators, teachers, artists, and those seeking funds for scholarly and cultural enterprises. Written by two authors who have won millions of dollars in grants — and updated to include vital information and advice accumulated since The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need first appeared — this new edition provides a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for grant writers, demystifying the process while offering indispensable advice from funders and grant recipients. It includes the following. Guidance on developing a realistic, cost-effective, collaborative program Concrete suggestions (with practice exercises and examples) for approaching each section of a grant so that the proposal is absolutely clear to the funder A glossary of terms with any word, phrase, or concept a grant writer may need, plus fifty tips for writing a winning proposal Funders roundtables put you inside the minds of the people who award grants

Table of Contents:

1	Who am I? (and what in the world do I want to do?)	3
2	Wait a second - what is a grant...and where do I get one?	11
3	Making (dollars and) sense of grant-application packages : what grantmakers want	44
4	Getting ready to write a grant proposal	62
5	Foundations of proposal writing	104
6	Writing (proposals) with style : twelve basic rules	109
7	Writing (proposals) with style : tackling the blank page	126
8	Identifying and documenting the need : what problem will a grant fix?	145
9	Goals and objectives : what do you hope to achieve if you get the money?	165
10	Developing and presenting a winning program	175
11	Finding partners and building coalitions (the MOUs that roared)	186
12	The evaluation plan : how can you be sure if your program worked?	196
13	The budget : how much will it cost... and is the cost reasonable?	206
14	Sustainability : how will you continue the program when the grant funds run out? (and you'd better not say, "I won't!")	219
15	Capacity : proving that you can get the job done	226
16	Front and back : the cover page or cover letter, the abstract, the table of contents, and the appendix	233
17	The site visit - playing host	276
18	So now you know - what next?	282