The Wise Guide to Winning Grants: How to Find Funders and Write Winning Proposals

by Waddy Thompson

Overview

The Wise Guide to Winning Grants provides complete instruction in the research and writing techniques that lead to winning grants from foundations, corporations, and government agencies, as well as major gifts from individuals. The process is described step-by-step with numerous real-life examples in an easy-to-read conversational style.

You'll learn how to make your proposals stand out from the crowd and avoid common mistakes. Whether you work in social services, health, the arts, youth services, or education, or if you're an entrepreneur seeking start-up funding, this book will provide the information you need to succeed.

You will learn how to:

· Find the best prospects to fund your organization

· Write a persuasive grant proposal that contains all the essential information

· Create a budget that will inspire confidence

· Manage the research, grant writing, and reporting processes

· Get started as a freelance grant writer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780998512495
Publisher:	Stitch-In-Time Books
Publication date:	06/21/2021
Series:	Wise Guides , #1
Edition description:	2nd Second Editon ed.
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	871,858
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Waddy Thompson's 35-year career in arts administration encompassed work for a wide variety of organizations serving music, dance, theatre, literature, and visual arts. He has held positions at The Whitney Museum of American Art, InterSchool Orchestras of New York, New York Foundation for the Arts, Poets & Writers, OPERA America, Second Stage Theatre, Symphony Space, and the Authors Guild Foundation. He is also the author of the predecessor volume to this book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grant Writing (Alpha Books), and numerous articles in The NonProfit Times and other periodicals. He taught grant writing for New York University's Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising. Mr. Thompson is also a composer and holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (B.M.) and Florida State University (M.M. and D.M.).

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Getting Started

Chapter 1: The Practice of Grant Writing

Chapter 2: The ABCs of Grants

Part 2: Where the Money Is

Chapter 3: A Foundation Primer

Chapter 4: A Corporation Primer

Chapter 5: A Government Primer

Chapter 6: An Individual Donor Primer

Part 3: Research, or Just How Nosy Are You?

Chapter 7: You Can Find It Online

Chapter 8: You Can Find It Offline

Chapter 9: Narrowing Your Prospects

Part 4: Strategies for Success

Chapter 10: Sow Before You Reap

Chapter 11: Testing the Waters

Chapter 12: Planning for Success, Now and Tomorrow

Part 5: Writing the Proposal

Chapter 13: The Parts of a Grant Proposal

Chapter 14: Selling Your Project

Chapter 15: Dollars and Cent

Chapter 16: The Cover Letter and Executive Summary

Chapter 17: Repute and Tribute

Chapter 18: Putting It All Together

Chapter 19: Other Types of Applications

Part 6: After You Submit the Proposa

Chapter 20: Waiting for and Receiving the Verdict

Chapter 21: Reporting on Success

Part 7: Grant Writing for Yourself

Chapter 22: Advice for Individual Grant Seekers

Chapter 23: Working as a Freelance Grant Writer

Chapter 24: The Business Side of Freelancing

Appendix A: Glossary

Appendix B: Sample Foundation Grant Proposal

Appendix C: Sample Corporate Grant Proposal

Appendix D: Sample Sponsorship Proposal

Appendix E: Sample Government Grant Proposal

Appendix F: Sample Final Report

Appendix G: Checklist for a Grant Proposal

Appendix H: The Hallmarks of a Good Grant Writer

About the Author