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This book is designed to help nonprofit organizations craft proposals for grants from foundations, companies, and government agencies. Ellen Karsh, a writer and former director of the Mayor's Office of Grants Administration, in New York, and Arlen Sue Fox, associate executive director for development at Sunnyside Community Services, also in New York, significantly update this edition from 2005 by including interviews with grant makers about how the current economic crisis is affecting their giving and how grant seekers can improve their chances of garnering support. The book includes a proposal checklist, a glossary of terms, sample grant forms, and a list of Web sites that provide information on grants offered by foundations, corporations, and the government. —from the Chronicle of Philanthropy (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Introduction to the Third Edition
Funders' Roundtable: Economic Summit

Part I: Prerequisites
ch. 1 Who Am I? (and What in the World Do I Want to Do?)
ch. 2 Wait a Second - What Is a Grant . . . and Where Do I Get One?
ch. 3 Making (Dollars and) Sense of Grant-Application Packages: What Grantmakers Want
ch. 4 Getting Ready to Write a Grant Proposal
If You're a Not-for-Profit Organization
If You're a Government Agency or School District
If You're an Individual Grant Seeker . . .
ch. 5 Funders' Roundtable I

Part II: It's Finally Time to Write the Proposal
ch. 6 Foundations of Proposal Writing
ch. 7 Writing (Proposals) with Style: Twelve Basic Rules
ch. 8 Writing (Proposals) with Style: Tackling the Blank Page
ch. 9 Identifying and Documenting the Need: What Problem Will a Grant Fix?
ch. 10 Goals and Objectives: What Do You Hope to Achieve If You Get the Money?
ch. 11 Developing and Presenting a Winning Program
ch. 12 Finding Partners and Building Coalitions (The MOUs That Roared)
ch. 13 The Evaluation Plan: How Can You Be Sure If Your Program Worked?
ch. 14 The Budget: How Much Will It Cost . . .
ch. 15 Sustainability: How Will You Continue the Program When the Grant Funds Run Out? (and You'd Better Not Say, "I Won't!")
ch. 16 Capacity: Proving That You Can Get the Job Done
ch. 17 Front and Back: The Cover Page or Cover Letter, the Abstract, the Table of Contents, and the Appendix
ch. 18 Funders' Roundtable II

Part III: After the Proposal . . .
ch. 19 The Site Visit - Playing Host
ch. 20 So Now You Know - What Next?
ch. 21 Funders' Roundtables III

Appendix 1 - 50 Tips for Improving Your Chances of Winning a Grant
Appendix 2 - Proposal Checklist
Appendix 3 - Glossary
Appendix 4 - Sample Grant Forms:
Washington (D.C.) Area Common Grant Application Format
Federal Cover Page, Form SF-424
Sample Cover Letter
Sample Letter of Inquiry (LOI)
Sample Abstract
Appendix 5 - Representative List of Community Foundations
Appendix 6 - Websites
Appendix 7 - Answers to Pop Quizzes

Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index