The book
Demystifying Grant Seeking isn’t just another book about “grant writing.” It’s an inspirational and instructional guide that takes the fear, mystery, and loathing out of looking for and winning foundation grants.
You learn more than just how to write one grant proposal — you learn how to set up an d run an efficient, productive grant seeking office, working strategically to get maximum results with a reasonable amount of work and a minimum of suffering.
Chapters cover:
- Dismissing myths about grant seeking and replacing them with a more productive attitude [read this chapter for free]
- Setting up your grant seeking office and files
- Doing essential research about your organization, community, and possible funders
- Writing documents that will be the building blocks of all your future grant applications
- Determining exactly what and how much you will ask for
- Writing grant proposals and letters of inquiry
- Managing meetings and relationships
- Setting goals and evaluating your success
- Working efficiently with colleagues
- Staying inspired
“This guide provides crystal clear, practical guidelines for writing grants, based on a five-step program and a definition of the principles that underpin a successful grant-seeking process.” — Annotation copyright Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
“Are you in need of fresh inspiration on how to organize your grantseeking process? Has fundraising caught you in a treadmill without the time to develop an overall perspective on how the process could work more efficiently? Demystifying Grant Seeking is an excellent, basic manual on how to organize the grantseeking process…” –Foundation Center PND News
“Larissa Golden Brown and Martin John Brown walk you through a grant-seeking system that works. The Browns’ plan is for the newcomer who must be led into the process…” –CharityChannel
“Demystifying Grant Seeking succeeds in its mission of guiding just about anyone through the daunting task of writing grant proposals…” – OnPhilanthropy.com
“For anyone entering the realm of grant seeking for non profits – or seeking more effective ways to do their job – Demystifying Grant Seeking is a powerful tool…” — Customer on Amazon.com