Thank You for Submitting Your Proposal: A Foundation Director Reveals What Happens Next

In barely a whisper, the head of the foundation leans over and furtively says, Let me tell you how this really works. Then he divulges, from A to Z, what happens behind closed doors when a proposal is considered for funding. That would be Martin Teitel, a 30-year veteran of the foundation world and head of the Cedar Tree Foundation in Boston. His book, Thank You for Submitting Your Proposal: A Foundation Director Reveals What Happens Next, took a measure of courage to write. You don't pull back the curtains of the inner sanctum without incurring your colleagues wrath. For anyone submitting grant proposals, it's a fascinating read. More importantly, it's the ultimate insider's guide to playing the proposal game AND winning. Teitel's book is so intimate you ll feel like you're reading someone else's mail. A perfect companion to How to Write Knockout Proposals, by Joseph Barbato.

Martin Teitel is Executive Director of the Cedar Tree Foundation, a private foundation headquartered in Boston. Previously he served as Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the CS Fund, a philanthropic foundation, and also Western Field Director for a public charity, The Youth Project.Teitel is author of two Book of the Month Club alternate selections, Genetically Engineered Foods: Changing the Nature of Nature (ISBN 0892818883) and Rain Forest in Your Kitchen: The Hidden Connection Between Extinction and Your Supermarket (ISBN 1559631538). He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the Graduate School of the Union Institute, an MSW from San Diego State University, and a BA in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin (Madison). He is a field education supervisor for the Harvard Divinity School.