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

Karsh, Ellen; Fox, Arlen Sue

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9780786717545: The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need: Top Grant Writers and Grant Givers Share Their Secrets

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ISBN 10: 0786717548 ISBN 13: 9780786717545

Publisher: Carroll & Graf, 2006

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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

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About the Author:

ELLEN KARSH, currently a lecturer and author, was director of the New York City Mayor's Office of Grants Administration for nearly eight years, working for Mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg, prior to which she developed grants for the New York City Board of Education. She has won tens of millions of dollars by writing proposals to government agencies and private foundations.

ARLEN SUE FOX spent ten years as the director of research, planning, and evaluation for the New York City Human Rights Commission and twelve years as a consultant in research, evaluation, and proposal writing for nonprofit organizations, from grassroots groups to national organizations. She currently manages the development department at Sunnyside Community Services in New York City.

From Booklist:

Veteran grant writers Karsh and Fox not only rely on years of experience but also on interviews with dozens of foundations, associations, and government organizations to provide readers the best current thinking around a very tedious subject. What's more, the book's organization is attractive; 16 lessons, each prefaced with a truth-is-stranger anecdote and then expanded via a series of questions and answers and discussion and tested with pop quizzes, from fill in the blanks to independent study. The quotes from funders alone are worth the price of admission: "Less than 10 percent of proposals fit our guidelines." "I hate it when budgets make no sense." "Make it easier to use, with headings, bullets . . ." Yet, hands down, the appendixes win: 50 tips to improve your chances to win a grant and a proposal checklist, glossary, sample grant forms, representative list of community foundations, Web sites, regional associations of grant makers, and answers to pop quizzes. A must-have money reference. Barbara Jacobs
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