Grants for Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Funding and Grant Writing

by Eleanor Gilpatrick

Overview

Written especially for professionals in nonprofit organizations, this is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to finding funds for programs and writing effective grant proposals. The author bases her work on 10 years of experience in successful funding and teaching in the nonprofit sector. She takes the reader through every phase of the funding and grant writing process. Notable for its comprehensive coverage and practical hands-on orientation to the subject, the book is also distinguished by its coverage of the specific areas of program planning and evaluation, topics usually ignored in other works on grant writing.

Following an overview of the basic funding strategies, Gilpatrick moves to a sequential discussion of the various aspects of the grant writing process. Of particular help are detailed case examples showing the application of the manual's principles in real situations. The author follows five project ideas, taken from a broad range of nonprofit organizations, from the initial idea to the final proposal. She presents strategies on finding funding sources and writing proposals and includes a set of cumulative writing steps that build toward the final application for funding. In addition, the guide provides, for the first time, a coherent, underlying intellectual/theoretical structure for the funding and grant writing process, making this an ideal text for students in public administration programs as well as an indispensable resource for practicing professionals in nonprofit organizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275932749
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/07/1989
Pages:	213
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

ELEANOR GILPATRICK is a Professor at the Hunter College School of Health Sciences, City University of New York, where she is Director of the Master's Program in Allied Health Services Administrations. Her previous works include The Occupational Structure of the New York City Municipal Hospitals (Praeger, 1970, co-author with Paul Corliss) as well as books and numerous articles on labor economics, job analysis, and human resources topics.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Overview, Terminology and Getting Started
Funding Agencies
The Process of Finding Funding
Preparation for Writing
Basic Components of the Proposal: Introduction
Basic Components of the Proposal: Problem/Need
Basic Components of the Proposal: Objectives
Basic Components of the Proposal: Methods
Articulating the Basic Components of the Proposal
Significance
Evaluation Design
Writing the Evaluation Section
Plan of Work
Sponsorship/Organizational Capability
Support and Endorsement
Future Funding
The Budget
Letter of Transmittal, Summary and Other Parts
The Preapplication
The Final Proposal and Beyond
Appendix: On Style
Selected Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Following an overview of the basic funding strategies, Gilpatrick moves to a sequential discussion of the various aspects of the grant writing process. Of particular help are detailed case examples showing the application of the manual's principles. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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