Resources
Books
- James Aaron Quick and Cheryl Carter New, Grant Seeker's Budget Toolkit, (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2001)
- Judith B. Margolin and Gail T. Lubin (editors), Guide To Winning Proposals II, (The Foundation Center, 2005)
- Susan L. Golden, Secrets of Successful Grantsmanship: A Guerrilla Guide to Raising Money (New York, 1997).
- Michael K. Wells, CFRE, Beyond the Basics, Vols 1-3, (Portland State University, 2007)
- Grantsmanship Center, Program Planning and Proposal Writing (Los Angeles, 1981).
- Cheryl Carter New and James Aaron Quick, Grantseeker's Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Funding (New York, 1998).
- Deborah Porter, Successful School Grants: Fulfilling the Promise of School Improvement (Pittsburg, Tex., 2003).
- Mary Hall and Susan Howlett, Getting Funded: The Complete Guide to Writing Grant Proposals, 4th Edition (Portland State University, 2003)
- Joseph Barbato and Danielle S. Furlich, Writing for a Good Cause, A Complete Guide to Crafting Proposals and Other Persuasive Pieces for Nonprofits (Fireside (Simon&Schuster) 2000).
- Kim Klein, Fundraising for Social Change (Chardon Press, 2007)
Websites (note: the following websites were tested in July, 2010. If the link is broken, cut and paste the URL into your browser.)
EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial, http://www.purdue.edu/dp/envirosoft/grants/src/msieopen.htm
Software program produced by Purdue University under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Government Grants (1), http://www.grants.gov/applicants/all_about_grants.jsp Grants.gov is a massive directory for anyone interested in exploring the government funding universe. The link will take you to helpful information about how to prepare for and submit government grant proposals.
Grant Proposal Writing Tips, http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html
Resource published by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that provides guideposts for the grant-writing process.
Grant Writing Tips, http://www.seanet.com/~sylvie/grants.htm
Grant-planning questions, basic elements of good proposals, and links to grant resources from an experienced grant writer.
Grant Writing Tip Sheets, http://www.grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm
General grant-writing tutorials as well as specific information about applying for National Institutes of Health grants.
Non-profit Guides, http://www.npguides.org
Grant-writing tools for nonprofits, including tips, sample proposals, and links.
Successful Grant Writing, http://www.generalcode.com/grants/grant_writing_get_started.html
A grant-writing consultant's outline of the basic steps necessary for planning the grant-writing process.
This sought-after non-profit consultant provides a multitude of learning opportunities.
On-line databases (note: the following websites are available only on a paid subscription basis. Prices vary greatly.)
- The Foundation Center, http://www.fdncenter.org is a large subscription database of US grant-making foundations, including corporate foundations and private foundations. It is very useful and the basic level is affordable.
Don Griesmann's Grant Opportunities, http://charitychannel.com/ . Regularly updated resource for a range of grant makers. Up-to-date, rigorous and reliable.Grantstation, http://www.Grantstation.com is a subscription database that attempts to provide a large database of grantors that has been sorted and edited for viability, deadlines, guidelines and subject matter parameters. iWave Information Systems, http://www.iWave.com is a subscription database used by prospect researchers and others to find non-profits that are working in similar areas as their client's. A good source of information on potential parternships as well as financial grantors. Noza, https://www.nozasearch.com is a subscription database that collects data about giving. It is often used by prospect researchers to discover individual giving data for use in fundraising. A good resource for locating small grantors. The Big Database, aka Big Online, aka FoundationSearch, http://www.bigdatabase.com/ is a grantor database that combines the best features of many other grants databases.