Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing, and Writing Successful Proposals

✍ Scribed by Tori O'Neal-McElrath, Lynn Kanter, Lynn Jenkins English

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 158
• Series: The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Strong grant proposal writing made easy

From small startups to established national organizations, nonprofits large and small depend on grant funding to survive and thrive. Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing, and Writing Successful Proposals has long been the go-to resource for individuals and organizations looking for a clear, easy-to-follow approach to tackling the grant-writing process and winning funds. Now, in this revised Fifth Edition, changes and developments in the not-for-profit sector are integrated into the time-tested grant-writing formula that has proven effective time and again.

New to this edition, you’ll find an expanded discussion of the importance of relationship building, social media, and online resources to successful nonprofit funding. The text has also been revised to include guidance for nonprofit program budgets for both foundation and public funding grants. Never before has Winning Grants Step by Step been so easy to comprehend. Updated worksheets and forms will improve your comprehension and make your grant proposals stronger and more successful than ever.

• Learn the proven step-by-step approach to writing strong grant proposals for foundation grants and public funds
• Complete worksheets and activities to practice your grant-writing skills and break the process down into easy pieces
• Understand how to integrate your ideas and insights with research and facts to demonstrate your organization’s potential

• Learn the best approaches to building relationships and networking both in-person and online to push strong grant proposals into the winner’s circle

This guide is perfect as an introduction for the novice grantseeker or a refresher for the more experienced. Whether your organization needs only a thousand dollars or several million, following this step-by-step process will improve your ability to transform an idea that needs financial support into a proposal that deserves to be funded.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures, Samples, and Worksheets
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
How to Use This Workbook
Public Funding
Introduction: An Overview of the Grantseeking Process
The Proposal Process
Types of Proposals
Tips for Writing Proposals
Step 1 Developing the Proposal Idea
Public Funders
Proposal Development Review Questions
Step 2 Developing Relationships with Funders
Prospect Research
Developing the Relationship
Sending Email Inquiries to Funders
Contacting a Funder by Telephone
Funder Meetings
Writing a Letter of Inquiry
Public Funders
Step 3 Writing a Compelling Problem Statement
Purpose of the Problem Statement
Content of the Problem Statement
Tips for Writing the Problem Statement
Problem Statement Review Questions
Note
Step 4 Defining Clear Goals and Objectives
Purpose of the Goals and Objectives Components: The “So What?” Factor
Definition of Goals and Objectives
Outcome-Focused Objectives
Writing Outcome Objectives
Public Funding: Goals and Objectives
Tips for Writing Good Goals and Objectives
Goals and Objectives Review Questions
Notes
Step 5 Developing the Strategies
Purpose of the Strategies Component
Content of the Strategies Component
Tips for Writing the Strategies Component
Strategies Review Questions
Step 6 Preparing the Evaluation Component
Purpose of the Evaluation Component
The Virtues of Evaluation
Internal or External Evaluation
Content of the Evaluation Component
Public Funding: Evaluation
Evaluation Review Questions
Note
Step 7 Developing a Statement of Sustainability
Content of the Sustainability Statement
Tips for Writing the Sustainability Component
Public Funding
Sustainability Review Questions
Step 8 Developing the Proposal Budget
General Budget Overview
General Support Budget
Program Budget
Basics of a GS Budget
Stage 1: Review, Research, and Organize
Stage 2: Develop the Budget
Stage 3: Review, Update, and Review Budget Again
Stage 4: Develop the Budget Narrative
The Budget: Final Thoughts
Program Budget Do’s and Don’ts
Budget Review Questions
Step 9 Writing the Organizational Background Component
Purpose of the Organization Background Statement
Content of the Organization Background Component
Tips for Writing the Organization Background Component
Background Statement
Organization Background Review Questions
Step 10 Writing the Proposal Summary
Purpose and Content of the Summary
Tips for Writing the Summary
Public Funding: Proposal Summary
Summary Review Questions
Step 11 Submitting the Application
Purpose and Content of the Cover Letter or Email
Cover Email
Purpose and Content of the Appendices or Attachments
Public Funding Attachments
Online Portal Submissions
Emailing the Proposal
Paper Proposal Submissions
Step 12 Sustaining Relationships with Funders
Following Up on the Proposal
Managing a Site Visit
Responding to the Funder’s Decision
When the Proposal Is Funded
When the Proposal Is Not Funded
Final Thoughts
Resource A—Sample Proposal
Introduction
Executive Summary
Organization Background
Problem Statement
Goals and Objectives
Strategies
Eating Is a Right (EAR)
Every Youngster Eats (EYE)
Sharing Is Caring
Food for Life
Evaluation
Sustainability
Conclusion
Note
Resource B—How to Research Funders
Resource C—Resources for Grantseekers
Resources for Individual Grantseekers
Prospect Research Tools
Logic Models
Measuring Social Change, Social Justice
Program Evaluation
Budget Information
Government Grant Opportunities
Board Resources
Research and Data Resources
Other Resources
Index
EULA