Foundation and Corporate Grants: How to Improve Your Funded Grants Batting Average (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781118691991)

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource offers advice on wining more grants. It provides step-by-step procedures for identifying, prioritizing, and approaching foundations and corporations for grant support; specific strategies and approaches used by foundation and corporate relations professionals; and tips, techniques, and best practices to draft and submit winning grant proposals.

Important topics covered include:

• Grant-seeking procedures for beginners
• Essentials for pursuing federal grants
• Finding the best corporate and foundation prospects
• Matching grant requests with grant makers
• Attracting funders
• Making proposals compelling
• Grant drafting
• Report systems
• Cultivating relationships
• Outsourcing grant writing
• Tips for dealing with family foundations
• Approaching foundations
• Confidentiality issues
• Corporate giving officers
• Corporate sponsors
• Effective grant writing
• Challenge grants

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