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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grant Writing, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grant Writing, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

zoom enlarge 		Author: Waddy Thompson
Publisher: Alpha
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 8 x 0.8

ISBN: 1592575897
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.15224
EAN: 9781592575893
ASIN: 1592575897

Publication Date: January 2, 2007
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Product Description
The best way to get the cashCD-ROM included.

With this comprehensive guide, individuals as well as grant seekers for companies/organizations will learn each step of the grant writing process, including how to determine who can receive a grant and for what; find government, corporate, and foundation donors; create a budget; write a compelling proposal and solicit feedback; overcome obstacles, and more.
--New edition includes a CD-ROM with sample materials and a fully functional trial membership to an online grant research database


Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grant Writing   August 17, 2008
LOTS of information in a very conversational style. Easy to read and understand. If you are NOT a non-profit, i.e. looking for funding for a documentary, etc., it will give you good general info but you will need other resources.


5 out of 5 stars Superb Resource   September 23, 2007
 31 out of 31 found this review helpful

Last December, we took our project non-profit, really easily, by affiliating with a fiscal sponsor (explained in the book.)

I found the book in February. Three weeks later, I wrote my first grant, depending a great deal upon the advice, tips and forms and charts in the book. Two months later the check came in. The grant was approved.

I can't say enough good things about the book. I've always thought this genre of books was for total novices... which I was, when I started reading this book, but after talking with people who have applied for grants, I discovered this book had really educated me to the point I knew more than some of them.

Since then, I've been working with a part timer grant writer, helping me to apply for more grants. The book has helped me support my ideas-- even straightening out the consultant I'm working with, when it came to my rationale for funding overhead costs for one project.

I know at least three or four other colleagues have bought the book at my advice. I think anyone doing NGO non-profit work would benefit from reading the book and using the approaches it suggests to better understand the process of fund raising, how foundations operate and think, and how to create proposals that will persuade foundations to make contributions to support your work.

Last but not least, there's a coupon in it that gets you a month's free subscription to a foundation database. That alone is worth more than the price of the book. You can't lose. Now, go out, buy the book, get some funding and heal the world. Good luck.


5 out of 5 stars A Terrific Resource With As Much or As Little Information as You Need!   January 27, 2007
 40 out of 40 found this review helpful

As someone who writes grants on a regular basis, I found Waddy Thompson's book to be both a great refresher of the basics, as well as a deep resource for the more detailed information that a professional grantswriter uses regularly. The CD-ROM also has some great templates and research guides for the first-time grantswriter starting from scratch. The layout of the book allows for easy "flipping through" to glean as much or as little info as you need, and for easy review. Clean, light writing that gets to the point; overall, a terrific resource for anyone writing for themselves or an organization who is entering the sometimes tricky world of grants.

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