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Grassroots grants : an activist's guide to grantseeking /

In the revised second edition of the bestselling guide to grantseeking, author and activist Andy Robinson walks you through the challenges of incorporating grants into a complete fundraising program, using grant proposals as organizing plans, designing fundable projects, building proposals piece by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robinson, Andy, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, ©2004.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Chardon Press series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Up from the Grassroots: The Evolution of Grants and Grantseeking
  • The Expanding Philanthropic Sector
  • A Different Set of Circumstances: Economy, Politics, Technology
  • Grantmaking: An Experiment in Democracy?
  • Funders Don't Act the Way They Used to Act
  • What Grants Will Get You ... and What They Won't
  • Who's Got the Money?
  • The Downside: Ten Ways That Grants Can Drive You Crazy
  • The Upside: Ten Ways That Grants Can Benefit Your Work
  • How Grants Fit into a Complete Fundraising Strategy
  • Why People (and Funders) Give Away Their Money
  • Who Gets the Money? Criteria for Giving
  • Foundation Culture
  • The Grant Proposal as Organizing Plan
  • Building the Case for Support
  • Programs, Projects, and Campaigns
  • General Support Grants
  • Designing Fundable Projects: The Grantwriter as Feasibility Tester
  • Involving Your Coworkers, Your Allies, Your Neighbors
  • How Much Money? Developing Budgets for Grant-Funded Projects
  • Finding Funders
  • Do Your Homework!
  • Follow the Guidelines
  • Sleuthing
  • Using Computer Resources and Web Searches
  • Doing Library Research
  • Studying the Current Guidelines
  • Building Peer-to-Peer Relationships with Grantmakers
  • Leveling the Playing Field
  • Grantmaking: It's a Job
  • Are We Partners or What? The Value of Honesty
  • Pick Up the Telephone
  • Honor the Gatekeepers
  • How to Meet Grantmakers
  • Donor-Directed Grants
  • Letters of Inquiry
  • Be Professional, Be Patient
  • Creating Your Proposal, Piece by Piece
  • The Value (or Not) of Good Writing.