Proposal Writing: Effective Grantsmanship for Funding (SAGE Sourcebooks the – Ebook PDF Version – Digital Instant Dowload.
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 1483376435
- ISBN-13 : 978-1483376431
- Author: Soraya M. Coley (Author), Cynthia A. Scheinberg (Author)
The fifth edition updates the materials while broadening the appeal of the book to social service agencies including health, education, social services, and human services providers. The reader is taken from program design into a very comprehensive crash course on program evaluation. Readers will learn why it is important to measure program outcomes, how to measure them, and how to plan an evaluation design early in the planning process. After this, the reader will learn how to refine program ideas into objectives and implementation activities and write them in a format demanded by various funders.
Table contents:
Chapter 1: An Orientation to Proposal Writing
A Book for the Beginning Grant Writer
A Brief History of Giving and Philanthropy
Differences Between Grants and Contracts
Request for Proposals (RFP)
Chapter 2: Understanding the Nonprofit Agency
About the Nonprofit
Mission-Driven Analysis of the Agency/Organization
Organizational Capacity
Chapter 3: Finding and Applying for Funding
Finding Funding
The Federal Government
The State and Local Government
The Foundations and Corporations
Crowdsourced Funding
Search and Review
Chapter 4: The Proposal Overview
The Components of a Proposal
Proposal Submission and Scoring Process
Chapter 5: Logistics and Basics of Writing the Proposal
The Nuts and Bolts of Writing a Proposal
Writing for an Established Versus New Organization
Writing a Proposal for a Collaborative
Writing Style and Format
Using Audio/Visual Media
Chapter 6: Design the Program
Understand the Community Through Data
Formulating Program Ideas
Chapter 7: Program Objectives and Evaluation
Evaluation
Four Steps to Preparing the Objectives and Evaluation Plan
A Logic Model
Writing the Evaluation Section
Ethical Considerations
Chapter 8: Writing the Need or Problem Statement
The Aim of the Need/Problem Statement
A Guide to Writing the Need Statement
Theory of Change
Chapter 9: Program Description
Implementation Plan
The Project Narrative
Project Timeline
Scope of Work Forms
Chapter 10: Creating the Budget and Budget Justification
The Budget Context
Preparation of a Line-Item Budget
Other Types of Budgets
Other Budgeting Issues
Chapter 11: Other Proposal Components and Finishing Touches
Project Abstract
Agency Capability Statement
Letters of Support
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Finishing Touches