Funded! : successful grantwriting for your nonprofit

Description

Funded! leads readers from knowing nothing about writing grants to having a complete grant proposal. Based on personal experience and the experiences of dozens of professional nonprofit grantwriters, students learn about writing grants by completing exercises at the end of each chapter, moving from finding funding opportunities to submitting the completed proposal. The book covers every essential grantwriting topic: finding funding, writing needs statements, finding or developing evidence-based programs, developing logic models, writing evaluation plans, describing implantation plans, budgeting, sustainability planning, and submission to the funder. Overall, it is an invaluable resource that provides flexibility for instructors, students, and professionals to learn about grantwriting in a variety of settings and formats. Content: Grantwriting and you -- Grantwriting in the age of scarcity -- Finding foundation funding sources -- Finding government funding sources -- Uncovering need in your community -- Finding and creating evidence-based programs -- Logic models -- Program evaluation -- Program implementation planning -- Budgeting -- Agency capacity and capabilities -- Final details.