Proposal Writing
Effective Grantsmanship for Funding
6th Edition
Published on 24. May 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-5443-7153-5 (ISBN)
Description
The updated Sixth Edition of the best-selling Proposal Writing: Effective Grantsmanship for Funding offers a fresh, robust presentation of the basics of program design and proposal writing for community services funding. Authors Soraya M. Coley, Cynthia A. Scheinberg, and new co-author Yulia A. Levites Strekalova help readers develop the knowledge they need to understand community agencies, identify and describe community needs, identify funding sources, develop a viable program evaluation, prepare a simple line-item budget, and write a compelling need statement. The jargon-free, step-by-step presentation makes the book as useful to students in the university classroom as to first-time grant writers in the nonprofit setting. The new edition adds activities that can be done individually or in class to build students' skills and apply the chapter material.
More details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 176 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
378 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5443-7153-5 (9781544371535)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
12/2016
5th Edition
SAGE Publications Inc
€63.33
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Persons
Soraya M. Coley is president of Cal Poly Pomona University. Prior to that, she served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Bakersfield, and at Alliant International University, as well as dean of the College of Human Development and Community Service at California State University, Fullerton. She has nearly 30 years of higher education experience and has worked with nonprofits, community-based and civic organizations on program design, evaluation, and grant writing.
Cynthia A. Scheinberg is a psychologist (inactive) with 23 years of senior administrative leadership in the nonprofit sector. She has successfully designed, written, obtained, and implemented federal, state, foundation, and local government funding. In addition, she taught program design and proposal writing for 18 years at California State University, Fullerton in the Human Services Department. Now happily retired, she consults on program design, grant writing and compliance issues, and in her free time, enjoys grandchildren and playing clarinet in two community bands.
Yulia A. Levites Strekalova is Director of Educational Development and Evaluation and Assistant Research Professor at the University of Florida Clinical Translational Science Institute and a grant writing coach for the National Research Mentoring Network. She is also a science and health communication scholar and actively participates in large federally funded projects as a program developer and evaluator. She has over 15 years of research administration experience and has been teaching grant writing in the U.S. and internationally since 2014.
Cynthia A. Scheinberg is a psychologist (inactive) with 23 years of senior administrative leadership in the nonprofit sector. She has successfully designed, written, obtained, and implemented federal, state, foundation, and local government funding. In addition, she taught program design and proposal writing for 18 years at California State University, Fullerton in the Human Services Department. Now happily retired, she consults on program design, grant writing and compliance issues, and in her free time, enjoys grandchildren and playing clarinet in two community bands.
Yulia A. Levites Strekalova is Director of Educational Development and Evaluation and Assistant Research Professor at the University of Florida Clinical Translational Science Institute and a grant writing coach for the National Research Mentoring Network. She is also a science and health communication scholar and actively participates in large federally funded projects as a program developer and evaluator. She has over 15 years of research administration experience and has been teaching grant writing in the U.S. and internationally since 2014.
Content
Preface
About the Authors
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
Definition of a Proposal
Request for Proposals (RFP)
Key Points for Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Activities
Chapter 2: Understanding the Nonprofit Agency
About the Nonprofit
Mission-Driven Analysis of the Agency/Organization
Organizational Capacity
Key Points for Chapter 2
Chapter 2 Activities
Chapter 3: Finding and Applying for Funding
Finding Funding
The Federal Government
The State and Local Government
Foundations and Corporate Giving
Crowdsourced Funding
Search and Review
Is This Information for Real?
Key Points for Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Activity
Chapter 4: The Proposal Overview
The Components of a Proposal
Proposal Submission and Scoring Process
Key Points for Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Activities
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
Key Points for Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Activities
Chapter 6: Design the Program
Understand the Community Through Data
Formulating Program Ideas
Key Points for Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Activities
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
Key Points for Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Activity
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
Key Points for Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Activities
Chapter 9: Program Description
Implementation Plan
The Project Narrative
Project Timeline
Scope of Work Forms
Key Points for Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Activities
Chapter 10: Creating the Budget and Budget Justification
The Budget Context
Preparation of a Line-Item Budget
Other Types of Budgets
Other Budgeting Issues
Key Points for Chapter 10
Chapter 10 Activities
Chapter 11: Other Proposal Components and Finishing Touches
Project Abstract
Agency Capability Statement
Sustainability Statement
Letters of Support
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Finishing Touches
Key Points for Chapter 11
Chapter 11 Activities
Appendix A * Estimating Time
Appendix B * Funding Resource Information
Appendix C * Budget
Appendix D * Additional Information
Appendix E * Proposal Sections
Appendix F * Handout Materials
References and Suggested Readings
About the Authors
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
Definition of a Proposal
Request for Proposals (RFP)
Key Points for Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Activities
Chapter 2: Understanding the Nonprofit Agency
About the Nonprofit
Mission-Driven Analysis of the Agency/Organization
Organizational Capacity
Key Points for Chapter 2
Chapter 2 Activities
Chapter 3: Finding and Applying for Funding
Finding Funding
The Federal Government
The State and Local Government
Foundations and Corporate Giving
Crowdsourced Funding
Search and Review
Is This Information for Real?
Key Points for Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Activity
Chapter 4: The Proposal Overview
The Components of a Proposal
Proposal Submission and Scoring Process
Key Points for Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Activities
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
Key Points for Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Activities
Chapter 6: Design the Program
Understand the Community Through Data
Formulating Program Ideas
Key Points for Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Activities
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
Key Points for Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Activity
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
Key Points for Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Activities
Chapter 9: Program Description
Implementation Plan
The Project Narrative
Project Timeline
Scope of Work Forms
Key Points for Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Activities
Chapter 10: Creating the Budget and Budget Justification
The Budget Context
Preparation of a Line-Item Budget
Other Types of Budgets
Other Budgeting Issues
Key Points for Chapter 10
Chapter 10 Activities
Chapter 11: Other Proposal Components and Finishing Touches
Project Abstract
Agency Capability Statement
Sustainability Statement
Letters of Support
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Finishing Touches
Key Points for Chapter 11
Chapter 11 Activities
Appendix A * Estimating Time
Appendix B * Funding Resource Information
Appendix C * Budget
Appendix D * Additional Information
Appendix E * Proposal Sections
Appendix F * Handout Materials
References and Suggested Readings