Foundation and Corporate Grants

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource offers advice on wining more grants. It provides step-by-step procedures for identifying, prioritizing, and approaching foundations and corporations for grant support; specific strategies and approaches used by foundation and corporate relations professionals; and tips, techniques, and best practices to draft and submit winning grant proposals.

Important topics covered include:

• Grant-seeking procedures for beginners
• Essentials for pursuing federal grants
• Finding the best corporate and foundation prospects
• Matching grant requests with grant makers
• Attracting funders
• Making proposals compelling
• Grant drafting
• Report systems
• Cultivating relationships
• Outsourcing grant writing
• Tips for dealing with family foundations
• Approaching foundations
• Confidentiality issues
• Corporate giving officers
• Corporate sponsors
• Effective grant writing
• Challenge grants

Please note that some content featured in the original version of this title has been removed in this published version due to permissions issues.

CHAPTER 1 Foundation/Corporate Relations Basics (Pages: 4-11)

CHAPTER 2 Doing Your Homework — Research (Pages: 12-19)

CHAPTER 3 Create Systems to Prioritize, Manage and Track Prospects (Pages: 20-24)

CHAPTER 4 Follow Guidelines and Application Procedures (Pages: 25-28)

CHAPTER 5 Introducing Yourself to Foundations, Corporations (Pages: 29-33)

CHAPTER 6 Cultivating Foundation and Corporate Relationships (Pages: 34-37)

CHAPTER 7 Drafting the Proposal (Pages: 38-44)

CHAPTER 8 Post-Decision Actions (Pages: 45-47)

CHAPTER 9 Ideas, Strategies Worth Considering (Pages: 48-51)

Scott C. Stevenson is the editor of Foundation and Corporate Grants: How to Improve Your Funded Grants Batting Average, published by Wiley.