{"product_id":"demystifying-grant-seeking-isbn-9780787956509","title":"Demystifying Grant Seeking","description":"Demystifying Grantseeking is an inspirational and instructional guide to grantseeking. The authors--successful grantseekers in their own right--show you how to overcome the common fears fundraisers often experience and offer sound, practical advice to successful grantseeking. The book provides you with a systematic and logical way of searching for grants, and helps to identify which foundations to approach so fundraisers don't waste time on dead-end proposals.  Foreword by Judith E. Nichols, Ph.D., CFRE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PROLOGUE: GET INSPIRED AND READY TO GO.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Clear Away Myths and Fears.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Understand the Grantseeking Cycle.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Set Up a Simple Office.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e STEP ONE: LEARN ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION, COMMUNITY, AND FUNDERS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Learn About Your Organization and Programs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Synthesize What You've Learned So Far.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Learn About Your Community.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Learn About Funders.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e STEP TWO: MATCH YOUR REQUEST TO A FUNDER.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. Move From Lead to Prospect to Match.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e STEP THREE: INVITE A FUNDER TO INVEST IN YOUR ORGANIZATION.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. Invite a Funder to Give .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. Guide Relationships, Meetings, and Tours.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e STEP FOUR: FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION AND YOUR FUNDER.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. Communicate After Mailing a Proposal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12. Follow Up After a Funding Decision.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e STEP FIVE: EVALUATE YOUR RESULTS, METHODS, AND OPPORTUNITIES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13. Evaluate the Past, Strategize the Future.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14. Personalize Your Grantseeking Cycle.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15. Set Your Grantseeking Ground Rules.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e EPILOGUE: GET INSPIRED ALL OVER AGAIN.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16. Grow From Efficiency to Expertise.  What do you really need to do to get grants? Get thee a system! Not just any system; this one.\u003cbr\u003e Proposal writing is a science and art. The art part is writing; the science part is research, strategy, observation, and painstaking work. \u003ci\u003eDemystifying Grant Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e is about the painstaking part, but the authors skillfully render the components in manageable, sustainable portions, palatable for the busiest of non-profit professionals.\u003cbr\u003e Larissa Golden Brown and John Martin Brown walk you through a grant-seeking system that works. The Browns' plan is for: the newcomer who must be led into the process; the experienced proposal writer who needs to keep track of all the office's activities; and anyone who wishes to streamline operations while improving quality and consistency.\u003cbr\u003e Don't think this is just about how to get to funders. This is about how to collect information, manage it and other materials, and promote communication habits to create a winning grants office.\u003cbr\u003e The authors describe the grant-seeking cycle in five parts: 1) learn - about your organization, your community and your potential funders; 2) match - your needs with the funder's interests and performance; 3) invite - the funder, through the proposal, to invest in the organization and the community; 4) follow up - on the program and the partnership; and 5) evaluate - the grant-seeking process to fine tune it before renewing the cycle.\u003cbr\u003e They take the time to dispel many grant world myths, including \"All you need is one well-written grant proposal\" and \"You need to 'know someone' to get a grant.\" They even point out the basic necessities for operating a grant-seeking office -- mercifully low-tech and manageable.\u003cbr\u003e Quickly, though, they get to pre-writing part of the process. Proposal writers know that much time is spent learning about the organization, its programs and plans, sometimes developing programs or shaping them to enhance their appeal to funders, and collecting information and support materials to satisfy the donor and dramatize the project. The Browns' emphasis on what they could call the \"discovery phase\" is very well placed. Their checklist of questions for interviewing the CEO, the program director, and staff assures solid internal research. The answers to those questions become the backbone of the finished proposal.\u003cbr\u003e Chapters on collecting, developing and refreshing support materials, and program, donor, and grants management files have excellent ideas for simplifying work and improving the delivery of quality of information. The authors' recommendations on managing information in the office are surprisingly simple. Cultivate their habits of keeping only what is important, and completing related tasks together (filling a \"to read\" file or saving leads for a morning of electronic research) to maximize efficiency. These systems definitely work. My office has already adopted their deadline cards, organizational resume, and the filing and record keeping ideas. Check the back of the book for sample forms and an application.\u003cbr\u003e The section on maintaining relationships with funders may be a bit too subtle for some newcomers, so let me emphasize the importance of disciplined relationship management. This is the beginning of a long-term partnership with the donor: attend to it if you hope it will flourish. So use their \"follow-up form\" and funder communication ideas to guide you. It is far easier to keep a funder than to get a funder.\u003cbr\u003e How about sustaining momentum in a busy office? The authors wisely recommend annual reviews of grant-seeking efforts and staff summits that prioritize projects and define staff responsibilities in proposal preparation. Never underestimate the importance of non-development staff in an organization. Their ideas, information, and support are critical for success. A little internal public relations through periodic review meetings and regular, but brief, reports to staff will foster a team atmosphere that helps get good work done for everyone.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDemystifying Grant Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e is a very fine combination of Larissa Golden Brown's fundraising successes and Martin John Brown's writing abilities (they probably share those, too). It is a generous gift to those who work so hard on behalf of good causes. Read it and keep it. (Review by Sarah S. Brophy)   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE AUTHORS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarissa Golden Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is a partner in Brown and Brown Consultants which helps nonprofit organizations streamline their grant-seeking process and fund their plans and dreams. Brown also spe-cializes in grants coaching and instruction inspiring people to take on their own fundraising. Her clients have included the Oregon Children's Foundation, The Salvation Army, Community Outreach, Inc., Portland Opera, and Sisters Of The Road Cafe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin John Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is a partner in Brown and Brown Consultants. He is a scientist turned writer whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHigh Country News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVenue\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe Bear Deluxe\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDEMYSTIFYING GRANT SEEKING\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor weeks you have put your energy into writing a grant proposal. When it is finally finished, the proposal seems to be everything you had hoped for—eloquently written and well-crafted. You put it in the mail and hope for the best. But the \"perfect\" grant fails to get funded. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat went wrong? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemystifying Grant Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e shows you what to do to get the grants your organization needs. Many books help you write grants. This inspirational and instructional guide takes you beyond crafting proposals to offer practical advice on building an effective grant-seeking process. It reveals a new path to success that begins by dis-pelling the myths and fears that get in the way of effective grant seeking. \u003ci\u003eDemystifying Grant Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e clearly defines the principles that underpin a successful grant-seeking process and outlines a five-step system that will enhance grant-seeking efforts for both fundraising novices and seasoned professionals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemystifying Grant Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e presents a proven framework that will give you the tools you need to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscover the authentic needs of your community and what makes your organization's work meaningful and important\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate foolproof materials that will become the base of all future grant proposals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetermine how to make your formal requests for funds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eManage the relationships that could help or hinder your proposals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrganize your follow-up process and make it productive\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyze your experience to determine how your next project can be improved\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAppraise your next opportunities and upcoming deadlines\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate an effective system for the next grant-seeking cycle\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis nuts-and-bolts book covers all the details of effective grant seeking and includes a list of the materials needed to set up an office that is geared for grant-writing success. The book is filled with exercises that will help you learn a new way of operating so you can seek grants with efficiency and integrity.     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTAKE THE FIVE STEPS TO BECOME A FEARLESS GRANT SEEKER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDemystifying Grant Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e, authors Larissa Golden Brown and Martin John Brown offer down-to-earth advice on implementing an effective grant-seeking process based on the art of fearless grant seeking. Written for nonprofit professionals and fundraisers—no matter what their level of expertise—this hands-on resource outlines a five-step program that will help to dispel myths, overcome fears, and lead to grant-seeking success. Using the suggestions outlined in \u003ci\u003eDemystifying Grant Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e fundraisers will: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn about their organizations, communities, and funders\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMatch requests to funders\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvite funders to invest in their organizations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFollow up both internally  with funders\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEvaluate results, methods, and opportunities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"At last! A practical, hands-on—and most importantly, realistic—guide to the entire grantsmanship process. Unlike so many how-to guidebooks which promise what they cannot deliver, while propagating the myth that successful grants require nothing more than a 'winning proposal,' \u003ci\u003eDemystifying Grant Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e correctly places the proposal in its proper context alongside the 'other 90 percent of the process' that funders truly consider. As a former foundation program officer, I heartily recommend \u003ci\u003eDemystifying Grant Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e!\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMarilyn L. Gross\u003c\/b\u003e, president, Educational Funding Strategies, Ltd., and publisher, \u003ci\u003eTHE INTERNET INSIDER—for Grantseekers \u0026amp; Fundraisers\u003c\/i\u003e    \"At last! A practical, hands-on— and most importantly, realistic— guide to the entire grantsmanship process. Unlike so many how-to guidebooks which promise what they cannot deliver, while propagating the myth that successful grants require nothing more than a 'winning proposal', \u003ci\u003eDemystifying Grant Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e correctly places the proposal in its proper context alongside the 'other 90 percent of the process' that funders truly consider. As a former foundation program officer, I heartily recommend \u003ci\u003eDemystifying Grant Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e!\" —Marilyn L. 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