The How To Grants Manual or Social Revolutions in the Modern World

The "How To" Grants Manual: Successful Grantseeking Techniques for Obtaining Public and Private Grants

Author: David G Bauer

The fifth edition of this essential guide was created for both novice grantseekers who need instruction on how to begin the process and seasoned grantseekers who want to learn new techniques to save time and increase success. Revisions and additions reflect the enormous changes and challenges that have occurred in the grants marketplace since the fourth edition was published in 1999.

Library Journal

Since it was first published in 1984, Bauer's manual has become a standard in its field. In this new edition, he has updated the examples, added some new strategies, and expanded the information about online resources. Bauer offers many suggestions and tips (as well as encouragement) to help grantseekers become proactive. The first section does a good job of helping grantseekers see the grant proposal from the grantor's perspective. It also provides information on how to develop and document a proposal, write and refine it, and find the right venue for it. The second and third sections cover the process of identifying and applying for government and private grants. In addition to clarifying the differences between public and private funding, these sections detail the planning, research, and submission of grants, as well as how to follow up on them. The book includes tables, charts, and worksheets that summarize the information and help grantseekers focus their thinking. If a library can only purchase one book on developing grant proposals, this one should be at or very near the top of the list.--Kathy Breeden, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga Lib. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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The new edition incorporates changes and trends over the past five years in seeking and landing funding for education-based projects and institutions. It reflects the growing number of foundations with Web pages, using the Internet, the government trend toward online applications, recent statistics, and new resources. It includes worksheets, forms, sample letters, and examples. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	List of Exhibits, Figures, and Tables
	Preface
	Introduction
Pt. 1	Getting Ready to Seek Grant Support for Your Organization	1
Ch. 1	Setting Yourself Up for Grants Success: Developing a Proactive Grants System	3
Ch. 2	Developing and Documenting the Need for Your Project: Creating Urgency and a Compelling Proposal	12
Ch. 3	Finding Time to Write Grant Proposals: Organizing a Proposal Development Workbook	20
Ch. 4	Developing Grant-Winning Ideas: From Research to Model Projects	26
Ch. 5	Redefining Proposal Ideas: Improving Your Database Research and Finding More Funding Sources	32
Ch. 6	Why Grant Funds to You and Your Organization?: Capitalizing on Your Capabilities	37
Ch. 7	Creating Grant-Winning Teams and Consortia: Involving Volunteers through Advisory Committees and Advocacy Groups	46
Ch. 8	Choosing the Correct Grants Marketplace	59
Pt. 2	Public/Government Funding Opportunities	65
Ch. 9	Understanding the Government Marketplace	67
Ch. 10	Researching the Government Marketplace	75
Ch. 11	How to Contact Government Grant Sources	98
Ch. 12	Planning the Successful Federal Proposal	114
Ch. 13	Improving Your Federal Proposal: The Grants Quality Circle	147
Ch. 14	Submission: What to Do and What Not to Do	153
Ch. 15	Federal Grant Requirements	157
Ch. 16	Dealing with the Decision of Public Funding Sources	163
Ch. 17	Follow-Up with Government Funding Sources	166
Pt. 3	Private/Foundation Funding Opportunities	169
Ch. 18	Understanding the Private Foundation Marketplace	171
Ch. 19	Researching Potential Private Foundation Grantors: How to Find the Foundation That Is Best Suited to Fund Your Project	181
Ch. 20	Contacting a Private Foundation Before Submission	199
Ch. 21	Applying for Private Foundation Funds: Creating a Winning Letter Proposal	205
Ch. 22	Proposal Submission, the Decision, and Follow-Up: Private Foundation Funding Sources	213
Pt. 4	Private/Corporate Funding Opportunities	217
Ch. 23	Understanding the Corporate Marketplace	219
Ch. 24	Researching Potential Corporate Grantors: How to Find the Corporate Funding Source That Is Best Suited to Fund Your Project	227
Ch. 25	Contacting a Corporate Grantor Before Submission	238
Ch. 26	Applying for Corporate Funds	242
Ch. 27	Proposal Submission, the Decision, and Follow-Up: Corporate Grantors	250
	List of Resources	253
	David G. Bauer Associates, Inc. Ordering Information	272
	Index	275

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Social Revolutions in the Modern World

Author: Theda Skocpol

In this collection of essays, Theda Skocpol, author of the award-winning States and Social Revolutions (CUP, 1979), updates her arguments about social revolutions. How are we to understand recent revolutionary upheavals in countries across the globe? Why have social revolutions happened in some countries, but not in others that seem similar? Skocpol shows how she and other scholars have used ideas about states and societies to identify the particular types of regimes that are susceptible to the growth of revolutionary movements and vulnerable to transfers of state power to revolutionary challengers.