Finding Funding: The Comprehensive Guide to Grant Writing (2002 edition) [Paperback]

Daniel M. Barber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002

The essential "How-To" resource for Finding Funding from government, foundations, and corporations is now bigger and better. This new edition builds on the basics that have helped thousands of individuals, community based and nonprofit organizations, schools and government prepare winning grant proposals. This book includes a full glossary of terms and a computer diskette with hundreds of funding sources, sample letters, budgets and templates for every element of a grant proposal.

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About the Author

Dr. Daniel M. Barber is a professor of public policy and a former chair of the Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration at California State University, and the founder and CEO of Grantwriters.com. He has bachelors and masters degrees in journalism and urban studies, and a doctorate in public administration. Dr. Barber began his grant writing career while a graduate student at the University of Miami. In 1971 he was named the first Executive Director for the South Florida Regional Planning Council where, through grants and contracts, he expanded the Council's initial membership base over 10 times its size. As Assistant Director of the Illinois Office of Manpower and Human Development, he handled multimillion-dollar grant programs in emplohment and training, community services, and economic opportunity. Dr. Barber has developed a wide variety of web-based training materials including the Grantwriters.com website of online courses and information. As Director of the Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration, he organized one of the country's first graduate level grant writing courses.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Bond Street Publishers; 2002 edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963809113
• ISBN-13: 978-0963809117
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,204,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly comprehensive guide, May 4, 2002

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This review is from: Finding Funding: The Comprehensive Guide to Grant Writing (2002 edition) (Paperback)

I've read a dozen grant writing books, and this one offers the whole package. Notable strengths of this book include:

1) Get the organization behind your fund raising effort. Barber hits where others miss by consistently illustrating the importance building support for your grant internally, throughout the organization. Only experienced grant writers know how important this is.

2) The dreaded budget. The bottom line in proposal evaluation is the budget. It must be easy to comprehend, be realistic and professional-looking. This book offers important tips on calculating overhead, in direct costs, and bottom-up budgeting that I have seen in no other grant writing text.

3) "Comprehensive Guide": This book (and accompanying disk) offers template materials as well as the historical and philosophical back ground of public funding and philanthropic giving. The book as a whole is important to understanding the nature of fund raising through grants while providing practical advice on how to get that important project funded.

I keep this book nearby and use often for reference.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Grant writing help, July 19, 2010

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This review is from: Finding Funding: The Comprehensive Guide to Grant Writing (2002 edition) (Paperback)

This is a good and concise source for help in learning how to write grants, where to find funding sources, and how to approach agencies to generate interest in your project. The information on the CD that accompanies the book is especially helpful.