Grant Writing 101: Everything You Need to Start Raising Funds Today

Victoria Johnson, CFRE, is a successful grant writer, fundraising professional, and author who is one of only a few hundred in the country to hold the designation Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), practice-based credentials that demonstrate a proven mastery of the standards set for core knowledge and skills required of fundraising executives after at least five years of experience. In addition to her current role as Development Director for a major metropolitan city, Johnson has twenty years of professional experience in grant writing and research, grant management, public relations, donor cultivation, fundraising, capital campaign readiness, corporate sponsorships, special event planning and implementation, press releases, collateral material design, budget monitoring, and contract administration. She is also on the Board of Directors for Friends of the Library, Los Gatos, CA. She is an acting member for her local Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) chapter, has been a featured speaker at the Silicon Valley chapter of AFP, and served on an "Ask the Experts" panel in June 2009. Her article on fundraising, "What's Working," was published in the July/August issue of Philanthropy magazine. She holds a BS from San Jose State University with a major in Business Administration, and served in the US Air Force Reserve and the California Air National Guard.

• Introduction; Chapter 1. Types of Proposals; Chapter 2. Preparing to Write a Grant Proposal; Chapter 3. Components of a Grant Proposal; Chapter 4. Write Your Proposal in Three Easy Steps; Chapter 5. Ten Ways To Make Your Proposal Irresistible; Chapter 6. Tips for Finding the Right Grantor; Chapter 7. Ten Things to Do While You're Waiting; Chapter 8. Things to Do When You're Approved; Chapter 9. Ten Things to Do if You're Rejected; Chapter 10. Ten Tips For Long-Term Success; Chapter 11. Top Ten Other Uses for Your Proposals; Appendix I. Sample Grant Deadline Matrix; Appendix II. Sample Congratulations Letter; Appendix III. Sample Final Report; Appendix IV. Short Grant Proposal Sample; Appendix V. Medium Grant Proposal Sample; Appendix VI. Long Grant Proposal Sample; Appendix VII. List of Available Items; Appendix VIII. Sample Program & Project Budgets; Appendix IX. List of Ways to Earn Funds; Appendix X. Ten Best Grant-writing References; Index