Full Description
The fifth edition updates the materials while broadening the appeal of the book to social service agencies including health, education, social services, and human services providers. The reader is taken from program design into a very comprehensive crash course on program evaluation. Readers will learn why it is important to measure program outcomes, how to measure them, and how to plan an evaluation design early in the planning process. After this, the reader will learn how to refine program ideas into objectives and implementation activities and write them in a format demanded by various funders. Throughout the book, readers are presented with agency/organizational analyses using a conceptual framework that is tied to a theoretical perspective about the desired outcomes. This framework provides the coherence for the book and assists individuals with the "mechanics" of writing and challenges them to understand why a particular strategy and with what desired and measurable outcome are they seeking. The book also conveys the "new grantsmanship" which is essential for navigating the economic, political, and social dimensions of proposal and grant writing.
Contents
PrefaceChapter 1: An Orientation to Proposal WritingA Book for the Beginning Grant WriterA Brief History of Giving and PhilanthropyDifferences Between Grants and ContractsRequest for Proposals (RFP)Chapter 2: Understanding the Nonprofit AgencyAbout the Nonprofit Mission-Driven Analysis of the Agency/OrganizationOrganizational CapacityChapter 3: Finding and Applying for FundingFinding FundingThe Federal GovernmentThe State and Local GovernmentThe Foundations and CorporationsCrowdsourced FundingSearch and ReviewChapter 4: The Proposal OverviewThe Components of a ProposalProposal Submission and Scoring ProcessChapter 5: Logistics and Basics of Writing the Proposal The Nuts and Bolts of Writing a ProposalWriting for an Established Versus New OrganizationWriting a Proposal for a CollaborativeWriting Style and FormatUsing Audio/Visual MediaChapter 6: Design the ProgramUnderstand the Community Through DataFormulating Program IdeasChapter 7: Program Objectives and EvaluationEvaluationFour Steps to Preparing the Objectives and Evaluation PlanA Logic ModelWriting the Evaluation SectionEthical ConsiderationsChapter 8: Writing the Need or Problem StatementThe Aim of the Need/Problem StatementA Guide to Writing the Need StatementTheory of ChangeChapter 9: Program DescriptionImplementation PlanThe Project NarrativeProject TimelineScope of Work FormsChapter 10: Creating the Budget and Budget JustificationThe Budget ContextPreparation of a Line-Item BudgetOther Types of BudgetsOther Budgeting IssuesChapter 11: Other Proposal Components and Finishing TouchesProject AbstractAgency Capability StatementLetters of SupportMemorandum of Understanding (MOU)Finishing TouchesAppendix A: Estimating TimeAppendix B: Funding Resource InformationAppendix C: Proposal SectionsAppendix D: Additional InformationReferences and Suggested ReadingsIndexAbout the Authors
