Wednesday, March 14, 2012

In 33 Funder-Friendly Elements No Grant Proposal Should be Without! Kim Rogers makes the case that grant-seeking and grant writing approaches should mimic or embrace direct-marketing techniques. The idea that the success of an organization’s grant writing strategy relies on more than just a well written and on time proposal is accurate and widely accepted in the grant writing field. 33 Funder-Friendly Elements No Grant Proposal Should be Without! provides some interesting ideas within the outlined elements about what some of these other influencing factors can be. 

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Michael Wells provides a very valuable overview of nonprofit finance, accounting, and budgeting. While the book is written as part of a series for grant writers, it is also very applicable to others interested in the subject.   He presents very technical subjects in a way that clearly delineates financial reporting in relationship to management reporting and the differences between the two.  He provides extensive samples of financial statements with explanations, taking into account the differences based on the size of the nonprofit.  For grant writers the book has several additional sections of added value relating funders and grant management.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

The new Fifth Edition of Getting Funded is out and is still the best “how to” book in the grantwriting field. The book’s changes reflect the many changes in the grant funding world as grantmakers and grantees become more sophisticated, funding gets more competitive and application processes get more complex.