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 References

Bader, B. &  Carr., S (1999).  Successful grantseeking: A comprehensive guide to developing proposals, finding funders, and managing the grantseeking process. Bozeman, MT: Community Systems.
Barbato, J. &  Furlich, D.S. (2000).. Writing for a good cause: The complete guide to crafting proposals and other persuasive pieces for nonprofits. New York: Fireside, 2000.
Browning, B. A. (2001). Grant writing for dummies. New York: Wiley.
Burke, J. & PraterC.A. (2000). I’ll grant you that: A Step-By-Step Guide To Finding Funds, Designing Winning Projects, and Writing Powerful Proposals. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann,
Coley, S. & Scheinberg, C,A. (2008). Proposal writing: Effective grantsmanship. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.
Carlson, M. (2002). Winning Grants Step By Step. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Locke, L.F., Spirduso, W. & Silverman, S.J. (2000). Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Miller, P.W. (2002). Grant Writing: Strategies for Developing Winning Proposals. 2nd ed. Munster, IN: Patrick W. Miller & Associates.
Yuen, F. K. O., & Terao, K. L. (2003). Practical grant writing & program evaluation. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Web Resources

Understaning the Agency

Ohio Literacy Resource Center. (http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/grants/first.html)

Funding Search

Corporate Giving Database (http://developmentdirector.com/corporate.php)
Foundations.org (http://www.foundations.org/)
Government Grants (http://www.grants.gov/)
Guidestar (www.guidestar.org)
www.SchoolGrants (http://www.k12grants.org/)
 Community Foundation Services. (http://www.communityfoundationlocator.org/search/index.cfm)
GrantsDirect.com (http://www.grantsdirect.com)
Federal Funding Sources for Rural Areas Database (http://ric.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/ric/ffd.php)
Foundation Center (http://foundationcenter.org/)
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (http://www.greenwood.com)

Grant Writing

Non- Profit Guide (http://www.npguides.org/)
The Foundation Centers (http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/info.html)
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show)
The Corporation of Public Broadcasting (http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.htm)
Columbia University Medical Center (http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/research/website/3/6/2/index.html)
Montana State University
(http://www.montana.edu/wwwvr/osp/propwrit.html; http://www.montana.edu/wwwvr/osp/checklist.html)
Minnesota Council on Foundations
(http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm)
Proposal Writing Today (http://www.psassociates.com/)
Proposal Writer.com (http://www.proposalwriter.com/)
A Condensed Version of Proposal Planning and Writing. Jeremy T. Miner, Lynn E. Miner. (http://www.minerandassociates.com/PPW3 Brief.htm)
Appalachian Regional Commission.( http://www.arc.gov/index.do?nodeId=102)
GuideStar. (http://www.guidestar.org/news/features/grantadvice.jsp)

Sample Grant Proposals

Foundation Center. (http://fdncenter.org/learn/faqs/html/propsample.html0
Appalachian Regional Commission.( http://www.arc.gov/index.do?nodeId=1730)
SchoolGrants. (http://www.k12grants.org/samples/)
Non-Profit Guides. (http://www.npguides.org/guide/sample_proposals.htm)
Funding: Templates. SERA Learning. (http://www.sera.com/index.php?section=funding&option=funding&page=funding_templates)
Plugged In. (http://www.pluggedin.org/tool_kit/sample_grant.html)
The Idea Bank (http://theideabank.com/onlinecourse/samplegrant.html)
Gill Foundation. (http://www.gillfoundation.org/tata_materials/tata_materials_show.htm?doc_id=90214)

Literature Review Resources

Old Dominion University Library Databases (http://www.lib.odu.edu/)

Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/)

Grant Proposal Glossaries

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund http://www.charitablegift.org/basics_glossary.shtml
Foundation Center http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/gfr/glossary.html
Marywood University http://www.marywood.edu/orcc/glossary.htm
Oakton Community College http://www.oakton.edu/resource/grants/glossary.pd

Presentations

Presentation Helper (http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/)
Library Staff Support (http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/presentations.html)
Free Management Library (http://www.managementhelp.org/commskls/presntng/basics.htm)
Slide Share (http://www.slideshare.net/)
Windows Movie Maker (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx)

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
   

 

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