The "how to" grants manual : successful grantseeking techniques for obtaining public and private grants / David G. Bauer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.

Getting ready to seek grant support for your organization -- Motivating yourself to follow a proactive, success-based grants system -- Searching the literature to document your project's statement of need: creating an urgent and compelling case -- Developing a proactive grants system: finding the time to organize for grants success -- The grant-winning approach: expanding your possible solutions -- Developing key search terms to identify the best grantor(s): redefining your project and improving your research/grants profile to get the right hits -- Why grant funds to you and your organization? Capitalizing on your capabilities -- Creating grant-winning teams and consortia: involving volunteers through advisory committees and advocacy groups -- Selecting the right marketplace for your project -- Documenting organizational support for your proposal: preproposal summary and approval -- Public/government funding opportunities -- Understanding the government grants marketplace -- Researching the government marketplace -- How to contact government grant sources -- Planning the successful federal proposal -- Improving your federal proposal: the grants quality circle -- Submission: what to do and what not to do -- Federal grant requirements -- Dealing with the decision of public funding sources -- Follow-up with government funding sources -- Private/foundation funding opportunities -- Understanding the private foundation marketplace -- Researching potential private foundation grantors: how to find the foundation that is best suited to fund your project -- Contacting a private foundation before submission -- Applying for private foundation funds: letter of inquiry--letter proposal -- Proposal submission, the decision, and follow-up: private foundation funding sources -- Private/corporate funding opportunities -- Understanding the corporate marketplace -- Researching potential corporate grantors: how to find the corporate funding source that is best suited to fund your project -- Contacting a corporate grantor before submission -- Applying for corporate funds -- Proposal submission, the decision, and follow-up: corporate grantors -- List of resources.

A step-by-step outline for the successful navigation of the grants process.