New Acquisitions - Proposal Development

This bibliography includes works on the research for and writing of grant proposals.

Bearman, Jessica. Drowning in paperwork, distracted from purpose: challenges and opportunities in grant application and reporting. Project Streamline, [2008]. 40 p. Subject file: 519
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The report analyzes current grant application and reporting practices and explores their effect on both grantmakers and grantseekers. The study identifies ten problems with the existing system, describes how some foundations are addressing these issues, and provides recommendations. The analysis is based on data from surveys, focus groups, interviews, and a literature review. With bibliographical references.

Geever, Jane C.; Sanusian, Silvia R. (trans.) Guía para escribir propuestas [in Spanish]. Translation of 5th ed. New York, NY: Foundation Center, 2008. xvii, 294 p. 770 GEE GUI

Guides the grantwriter from pre-proposal planning to post-grant follow-up. Incorporates excerpts from actual grant proposals and interviews with foundation and corporate grantmakers about what they look for in a proposal. Includes chapters on researching, contacting and cultivating potential funders, as well as a sample proposal and a selected bibliography on proposal development. A new appendix to the Spanish-language edition lists Foundation Center libraries and Cooperating Collections where Spanish is spoken and where materials in Spanish are available. In Spanish.