Grant Writing Made Simple:
87 Tips for Great Grants
by Sally Stanton, Ph.D., and Laurie Risch, M.A.
Crickhollow Books • September 2009
Trade Softcover • 82 pages • 5.5” x 8.5”
Career / Education / Fundraising / Writing Skills
$16 • ISBN 978-1-933987-08-8
Distributed by Itasca Book Distributing
ph: 800-901-3480 • www.itascabooks.com
Also available from Ingram, Baker & Taylor,
Amazon.com, and other vendors
Click here to order from Amazon.com
Click here to find an independent bookstore near you
“When I think of a guide to grant writing, I imagine a weighty book in both size and tone. Grant Writing Made Simple: 87 Tips for Great Grants is a refreshing surprise. The tips are divided into brief readable chapters and illustrated with touches of humor that describe why “Your Mother Was Right!” Many good books are available, but Grant Writing Made Simple . . . reassures and gives solid advice for grant writers.”
– Gerald J. Alred, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Jay R. Gould Award Recipient and Coauthor of The Business Writer’s Handbook
It’s as easy as pie! . . . when you learn to follow the basics of grant writing with these tips from professionals in the field. This book covers the core competencies of grant writing, with tips for establishing need, proposal clarity, outcomes, evaluation, and more.
BOOK SUMMARY
Grant Writing Made Simple is a quick survival guide and desktop companion for the new grant writer, especially for students majoring in English, community education, or social work, and for new professionals (or volunteers) working with a community nonprofit organization, charity, or civic organization who wish to write a winning proposal for an important project.
While applying common-sense principles, the book also offers plenty of advice from foundation grant reviewers, writing instructors, grant-writing students, and others — a compendium of the best and most useful tips and techniques.
These little nuggets of wisdom are small enough to fit in your already-crammed-full-of-facts brain, but big enough to help you out when you get stuck just before that important grant deadline.
Sally Stanton teaches grant writing and professional communication at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Mount Mary College, and Carroll University. She is also a freelance consultant, and directs Write Now! Consulting (www.WriteNowConsulting.com), a firm offering research, writing, and editing services for nonprofits. She lives in Milwaukee.
Laurie Risch is a Madison, Wisconsin, writer and editor. She has taught composition in public and private secondary schools and is currently working on several children’s books. She also serves as a member of The Grant Squad™ for Write Now! Consulting.