How to Win Grants: 101 Winning Strategies

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Concisely written and easy to follow, How to Win Grants demonstrates a three-stage grant development model distilled into 101 actionable strategies, arranged in order of execution and supplemented by helpful checklists. In stage one, Prepare, grantseekers begin by assessing their personal and agency fundability, improving their positioning for grants, learning shortcuts to planning successful grant projects, and finding out how to locate the most likely sources of grant funding. In stage two, Persuade, grantseekers learn how to convince private and public grantmakers that their project deserves funding by adapting their project plan to the specific needs of each funder. In stage three, Perform, readers learn the most important ways to continue attracting grant funding for the long term. This indispensable guide also dispels widespread myths about grantseeking, identifies unproductive behaviors to avoid, and teaches readers how to engage the funders interest and make the most compelling case for their project. With all this and more, How to Win Grants is every individual and organizations ticket to a winning grantseeking campaign!

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Alan Silver has helped his clients win over $50 million in funding. In a career spanning three decades, he has organized and managed healthcare agencies, and consulted with hospitals, physicians, health centers, public health departments, and law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services agencies. For the past twelve years, he has devoted himself full-time to helping individuals, nonprofits, and agencies win grants. He lives in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.