Grantsmanship in Elementary and Secondary Schools
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Alphabetically arranged listing of bibliographies
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Internet Sites
Polaris Grants Central
Carnegie Corporation
Funding Opportunities
Funding Resources for Financial Aid, Grants, and Scholarships
U.S. Department of Education Discretionary Grant Application Packages for Currently Open Grant Competitions
Schoolgrants
The Foundation Center
Pitsco's Launch to Grants and Funding
Online Funding Resources
Citations from the ERIC Database
AN: ED424241
AU: Keresty,-Barbara; O'Leary,-Susan; Wortley,-Dale
TI: You Can Make a Difference: A Teacher's Guide to Political Action.
PY: 1998
AV: Heinemann, 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881; Fax: 603-431-7840 ($14).
NT: Foreword by Richard L. Allington.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DE: *Activism-; *Political-Attitudes; *Teachers-
DE: Citizen-Participation; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Guides-; Leadership-; Program-Evaluation; Program-Implementation; Social-Action; Teacher-Role
AB: This book recounts the experiences of three teachers who turned activists when the Reading Recovery program at their schoools was threatened by budget cuts. Chapter 1, "How To Get a Program," details specific steps for the initiation and successful implementation of a program, describing how to research a solution, gain support, develop an evaluation plan, and secure funding. Chapter 2, "How To Keep a Program," outlines steps to take to defend a program, including public relations and networking steps. In Chapter 3, "How To Think and Act Politically," further aspects of thinking and acting politically are described. These include learning from other political leaders, creating a focus, providing leadership, speaking publicly, and nurturing oneself. Twenty appendixes contain additional information about specific areas and many sample letters, press releases, and evaluation documents. (Contains 22 references.) (SLD)
AN: ED396400
AU: Orlich,-Donald-C.
TI: Designing Successful Grant Proposals.
CS: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA.
PY: 1996
AV: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1250 N. Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 (Stock No. 196022; $16.95).
NT: 143 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DE: Budgeting-; Educational-Research; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Financial-Support; Fund-Raising; Institutional-Advancement; Needs-Assessment
DE: *Grants-; *Grantsmanship-; *Program-Proposals; *Proposal-Writing IS: RIENOV96
AB: This handbook offers guidelines for compiling successful grant proposals. Chapter 1 reviews basic elements of a proposal, explains how to match the proposal's priorities with those of funders, and offers suggestions for writing big proposals. Chapter 2 presents strategies for monitoring funding sources, and chapter 3 describes how to conduct a successful needs assessment. Tips for writing the beginning elements of the proposal are highlighted in the fourth chapter. Chapters 5 through 8 offer guidelines for accomplishing objectives, calculating a budget, preparing research proposals, and completing the proposal. Nineteen figures are included. Appendices contain a list of resources and a sample funded proposal. (Contains 15 references.)
AN: EJ521489
AU: Schnitzer,-Denise-K.
TI: Grant-Seeking Guidelines: Funding School and District Restructuring Projects.
PY: 1996
JN: ERS-Spectrum; v14 n1 p7-14 Win 1996
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Guidelines-
DE: *Fund-Raising; *Grantsmanship-; *Program-Descriptions; *Program-Development; *School-Restructuring IS: CIJAUG96
AB: One way of garnering grant funding to support restructuring projects is to establish a districtwide grants development office. This article describes a low-cost grants office in the Norfolk (Virginia) Public Schools that employs one administrator and one part-time clerical support person. An overview of the grants development and proposal writing processes is provided. (MLH)
AN: EJ517095
AU: Reissman,-Rose
TI: Who Says Money Doesn't Grow on Trees.
PY: 1995
JN: Learning; v24 n1 p54-55 Aug 1995
AV: UMI
DE: Corporate-Support; Elementary-Secondary-Education; School-Funds
DE: *Educational-Finance; *Grants-; *Grantsmanship-; *Private-Financial-Support IS: CIJMAY96
AB: Provides information to teachers who need grant money to fund projects their schools cannot afford, explaining how to begin, what items grants typically pay for, what type of information must be on a grant proposal about the project, how to work with corporate foundations, and how to determine project success. (SM)
AN: ED390178
AU: Ruskin,-Karen-B.; Achilles,-Charles-M.
TI: Grantwriting, Fundraising, and Partnerships: Strategies That Work!
PY: 1995
AV: Corwin Press, Inc., 2455 Teller Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 (e-mail: order@corwin.sagepub.com).
NT: 198 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DE: Donors-; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Financial-Support; Fund-Raising; Income-; Institutional-Advancement; Partnerships-in-Education; School-Funds; School-Support
DE: *Foundation-Programs; *Grants-; *Grantsmanship-; *Private-Financial-Support; *Proposal-Writing IS: RIEMAY96
AB: This book was written for teachers and administrators who are developing new sources of funding for school and districtwide projects. It offers practical information on seeking private funding and writing successful grant proposals. Five chapters offer step-by-step strategies for the following processes - planning a proposal, developing funding strategies and school-business partnerships, writing the proposal, obtaining "insider" information, and locating grant resources for teachers, students, and schools. Appendices contain a list of professional education associations, a selected listing of small grant opportunities, libraries with foundation grant collections, a list of foundations that support educational innovation, a glossary, and an index. (Contains 23 references.) (LMI)
AN: EJ499181
AU: Schnitzer,-Denise-K.
TI: Becoming the CEO of Grants.
PY: 1995
JN: Executive-Educator; v17 n3 p35-36 Mar 1995
AV: UMI
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education
DE: *Administrator-Responsibility; *Grantsmanship-; *Principals-; *Public-Relations; *Teamwork- IS: CIJJUL95
AB: Principals desiring to obtain their schools' share of available grant money must direct the grant-writing process. After mastering basic principles and vocabulary, principals should form a grant proposal team, tend to public relations, share important data with team members, identify matching funds and in-kind services, contact the funding organization, secure letters of support, check policy regulations, and act as final reader. (MLH)
AN: ED380906
AU: Brewer,-Ernest-W.; And-Others
TI: Finding Funding: Grantwriting and Project Management from Start to Finish. Second Edition.
PY: 1995
AV: Corwin Press, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 ($39.95).
NT: 275 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Institutional-Advancement; Program-Development; Program-Proposals; Program-Validation; School-Funds
DE: *Educational-Finance; *Financial-Support; *Fund-Raising; *Grantsmanship-; *Proposal-Writing IS: RIEAUG95
AB: This book offers guidelines to help potential grantseekers explore, write, implement, and terminate a strong proposal as an operating project. Part 1 presents guidelines for initiating the development of a grant proposal. These include information about grants and the funding game, a review of aids, and a chapter on use of the major tools of the trade - the "Federal Register" and the "Code of the Federal Regulations," and the "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance." In part 2, chapters 5-9 address the specifics of writing grant proposals. They provide information on the basic components of a standard proposal, tips on reviewing and responding to a request for proposal (RFP), and a sample of a funded proposal. Part 3 contains chapters 10-13, which examine the implementation, operation, and termination of a funded project. The chapters also explain Federal guidelines that must be followed (EDGAR) while operating a project, the nature of site visits, and audits. Forty-nine figures are included. Appendices contain lists of abbreviations and state contacts. (LMI)
AN: EJ473068
AU: Zimet,-Ellen
TI: Grant Writing Techniques for K-12 Funding.
PY: 1993
JN: T.H.E.-Journal; v21 n4 p109-12 Nov 1993
AV: UMI
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Needs-Assessment; Proposal-Writing; Resource-Materials
DE: *Educational-Finance; *Grants-; *Grantsmanship-; *Program-Proposals
AB: Discusses educational funding through grants and describes how to write a grant. Topics addressed include types of grants, including federal, state, foundation, corporate, and local sources; requests for proposals; and developing a needs assessment and relating needs to solutions. A list of seven grant resources is included. (LRW)
AN: EJ466922
AU: Danielson,-Louis-C.; And-Others
TI: Federally Supported Research Procedures: The View from Within.
PY: 1993
JN: Remedial-and-Special-Education-(RASE); v14 n3 p28-32,38 May-Jun 1993
AV: UMI
NT: Special Issue: Perspectives for Early Career Researchers.
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Evaluation-Criteria; Grantsmanship-; Higher-Education; Preschool-Education; Research-Opportunities; Research-Projects; Special-Education; Writing-Improvement
DE: *Disabilities-; *Educational-Research; *Federal-Aid; *Grants-; *Program-Proposals; *Proposal-Writing
AB: This article describes the federal grant funding process for initial special education career researchers, including discussions of research priority development, the application review process, review criteria, characteristics of projects funded in recent competitions, and recommendations to improve researchers' ability to write competitive applications. (Author/JDD)
AN: EJ463108
AU: Solomon,-Gwen
TI: All about Grants.
PY: 1993
JN: Electronic-Learning-Special-Edition; v12 n5 p14-23 Feb 1993
NT: Regular issue cited using same volume number, issue, and date.
DE: College-School-Cooperation; Educational-Change; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Federal-Aid; Financial-Support; Fund-Raising; Instructional-Innovation; Integrated-Curriculum
DE: *Computer-Uses-in-Education; *Educational-Improvement; *Grants-; *Grantsmanship-; *Program-Proposals; *Proposal-Writing
AB: Describes methods to identify sources and write proposals for grants to implement the goal of providing technology in the classroom. Presents five examples of schools that received grants and the impact that the resulting programs had in the schools. Identifies important elements of a grant proposal. (MDH)
AN: EJ461886
AU: Klenow,-Carol
TI: Need Funds? Think Technology! Teaching with Technology Update.
PY: 1993
JN: Instructor; v102 n5 p63-65 Jan 1993
AV: UMI
DE: Computer-Assisted-Instruction; Educational-Finance; Elementary-Education; School-Districts
DE: *Computer-Uses-in-Education; *Grants-; *Grantsmanship-; *Proposal-Writing
AB: Presents tips on how teachers can find and obtain technology grants from local, state, and federal sources and from foundations and corporations. Technology grants can help teachers stretch school budgets with a variety of alternative electronic teaching tools. The article offers 10 steps for successful grantwriting. (SM)
AN: EJ459939
AU: Goodspeed,-Jon, Ed.; And-Others
TI: How to Find Money for Technology.
PY: 1993
JN: Electronic-Learning; v12 n5 p2-27 Feb 1993
AV: UMI
DE: Educational-Change; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Federal-Programs; Philanthropic-Foundations; School-Business-Relationship
DE: *Educational-Finance; *Educational-Technology; *Fund-Raising; *Grants-; *Grantsmanship-
AB: This special insert contains several articles on finding money for educational technology. Topics covered include foundations that provide educational funding; funding sources and recently funded programs; stretching available funds; fund-raising ideas; elements of a grant proposal; school-business partnerships; and grant proposals as a vehicle for change. A directory of federal programs, grant resources, and foundations is included. (MES)
AN: EJ456158
AU: Barron,-Daniel-D.
TI: Ask (Well) and You Will Receive.
PY: 1993
JN: School-Library-Media-Activities-Monthly; v9 n5 p49-51 Jan 1993
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Financial-Support; Library-Services; Resource-Materials
DE: *Grants-; *Grantsmanship-; *Learning-Resources-Centers; *Program-Proposals; *Proposal-Writing; *School-Libraries
AB: Describes the process of writing grant proposals to obtain money for school library media programs. Responding to a Request for Proposals (RFP) is explained; identifying possible funding groups is discussed; elements of a proposal are described, including goals, evaluation, and budget needs; and six additional resources are suggested. (LRW)
AN: EJ447164
AU: Rose,-Allen-D.
TI: Financing Technology.
PY: 1992
JN: American-School-Board-Journal; v178 n7 p17-19 Jul 1992
AV: UMI
DE: *Computer-Assisted-Instruction; *Computer-Centers; *Educational-Technology; *Fund-Raising; *Grantsmanship-; *School-District-Spending
AB: A Kentucky school district accepted a challenge to make computers and computer-assisted instruction available to all the district's students. Creative partnerships with businesses and searches for federal, state, and local grants helped raise the funds for technology in education. (MLF)
AN: EJ439359
AU: Harrington-Lueker,-Donna
TI: Firmer Foundations.
PY: 1992
JN: American-School-Board-Journal; v179 n2 p29-31 Feb 1992
AV: UMI
DE: Educational-Change; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Grants-; Public-Schools
DE: *Corporate-Support; *Grantsmanship-; *Philanthropic-Foundations; *Private-Financial-Support; *School-Districts
AB: The percentage of foundation support to elementary and secondary level schools from both corporate and private sources is increasing. Projects that call for systemwide reform and/or are collaborative are more likely to be funded. Offers tips and tactics for seeking grants. (MLF)
AN: EJ439323
AU: Ferguson,-Jacqueline
TI: Grants for Education: Their Development and Management.
PY: 1992
JN: School-Business-Affairs; v58 n2 p4-6,7-14 Feb 1992
AV: UMI
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Public-Schools
DE: *Grants-; *Grantsmanship-; *Program-Proposals; *School-Districts
AB: Aggressive school districts are pursuing and winning grants from federal, state, local, foundation, and corporate groups. Provides an overview of grant seeking to strengthen and enhance educational programs. Explains elements of writing a proposal, offers a suggested timetable for proposal development, and lists 15 resources for finding and managing grants. (MLF)
AN: ED370226
AU: Mathis,-Emily-D.; Doody,-John-E.
TI: Grant Proposals: A Primer for Writers.
CS: National Catholic Educational Association, Washington, D.C.
PY: 1994
AV: National Catholic Educational Association, 1077 30th Street, N.W., Suite 100, Washington, DC 20007-3852.
NT: 66 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.
DE: Catholic-Schools; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Fund-Raising; Private-Financial-Support; Private-Schools; Writing-Strategies
DE: *Grants-; *Grantsmanship-; *Program-Proposals; *Proposal-Writing; *School-Support
AB: Relatively few private and parochial schools are tapping funds available through grants, partly due to a lack of grantseeking skills in the K-12 institutions. This booklet offers guidelines for writing grant proposals for elementary or secondary school projects. Following the foreword, acknowledgements, and introduction, chapter 2 offers tips for getting started. First steps are to make a list of needs, seek out the appropriate foundations, and work with a colleague. Suggestions for designing the project and outlining the grant narrative are provided in chapter 3. The proposal's framework includes the following sections: introduction, problem statement, objectives, methodology, and evaluation (IPOME). The fourth chapter explains how to construct the budget, specifying personnel and nonpersonnel costs. Chapter 5 offers guidelines for writing the proposal's narrative, which details the IPOME skeleton. This chapter outlines the characteristics of a good proposal and identifies common problems listed by the receivers of proposals. A summary of tips and 12 exhibits are included. Appendices contain examples of three successful proposals and information on available workshops and videotapes on grant writing. (LMI)
AN: ED361114
AU: Pomeroy,-Johanna
TI: How To Write a Mini-Grant Proposal.
PY: 1993
AV: Educational Activities, Inc., P.O. Box 392, Freeport, NY 11520 ($2.95 plus $1 shipping and handling. Discount price of $2.25 each for orders of 15 or more copies).
NT: 17 p.
PR: EDRS Price - MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DE: Corporate-Support; Donors-; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Guidelines-; Layout-Publications; Preschool-Education; Private-Financial-Support; Technical-Writing
DE: *Grantsmanship-; *Program-Proposals; *Proposal-Writing; *Writing-Strategies
AB: Designed for educators at all levels, this booklet offers guidelines on developing proposals for mini-grants. An introductory section underscores the importance of involving those colleagues who will be affected by the project and allowing enough time to develop the proposal. The remainder of the booklet is divided into nine sections. Number 1, "Getting Started" describes the steps in preparing a winning proposal and suggests a timeline; (2) "Writing the Mini-Grant Proposal" gives an outline to follow and explains each component; (3) "Search Strategies" suggests a way to locate funding sources, starting at the local level; (4) "The Pre-Proposal Contact" tells how to get the information needed to tailor a proposal to the requirements of a particular funding source; (5) "Avoiding Pitfalls" gives suggestions on how to avoid some of the most common mistakes made by grantwriters; (6) the "Sample Mini-Grant" is a proposal for a project, with each section annotated to reinforce what should and should not be included; (7) "The Award Decision" discusses what to expect after the funding source makes its decision on the proposal; (8) "Managing Your Grant" lists suggestions for organizing and operating the project; and (9) "Resources" lists directories and other sources of information about grants and 15 corporations with a history of funding educational projects. (AC)
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