Big-Time Fundraising for Today's Schools. ([2007])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stanley Levenson ; foreword by Wendy D. Puriefoy.
• Authors: Levenson, Stanley
• Contents: Foreword by Wendy D. Puriefoy; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1. From Needs to Opportunities; There’s Good News on the Horizon; Corporations, Foundations, and Individual Donors Are Interested; The Federal Government Is Involved; Contributions to Worthy Causes Across America Have Increased; The Transfer of Wealth in America Will Help; 2. What Is Big-Time Fundraising?; Establishing a Development Office; Hiring Fulltime Staff and Consultants; Specifications for Hiring Fulltime Staff and Consultants; Be Wary of Consultants Who Propose to Work for No Upfront Fees; A Dozen Big-Time Fundraising Strategies That Win Every Time; Roles and Responsibilities in a Big-Time Fundraising Effort; Some School Districts Are Starting to Gear Up; Some Important Issues to Be Aware Of; Issues Are Legitimate; 3. Public School Foundations; Public School Foundations; How Are School Foundations Organized?; How to Start Local Education Foundation; How to Start a Local Education Fund; What’s Happening Around the Country?; Twelve School Foundations Making a Difference; 4. How to Get Big Gifts From Individual Donors; Why Haven’t We Gone After Big Gifts?; Defining Big Gifts; How to Snare Big Gifts From Individual Prospects; A 21 Step Approach to Securing a Major Gift; Sample Pledge Card; 5. Annual Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, and Planned Giving; Annual Campaigns; Capital Campaigns; Planned Giving; Possible Non-Cash Gift Ideas for the Public Schools; Outright Gift of Cash; 6. Applying for Corporate and Foundation Grants; Corporate Giving; Foundation Giving; Independent Foundations; Community Foundations; Obtaining Corporate and Foundation Funding is Easier Than You Think; Request for Proposals (RFP); Direct Contact; Corporate-School Partnerships; The Foundation Center; Reasons for Applying for Corporate and Foundation Funding; 7. Strategies, Requests for Proposals (RFP’s), and Resources for Winning Corporate and Foundation Funding; Eleven Step Strategy; Responding to Requests for Proposals (RFP); 101 Foundations and Corporations Interested in Giving to K-12 Schools; 8. Writing Winning Minigrants; Needs Assessment, Goals and Objectives; Activities, Evaluation Specifications, Budget; Preparing a Winning Mini-Grant Application; Blank Mini-Grant Program Application; 9. Writing Major Grant Proposals That Get Funded; Government Grants; Needs Assessment; Goals and Objectives; Activities; Example of a Timeline Using a Triple “T” Chart; 10. Preparing the Evaluation Plan for Your Application; Internal (Formative) Evaluation; External (Third-Party) Summative Evaluation; Using a Third-Party Evaluation Design; Seven Tips to Remember When Designing Your Evaluation Plan; 11. Preparing the Application Budget; The Application Budget; Presenting a Budget Format; Providing the Necessary Resources to Adequately Carry Out the Project; Providing the Necessary Detail; Calculating the Direct Costs; Calculating the Indirect Costs; Writing the Budget Narrative; Writing the Dissemination Plan; Writing the Program Summary and Abstract; Fourteen Helpful Hints; 12. After You Receive the Grant, Then What?; Announcing Your Grant to the World; Being Good Stewards of All Grants and Gifts; What Happens When Grant Monies Run Out?; 13. Some Examples of Winning Grant Proposals; Examples of Winning Mini-Grants (South Washington County Schools, Cottage Gove, MN); Example of Winning Major Government Grant Proposal (Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District, Lubbock, TX); 14. Conclusions; Resource A: Some Examples of Grant Opportunities for K-12 Schools; Resource B: Sample Ads for Key Positions; Resource C: Sample Cover Letter to Accompany a Grant Application; Resource D: The Foundation Center's Glossary of Funding Terms; Bibliography; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 378.106; Educational fund raising -- United States; Proposal writing for grants -- United States; Education -- United States -- Finance
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483362212; 1483362213
• Related ISBNs: 9781412939157; 1412939151; 9781412939164; 141293916X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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