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| List of Exhibits, Figures, and Tables | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Getting Ready to Seek Grant Support for Your Organization | |
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| The Keys to Grants Success: Being Proactive and Focusing on the Grantor | |
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| Searching the Literature to Document Your Project's Statement of Need: Creating an Urgent and Compelling Case | |
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| Using Time Management to Integrate a Proactive Grants System into Your Career | |
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| The Grant-Winning Approach: Expanding Your Possible Solutions | |
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| Developing Key Search Terms to Identify the Best Grantor(s): Redefining Your Project and Improving Your Research/Grants Profile to Get the Right Hits | |
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| Why Grant Funds to You and Your Organization: Capitalizing on Your Capabilities | |
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| Creating Grant-Winning Teams and Consortia: Involving Volunteers through Advisory Committees and Advisory Groups | |
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| Selecting the Right Marketplace for Your Project | |
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| Documenting Organizational Support for Your Proposal: Preproposal Summary and Approval | |
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| Public/Government Funding Opportunities | |
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| Understanding the Government Grants Marketplace | |
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| Researching the Federal Government Marketplace | |
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| Contacting Government Grantors, Past Grantees, and Past Reviewers | |
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| Planning the Successful Federal Proposal | |
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| Improving Your Federal Proposal: The Grants Quality Circle | |
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| Submission: What to Do and What Not to Do | |
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| Federal Grant Requirements | |
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| Dealing with the Decision of Public Funding Sources | |
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| Follow-Up with Government Funding Sources | |
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| Private/Foundation Funding Opportunities | |
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| Understanding the Private Foundation Marketplace | |
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| Researching Potential Private Foundation Grantors: How to Find the Foundation That Is Best Suited to Fund Your Project | |
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| Contacting a Private Foundation before Submission | |
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| Applying for Private Foundation Funds: Letter of Inquiry and Letter Proposal | |
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| Proposal Submission, the Decision, and Follow-Up: Private Foundation Funding Sources | |
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| Private/Corporate Funding Opportunities | |
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| Understanding the Corporate Marketplace | |
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| Researching Potential Corporate Grantors: How to Find the Corporate Funding Source That Is Best Suited to Fund Your Project | |
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| Contacting a Corporate Grantor before Submission | |
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| Applying for Corporate Funds | |
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| Proposal Submission, the Decision, and Follow-Up: Corporate Grantors | |
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| Putting It All Together to Work for You | |
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| List of Resources | |
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| Associates, Inc. Ordering Information | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |