Getting a grant is cause for celebration of any nonprofit organization. But the real work -- turning the aspirations contained in a proposal into accomplishments that can be described, measured, analyzed, and communicated to the funder -- has just begun. After the Grant was specifically written in response to numerous requests from actual grant winners who needed advice on effectively managing grant funds, developing a productive relationship with...

Based on the popularity of the Center's "Guide to Winning Proposals", and the "Guide to Winning Proposals II" the Foundation Center began collecting a third group of proposals that funders regard as exemplary. Volume III of the "Guide" gives grantseekers even more models of compelling requests for support, exactly as they were submitted to some of the nation's leading grantmakers. This volume features proposals for diverse funding needs -- from general...