The Principal's Guide to Winning Grants

by Bauer, David G.

• ISBN13: 9780787944940
• ISBN10: 0787944947
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-14
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Today's public and private schools can no longer rely on traditional sources of funding to fulfill their educational goals. Although grants have become increasingly popular alternatives for financial support, principals and their staff must face stiff competition for these limited sources. This practical, step-by-step guide is for principals who want to improve their chances of winning grants for their schools. As administrative leaders, principals are in a pivotal position to motivate teachers, parents, and volunteers in the grantseeking process. This guide provides principals with techniques for mobilizing school staff, coordinating community support, developing winning proposals, constructing realistic plans and budgets, and successfully implementing those grants that have been awarded. David Bauer is not only an educator and former administrator but a noted expert in grantseeking and fund-raising. He draws from his extensive experience to share useful strategies as well as resources, including worksheets, forms, sample proposal formats, and checklists to measure progress. The grants marketplace can be a tremAndous resource for schools who know their way around. This guide helps empower schools and their leaders in resolving their funding problems.

Author Biography

DAVID G. BAUER is president of David G. Bauer Associates, a consulting firm that provides educationally based grantseeking and fund-raising seminars and materials. An acknowledged grants expert and popular lecturer, Bauer is the author and developer of several books, videotape series, and software programs on grantseeking and fund-raising.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi	(4)
The Author	xv
1 The Principal's Role in Supporting Grantseeking	1	(8)
2 Setting Up a Proactive Grants System in Your School	9	(15)
3 Getting Ready: Assessing Needs, Establishing Goals, and Developing Solutions	24	(12)
4 The Grants Marketplace: What a Principal Needs to Know	36	(24)
5 Finding the Best Funders: Matching Projects to Grantors	60	(40)
6 Strategies for Contacting Prospective Grantors	100	(22)
7 Putting the Proposal Together: Developing a Strategy, Plan, and Budget	122	(16)
8 Preparing Federal Grant Proposals for Your School	138	(16)
9 Improving and Submitting Your School's Federal Grant Proposal	154	(19)
10 Developing Foundation and Corporate Grants Support for Your School	173	(16)
11 Improving and Submitting Your School's Foundation/Corporate Proposal	189	(6)
12 The Decision: Contacting Grantors and Dealing with Success/Rejection	195	(8)
13 The Principal's Role in Administering Grant Funds	203	(14)
Bibliography	217