Jan. 14, 2010 – Sudbury, MA – As the number of nonprofits increases and the investment power of foundations declines, it is no longer sufficient to know how to write a grant proposal. So says a new book just released from Jones and Bartlett Publishers. _Best Practices in Grant Seeking: Beyond the Proposal_ offers proven techniques that will help nonprofits dramatically improve results and make the grant proposal process more fruitful.
“Nonprofit organizations are struggling to find competent grant writers who can show results. But even a perfectly written proposal, or a highly qualified grant writer, cannot guarantee funding,” says the book’s author, Saadia Faruqi.
_Best Practices in Grant Seeking: Beyond the Proposal_ explores how to involve an organization’s leadership in the grant seeking process, and how to work together with staff from public relations, programs and even other fundraising areas, to make the grant proposal process more successful. The best practices in this book can help nonprofit officials determine agency-wide activities – both short and long term – that support and enhance the efforts of the grant writer and that will ultimately improve the amount and number of grants receive from foundations by building long-lasting relationships with funders, accessing the power of their communities, and establishing internal communication and cooperation. Some of the book’s unique features include the findings of the first-ever research on factors affecting foundation grants as well as funder interviews.
_Best Practices in Grant Seeking: Beyond the Proposal_ (ISBN 978-0-7637-7487-5, paperback, 192 pages) is available for $49.95 through the J&B website at www.jbpub.com or by calling 800-832-0034. Those who wish to consider the text for academic course adoption are invited to request a complimentary review copy, also at www.jbpub.com. Bulk discounts are available. Contact Linda McGarvey at lmcgarvey[at]jbpub.com for more information.
About the Author
Saadia Faruqi is president of Faruqi & Associates (www.faruqiassociates.com) which specializes in building and maintaining relationships with funders. Ms. Faruqi has nearly 10 years of grant writing and development experience in the nonprofit sector, including at-risk youth, women's health, domestic violence, science education, adult and family literacy, and the arts. She also has extensive experience in public relations, communications, marketing and finance. Prior to founding Faruqi & Associates, Ms. Faruqi worked as Grants Administrator and later Grants Consultant for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Houston. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Karachi, in her native country of Pakistan. She is a member of the American Association of Grant Professionals (AAGP), and founder and past Chair of the Grant Writers’ Network of Greater Houston. Saadia works and lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and two young children. Dedicated to helping improve the nonprofit community, Saadia recently conducted a research study on the relationships between funders and grantee organizations, and how this impacts the grants awarded. Her study was published in the Journal of the AAGP, Fall/Winter 2004 Issue, Volume 3 Number 2, pp 37-46, entitled “Grantor-Grantee Relationships – A Research Study”.
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