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Storytelling for Grantseekers: A Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising
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Storytelling for Grantseekers: A Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising

by Cheryl A. Clarke
January 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
212 pages
5h 33m
English
Jossey-Bass
Content preview from Storytelling for Grantseekers: A Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising
chapter ONE
First Steps
Getting Ready for Grantseeking
As any writer will tell you, a lot of preparation usually takes place before any words are actually written. This is also true for grantseekers. First comes the idea, the inspiration. For storytellers, ideas are sparked in their rich imaginations. With nonprofit agencies, ideas can be generated by a variety of people working for or with the agency. Most frequently, it is the executive director or program director who initially conceives an idea for a new program or project that will need new funding in order to be implemented. Or the plan may be simply to keep an existing program going. In either case, the nonprofit agency needs money, and it is decided (generally by the executive director ...
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