About the Author
Dr. Beverly A. Browning (Dr. Bev) has been consulting in grant writing, RFP responses, technical writing, and organizational development for over four decades. Her clients have included Tribal nations, nonprofit organizations, small businesses, career, volunteer, and combination fire departments; chambers of commerce; faith-based organizations; and units of government, including state and federal government agencies; school districts and colleges; charter schools, social and human service agencies, hospitals, service associations, and Fortune 500 corporations. Dr. Bev has assisted clients and workshop participants throughout the United States in receiving more than $750 million.
She is the author of 45 grant-related publications, including seven editions (over 1 million books sold) of Grant Writing For Dummies and Nonprofit Kit for Dummies, 6th Edition (dummies.com). Dr. Bev is also an international trainer and keynote speaker. She holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in Organizational Development, Public Administration, and Business Administration. Dr. Bev has been a grantwriting course developer and online facilitator for Cengage Learning (www.ed2go.com) for over 20 years. Her online courses (taught to thousands of students annually) are Advanced Proposal Writing, Becoming a Grant Writing Consultant, A to Z Grant Writing, A to Z Grant Writing: Part 2 – Beyond the Basics, Nonprofit Manager, and Writing RFP Responses.
Dr. Bev is the Founder and Director of the Grant Writing Training Foundation and CEO for Bev Browning, LLC. She is a current member and approved trainer for the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) and the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). In 2021, Dr. Bev became a founder of Integro Bancorp and sits on the board of directors for Integro Bank, a new Phoenix-based community bank specializing in services for small businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Her personal philosophy is, “If I can touch just one person while passing through life, then my mission will be fulfilled.”
Dr. Bev loves to hear from Grant Writing For Dummies fans and former students. Contact information is on her website: https://bevbrowning.com/.
Dedication
I dedicate this book to all of my Grant Writing For Dummies fans. I’ve read your published and emailed feedback on this book. I’ve also spent countless hours on social media and book sale sites to read your suggestions for deletions and added content for this updated edition. You are truly the wind beneath my wings or my earth angels (one of my favorite terms for endearing friends). When my energy is drained, it’s your exceedingly kind words that come to mind and revive me even more. I am asking a huge favor of you with this edition. Can you please share the news about Grant Writing For Dummies worldwide with your entire network of professionals? The words and examples in this book come from my mind, and most important, from my own experiences. I want to help the entire grants industry step up their skill sets and win, win, win! Thank you, in advance, for making this book a number-one selling reference book for the grants industry worldwide. I am grateful!
Author’s Acknowledgments
This book wouldn’t have been possible without the tenacity and ongoing support of my literary agent, Margot Maley Hutchison at Waterside Productions. Margot and her family are my family because we’ve been together since 2001. I am forever grateful for her wisdom, her vision, her commitment, and the love that she has for her authors.
Next, I’d like to thank the resolute professionals at John Wiley & Sons, Inc., including my team: Zoe Slaughter, acquisitions editor, and Kezia Endsley, project editor and copy editor. I’d also like to thank Dr. Bahíyyah Maroon, my technical reviewer. Together, this group guided my revision efforts from a mere table of contents to what I hope will be the most comprehensive and best-selling grant-writing reference book to date. Special thanks are also in order for my family. To John Browning, my husband of 56 years in 2022, and my daughter, Lara Suzanne Scott, as well as her husband, Charles Scott, and my precious granddaughter, Aaliyah Raine Scott. You’re always there when I need you, and you, too, help me to remember that family time is important!
I’m going to be 74 years old in November 2022, and I’ve been a grantwriter for more than 45 years. I still love what I do. I thought I was slowing down, but I’m in my third and uplifting wind!
Publisher’s Acknowledgments
Senior Acquisitions Editor: Zoe Slaughter
Senior Project Editor: Michelle Hacker
Copy & Project Editor: Kezia Endsley
Technical Editor: Bahíyyah Maroon, Ph. D.
Production Editor: Tamilmani Varadharaj
Cover Image: © Stefano Garau/Shutterstock