List of Figures
Figure 2.1 Sample Guidelines for Developing Districtwide Grants Priorities
Figure 3.1 Formula for Educational Advancement
Figure 3.4 Needs Worksheet Sample
Figure 3.6 Goals Worksheet Sample
Figure 3.7 Worksheet for Developing Solutions and Projects to Reduce the Problem
Figure 3.8 Worksheet for Developing the Top Five Suggested Solutions to the Problem
Figure 3.9 Worksheet for Developing the Top Five Suggested Solutions to the Problem Sample
Figure 3.10 Sample Booklet of Suggested Worksheets
Figure 4.1 The Grants Marketplace Quiz
Figure 4.2 The Grants Marketplace Quiz Answer Key
Figure 4.3 Grantseekers' Matrix
Figure 4.4 Government Grantseekers' Matrix
Figure 4.5 Foundation Grantseekers' Matrix: Large National General-Purpose Foundations
Figure 4.6 Foundation Grantseekers' Matrix: Special-Purpose Foundations
Figure 4.7 Foundation Grantseekers' Matrix: Community Foundations
Figure 4.8 Foundation Grantseekers' Matrix: Family Foundations
Figure 4.9 Foundation Grantseekers' Matrix: Corporate Foundations
Figure 4.10 Corporate Grantseekers' Matrix: Large Corporate Foundations
Figure 4.11 Corporate Grantseekers' Matrix: All Other Corporations
Figure 4.12 Service Clubs and Organizations Grantseekers' Matrix
Figure 5.1 Expanding the Universe of Grantors Worksheet
Figure 5.2 Key Words Worksheet for Government, Foundation, and Corporate Grantseeking
Figure 5.3 The $90 Billion Federal Grants Clock
Figure 5.4 84.301 Goals 2000: Parental Assistance Program
Figure 5.5 84.267 Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers
Figure 5.6 Federal Register Entry Sample
Figure 5.7 Foundation Center Cooperating Collections
Figure 5.8 Target Population Worksheet
Figure 5.9 Service Clubs and Organizations Worksheet
Figure 5.10 Outline for Constructing a Letter to Service Clubs or Organizations
Figure 5.11 Sample Letter to Service Clubs or Organizations
Figure 5.12 Telephone Checklist
Figure 5.13 Personal Contact/Visit Checklist
Figure 6.1 School Grantseekers' Preproposal Endorsement Worksheet
Figure 6.3 Worksheet for Planning a Grants Advisory Group
Figure 6.4 Grants Resources Inventory Worksheet
Figure 6.5 Worksheet for Initiating a Grants Advisory Group
Figure 6.6 Sample Letter to Potential Committee Member (Invitation to Participate)
Figure 6.7 Foot-in-the-Door Worksheet
Figure 6.8 Sample Letter Inventory of Linkages and Resources
Figure 6.9 Sample Letter to a Federal Agency Requesting Information and Guidelines
Figure 6.10 The Proactive Grantseeker's $90 Billion Federal Grants Clock
Figure 6.11 Federal Research Worksheet
Figure 6.12 Federal Funding Staff History Worksheet
Figure 6.13 Sample Letter to a Foundation Requesting Information and Guidelines
Figure 6.14 Foundation Research Worksheet
Figure 6.15 Foundation Funding Staff History Worksheet
Figure 6.16 Sample Letter to a Corporation Requesting Information and Guidelines
Figure 6.17 Corporate Research Worksheet
Figure 6.18 Corporate Funding Staff History Worksheet
Figure 6.19 Grantor Strategy Worksheet
Figure 7.2 Understanding and Creating Measurable Objectives Worksheet
Figure 7.3 Sample Project Planner
Figure 7.4 Sample Project Planner
Figure 7.5 Grants Office Time Line
Figure 8.1 Sample Letter Proposal to a Foundation
Figure 8.2 Sample Letter Proposal to a Corporation
Figure 8.3 Invitation to Participate in Foundation/Corporate Proposal Improvement Group
Figure 8.4 Foundation/Corporate Proposal Improvement Scoring Worksheet
Figure 9.1 Federal Grantseekers' Proposal Checklist
Figure 9.3 Instructions for ED Form No. 524
Figure 9.4 School Resources Worksheet
Figure 10.1 Sample Letter Inviting Individual to Participate in Federal Proposal Quality Circle
Figure 10.2 General Selection Criteria
Figure 10.3 Scoring Distribution Worksheet
Figure 10.4 Quality Circle Scoring Worksheet
Figure 10.5 Technical Review Package
Figure 10.6 Quality Circle Information Worksheet
Figure 10.7 Federal Submittal Checklist
Figure 10.8 District Sign-Off Worksheet
Figure 10.9 Application for Federal Assistance SF-424
Figure 10.10 Instructions for the SF-424
Figure 10.11 State Single Point of Contact Listing Maintained by OMB
Figure 10.12 Application Transmittal Instructions
Figure 11.1 Sample Thank You Letter if Rejected by a Foundation or Corporation
Figure 11.2 Sample Thank You Letter if Awarded by a Foundation or Corporation
Figure 11.3 Sample Thank You Letter if Rejected by a Federal Funding Source
Figure 11.4 Sample Thank You Letter if Awarded by a Federal Funding Source
Figure 12.1 Grantseekers' Satisfiers Worksheet
Figure 12.2 Evaluating Your Grants Office Worksheet