Are you frustrated you don’t get more grant funding? Do you want to serve more people? Is one of your goals to build organizational capacity? Do you feel anxious about your lack of funding? Are you nervous about getting that foundation’s call? If so, we’ve written How to Answer the Eight Questions Every Grant Review Committee Asks just for you!
In this fast-reading book, we show you:
- The eight questions every grant review committee asks
- How to garner more money for program operations
- How to thoroughly address the concerns of grant review committee
- How to answer all eight questions so that you get more grants funded at the level you request
How to Answer the Eight Questions Every Grant Review Committee Asks is written for busy executive directors, development professionals, and board members who want to grow their missions by increasing their annual grant income. As a Nonprofit Quick Guide™, you can read it in one sitting or grab a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money.
The authors help you:
- Submit a compelling case for support
- Imbed a strong competitive advantage into your proposal
- Gain a reputation for excellence within the funding community
- Drastically improve your grant-seeking results
You will learn how to craft a first-rate needs section and develop a program description that builds on your needs statements, readies you to measure impact, and prepares you to craft a budget. You will learn how to define more than financial success, effectively measure it, and project it throughout your narrative. We tell you how to craft grant budgets, evidence strong community support, and demonstrate sustainability. We also talk about what a unique marketing position statement is and how to use it to a compelling advantage. We wrap up the book by talking about where in the grant proposal the answers to the eight questions typically appear.
Written as part of the Nonprofit Quick Guide series, How to Answer the Eight Questions Every Grant Review Committee Asks focuses on generating revenues specifically through grant writing. Other books in the series address other areas of fundraising, such as development planning, donor acquisition and retention, corporate contributions, fundraising communications, board membership, volunteerism, and career advancement, among others.
If you want to grow revenues to keep up with increasing costs, improve financial performance and stability, or have greater ability to meet or grow client demand, the Nonprofit Quick Guide series is for you.
Joanne Oppelt, MHA Joanne, principal of Joanne Oppelt Consulting, LLC, is a seasoned rainmaker with a distinguished track record of success. During her twenty-five-plus years working in the nonprofit arena, she built or rebuilt successful fundraising departments at every stop, helping her organizations grow capacity and more effectively fulfill their missions. She has held positions from grant writer to executive director at the nonprofits Community Access Unlimited, Caring Contact: A Listening Community, Family to Family Network of New Jersey, Christian Healthcare Center, March of Dimes Central New Jersey, Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey, and Maternal and Family Health Services. Her extensive background in a variety of work roles and organizations enables her to understand the realities and challenges nonprofit practitioners face-both internally and externally. Her success at every stop positions her to help any nonprofit, whether through her books or consulting practice, turn around its struggling fundraising operations. Joanne is the author of four books and coauthor of four others. She has taught at Kean University as an Adjunct Professor in its graduate program. She is also a highly sought-after speaker and presenter. Joanne holds a master's degree in health administration from Wilkes University, where she graduated with distinction. Her bachelor's degree is in education, with a minor in psychology.
