Find grant funding now! : the five-step prosperity process for entrepreneurs and business

254 Pages·2014·9.202 MB·English

by  Aubrey, Sarah Beth

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Find Grant Funding Now!
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Find Grant Funding Now!
The Five-Step Prosperity Process
for Entrepreneurs and Business
Sarah Beth Aubrey
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Contents
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xxi
AbouttheAuthor xxv
PARTONE
NavigatingtheGrantandFundingLandscape
1 WhyGrantsNow? 3
WhyGrantFundingIsHot 4
Regulations,Rules,andRedTape 10
PerspectivesonProsperity 13
2 TheFiveStepstoNavigatingtheGrantProcess 15
NewVentures,EntrepreneurialNeeds 18
OverviewoftheFive-StepProcess 20
BeforeYouBegin:TheIdea 21
Step1:Project 22
Measurable 23
TargetedOutcome 24
AlignswiththeGFO’sGoals 24
HasDesignated,RealisticMilestones 25
Justifiable,WorkableBudget 25
DemonstratesAbilitytoSustainAfterGrantFunding 25
ShowsSomeAspectofGreaterGood 26
Step2:Peruse 26
Step3:Ponder 27
Step4:Prepare 28
Step5:Patience 29
PerspectivesonProsperity 30
3 WhatIsaGrant? 31
BringingStructuretotheGrantProcess 33
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CONTENTS
TheElementsofaGrant 35
AwardofCash 36
TermsandTimeframe 37
AreThereEverAnyExceptions? 39
AreThereEverAnyExtensions? 39
GrantsAreUsuallyaReimbursement 40
ReportingIsRequired 41
GrantsCanBeRecalled 41
AGrantIsAlwaysCompetitive 42
WhatGrantsAreNot 42
GrantsversusLoans 43
GrantsversusScholarships 45
GrantsversusRebates 45
GrantsversusTaxCredits 45
GrantsversusEndowments 45
GrantsversusFundraising 46
GrantsAreNotFreeMoney 46
PerspectivesonProsperity 47
4 IsThereReallyMoneyOutThere? 49
MatchingYourProjectwiththeGFOs 50
IsThereEnoughGrantMoney? 51
HowBigIstheFederalGrantMarketplace? 51
GovernmentGrants 52
TheDifferencebetweenStateandFederalGovernment
GrantMakers 54
HowMuchGrantFundingIsattheStateLevel? 55
FoundationandNonprofitGrants 56
CorporateFoundations 59
TheSizeofthePhilanthropicMarketplace 59
TradeAssociations 60
PerspectivesonProsperity 65
PARTTWO
StrategiesforGrantSuccess
5 FindingtheMoney 69
EffectiveSearching 70
FundsFollowFit 71
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