The Individual's Guide to Grants

'1. Introduction.- You Can Get a Grant.- Inadequacy of Existing Resources.- Foundations.- Corporations.- Government Agencies.- Individual Donors.- Explanation of Terms Used.- What This Book Contains.- Notes.- 2. No Man Is an Island.- Who Should Read This Chapter.- Why Many Grants Call for Institutional Affiliation.- The Affiliation Continuum.- Work on Your Own.- Form Your Own Organization.- Umbrella Groups.- Sponsors.- Become an Employee.- Conclusion: Individualism and the Grant Seeker.- No One Works Alone.- Notes.- 3. In the Beginning Is an Idea.- What Makes a Good Idea.- Some Definitions.- Ideas.- Solutions to Problems.- Related Terms.- What Kinds of Ideas Attract Funders?.- How the Present Grants System May Hamper the Growth of New Ideas.- How to Develop Your Idea for a Grant.- Hints for Getting Started.- Creativity Enhancement Techniques.- Blocks and Overcoming Them.- How to Overcome Blocks to Creativity.- Now That You've Got a Good Idea, What Should You Do with It?.- Writing It Down.- Testing Your Idea.- Revising Your Idea.- Selling Your Idea.- Protecting Your Idea.- If Developing New Ideas for Grants Is So Difficult, Why Bother?.- Postscript.- Notes.- 4. Getting into Gear.- Achieving a State of Grant Readiness.- Your Own Attitude Is Essential.- Prescription for a Positive Attitude.- Procrastination.- The Importance of Planning.- Specific Resources for the Grant Seeker.- Getting Your Own House in Order.- References.- Endorsements.- Resumes.- Filing Systems.- Basic Personal Reference Library.- Notes.- 5. Facts about Funders.- Why Know Your Funders?.- Why Facts and Figures?.- to Funders.- The Absence of Hard Data.- Generalizations, Myths, and Stereotypes.- Government Funders.- Federal Funding Agencies.- State and Local Funders.- Controversy over Public Support of Individuals.- Government Funding as Part of the Total Grants Picture.- Styles of Approach to Government Funders for the Individual Grant Seeker.- Decision Makers.- The Review Process.- The Federal Government Foundations.- Foundations.- Definition of a Foundation.- Types of Foundations.- Facts and Figures.- How Good Are Your Chances?.- The Tax Reform Act and Foundation Grants to Individuals.- What Is the Record on Grants to Individuals?.- What Kinds of Grants Do Foundations Make to Individuals?.- The Reluctance of Foundations to Support Individuals.- Trends in Foundation Funding.- Styles of Approach and Grants Decision Makers.- The Review Process.- Corporate Funders.- Facts and Figures.- Where Do Corporations Put Their Grant Money?.- Why Do Corporations Give?.- What Is the Record on Corporation Grants to Individuals?.- Since Corporate Grants Tend to Be Small and Hard to Obtain, Why Bother with Them?.- How to Get a Corporate Funder to Treat Your Idea as a Business Expense.- Approaching Corporations.- Decision Makers.- The Review Process.- Individual Donors.- Facts and Figures.- "The Millionaire".- Why Individuals Give.- Some Examples of Individual Donations.- What the Donor Will Expect in Return.- Approaching Individual Donors.- An Example of a Bequest.- Miscellaneous Funders.- Definition of Terms.- How the Individual Can Benefit from the Awards Given by These Funders.- Some More Examples.- My Own Survey.- Types of Awards.- Why Bother with Funders in the Miscellaneous Category?.- Notes.- 6. Finding the Right Funder for You.- Doing Your Homework.- Prospect Research-A Time-Consuming Process.- Research Methodology.- The ABCs of Technique.- Libraries-An Essential Resource.- Can You (Should You) Hire Someone Else to Do It for You?.- Sources and Types of Information Available.- Foundations.- Corporations.- Government Agencies.- Individuals.- Annotated Bibliography of Printed Sources on Grants to Individuals.- Criteria for Inclusion.- An Important Note for the Grant Seeker.- General Sources on Grants to Individuals.- Sources on Grants to Individuals Covering Specific Subject F