Grant Writing and Fundraising 

Funding Information

Grants for Libraries

Grant Writing Guides

Fundraising

 A good general resource for information on grants development is The Foundation Center.
The Center provides information on proposal writing, grantmakers, and funding research,
as well as a variety of workshops and training programs.

Funding Information

Electronic Resources

Foundation Center Grantmaker Info - the Foundation Center provides searchable databases of private, community,
and corporate foundations on the Web.

Community Foundation Locator - Searchable database of Community Foundations, by State, region and ZIP code.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - searchable database of all U.S. federal government grant programs.

Federal Register Online - searchable database of grant opportunity announcements 

Print Resources

Foundation Center. Grant$ for libraries and information services,
New York: Foundation Center. Published Annually.

Taft Group, ed. The big book of library grant money.
Chicago: American Library Association, Published Annually.

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Grants for Libraries

Electronic Resources

ALA Awards - listing of grant programs available through the American Library Association.

Techlearning.com Grants and Contests - grants database for school libraries.

U.S. Department of Education Grants Information

National Endowment for the Humanities grant programs.

New York State Library Grant Programs

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations grant programs

Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

Foundation Center Directory Online

Print Resources

Hall-Ellis, Sylvia D. and Jerabek, Ann. Grants for school libraries.
Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2003.

Gerding, Stephanie K. and MacKellar, Pamela H. Grants for libraries: a how-to-do-it manual.
New York : Neal-Schuman, 2006

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Grant Writing Guides

Electronic Resources

A Proposal Writing Short Course - presented by the Foundation Center.

Grant Writing Resources - provided by Fundsnet.

NLG Grant Planning - tutorial provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) designed for organizations applying for National Leadership Grants (NLG)

Print Resources

Geever, Jane C. The Foundation Center's guide to proposal writing.
New York : Foundation Center, 2001.

Margolin, Judith B. and Lubin, Gail T. The Foundation Center's winning proposals II.
New York : Foundation Center, 2005.

Reif-Lehrer, Liane, 1934- Grant application writer's handbook.
Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, 2005

Karshm Ellen and Fox, Arlen Sue. The only grant-writing book you'll ever need.
New York : Carroll $ Graff ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2003.

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Fundraising Techniques

Electronic Resources
Fundraising for Libraries - Excellent how-to web site with many useful links

Print Resources

Swan, James Fundraising for libraries : 25 proven ways to get more money for your library.
New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2002.

Hoffman, Frank W., ed. Grantsmanship for small libraries and school library media centers.
Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1999.

Burlingame, Dwight, ed. Library fundraising: models for success.
Chicago: American Library Association, 1995.

Gerding, Stephanie and Pamela H. MacKeller. Getting your grant : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians.
New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2006.

Stelle, Victoria and Stephen D. Elder. Becoming a fundraiser : the principles and practice of library development.
Chicago: American Library Association, 2nd ed., 2000

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