PRACTITIONERS AND STUDENTS MASTER GRANT WRITING AND SUCCEED WITH FUNDING
GETTING FUNDED: AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
Thirty-year veteran Renee Bourque delivers a blueprint for resilience, adaptability, and transformational funding for
global NGOs to grassroots changemakers.
With over a million copies sold, Axiom Business Book Award and North American Book Award winning Getting Funded has been the gold standard for
securing grants and partnerships for more than three decades. This fully revised 7th edition tackles today's toughest fundraising climate head-on,
with tools for:
- Using AI in grant writing
- Unlocking operational and unrestricted funding
- Tapping donor-advised funds - philanthropy's fastest growing channel
- Strengthening proposals with budget storytelling and step-by-step development walk throughs
Getting Funded is the standard textbook and practitioner guide for grant writing in the United States and Canada. More reviews and a list of the universities that teach with the book can be found at www.gettingfundedbooks.com.
About the Author :
Renee Bourque, MEd, GPC, is a global consultant, educator, and philanthropist whose clients have secured over $600 million in funding. As President of Bright Star Grant Consultants, she works with nonprofits, governments, universities, and foundations around the world. She is a former university faculty member in philanthropy, economic development, and public policy, and an endorsed Subject Matter Expert in grant writing by the University of South Florida. She has maintained a 92% funding success rate.
Review :
"This edition organizes the grant-seeking process from start to finish, with clear definitions and real world examples."
- Belinda Biscoe, PhD, The University of Oklahoma
"The cultivation of relationships with funders is critical. How to get it right the first time? Get this book."
- Michael Free, OBE, PhD, World Health Organization
"If you are searching for a comprehensive grant writing textbook, this is the one. Getting Funded is the go-to resource for mastering the art of proposal writing - it doesn't get any better than this."
- Allison Jones, MEd, GPC, Spark The Fire Grant Writing Classes and college instructor
"I wish I had read Getting Funded at the beginning of my career."
- Christina Mellace, The World Food Program
"This book hits all the key notes related to the art and science of writing proposals. I have used it as a university instructor, as a grant maker, and as a grant seeker because it is the most comprehensive and practical resource I've encountered for the end-to-end process of seeking funding. As a finance and operations leader, I particularly appreciate the easy-to-understand information about how to create proposal budgets that tell a story."
-Kristen Spangler, MBA, Senior Director of Finance and Administration at Mozilla Foundation
"Getting Funded is a vital and comprehensive guide for everyone contemplating writing a grant, from the seasoned researcher or grants administrator to the novice. It is the go-to resource for developing successful proposals that get a reviewer's attention. I recommend it to everyone!"
-Lucas Hoffman, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator of the Hoffman Laboratory, Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine,
Grant Reviewer for the National Institute of Health
