- Paperback: 188 pages
- Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 1 edition (14 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0205308872
- ISBN-13: 978-0205308873
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 20.9 x 1.5 cm
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How To Get Grants And Gifts For The Public Schools is packed with helpful ideas and techniques to assist schools and school districts in their search for corporate, foundation and government grants. Easy to follow tips and suggestions help the reader to successfully tap into the vast array of funding sources currently available. The book provides an overview of the types of grants that are out there for the asking, as well as the names and website addresses of major corporate, foundation and government funding agencies. Also discussed are methods on how to set up a Local Education Foundation, as well as successful strategies to solicit successfully from individuals in the community. Levenson includes sample successful grant applications, as well as blank application forms for mini-grants as well as U.S. Department of Education Grants. Helpful tips for implementing a fundraising plan using a fundraising consultant and/or staff members make this resource necessary for all those involved in working in the schools.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
How to Get Grants and Gifts for the Public Schools
16 Mar 2003
Format:Paperback
Dr.Stanley Levenson has written a much needed book for public educators. Today, in a time of monetary crisis for many school districts in the nation, any book that can shed light on where to get money for innovative and creative programing is welcome. Dr. Levenson's does that and more.
Classroom teachers can use his work as a guide to understanding what it takes to write a grant proposal. Nowhere in a teacher's college education is anything like this taught, or for that matter, mentioned. Yet, teachers are constantly trying to be innovative and creative in their teaching. Sometimes, without funds it is hard to try the new and "impractical" in the classroom. With the guidance of Dr. Levenson's book, teachers are walked through the grant writing proposal step by step. But the book does not stop there!
He lists places where money can be found. The federal, state and local government all have some money earmarked for educational innovation. He lists them. Private funds and foundations, an area where money for the public school systems is growing rapidly, are listed and studied. Levenson tells what types of grants each foundation likes to fund (an extremely important idea).
As someone who has written and won school grants, I would have appreciated this book when I was a public school teacher. I think all school districts should have at least one copy of this book in each of their schools. It will encourage teachers to do what they can do best-teach, think, and write grants creatively.
Classroom teachers can use his work as a guide to understanding what it takes to write a grant proposal. Nowhere in a teacher's college education is anything like this taught, or for that matter, mentioned. Yet, teachers are constantly trying to be innovative and creative in their teaching. Sometimes, without funds it is hard to try the new and "impractical" in the classroom. With the guidance of Dr. Levenson's book, teachers are walked through the grant writing proposal step by step. But the book does not stop there!
He lists places where money can be found. The federal, state and local government all have some money earmarked for educational innovation. He lists them. Private funds and foundations, an area where money for the public school systems is growing rapidly, are listed and studied. Levenson tells what types of grants each foundation likes to fund (an extremely important idea).
As someone who has written and won school grants, I would have appreciated this book when I was a public school teacher. I think all school districts should have at least one copy of this book in each of their schools. It will encourage teachers to do what they can do best-teach, think, and write grants creatively.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
How to Get Grants and Gifts for the Public Schools
13 Mar 2003
Format:Paperback
In an era of diminishing resources, Stanley Levenson's book is an invaluable tool for schools and districts alike. His easy to follow recipe for writing winning grants gives school personnel the confidence to write their own proposals without the need of contracting an outside consultant. His book includes examples of successful proposals which he also uses to familiarize the reader of effective writing styles. What I also found tremendously helpful were his fresh and creative approaches to fundraising which many schools and school districts tend to overlook. For a very small but wise investment, our schools have profited from Dr. Levenson's insight. I'm sure many others would, too.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
How to Get Grants and Gifts for the Public Schools
27 Mar 2003
Format:Paperback
Fundraising for America's schools has gone way beyond the bake sale. You cannot bake enough cookies to give America's chools the money they need. However, you can buy this book and learn from legendary fundraising guru, Stanley Levenson, beneficial strategies, techniques, tools, and templates for creating an A+ school fundraising program. Levenson is rare among fundraising strategists because he focuses as much on "friendraising" as "fundraising." This book helps everyone, from beginners to expert grantwriters, to cultivate the skills, relationships, and savvy it takes to be successful in the competitive arena of public school fundraising. Stan Levenson also understands the central role of public education in a democratic society and how to use fundraising as a means of increasing public responsibility for quality education at a time when public school budgets are being slashed across the nation.
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