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The Grant Seeker's Handbook: Introduction

Written by Harvey Chess, Edited by Lauren Kay, Edited & Updated by the Center for Nonprofit Management, August 2004

The Grant Seeker’s Handbook: A Guide to Finding Funds was developed to emphasize the importance of careful research and planning in considering ways to support your organization or efforts. The handbook is only good, however, if it leads you to save time for yourself and for funders by doing grant research before submitting proposals.

The Grant Seeker's Handbook: Chapter 1

IN THE BEGINNING: THE NONPROFIT SECTOR CONSIDERED

By any reasonable standard, tax-exempt nonprofit organizations are plentiful in our midst. One 2002 publication entitled The State of Nonprofit America estimates that there are 670,000 tax-exempt nonprofit organizations designated under Section 501(c)(3) of current Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations. (The IRS, for better or for worse, is responsible for federal oversight of charitable organizations in the United States.)

The Grant Seeker's Handbook: Chapter 2

IS A NONPROFIT NECESSARY FOR YOU AND YOUR GROUP?

If you currently represent a nonprofit organization eligible to receive grants and gifts — as a staff member, consultant, board member or other volunteer — you already know the answer to this question.

If, on the other hand, you are an individual artist, or one of the many filmmakers who visit the Resource Library, or simply someone who has come to the Center bearing good ideas about a particular project you’d like to get funded, the question posed in this section is a timely one.

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