Create a basic reference library for yourself.

Reference Books

Even with all the information available on the Internet, books still hold a world of useful knowledge for the fundraiser. Clicking on any title below in italics will take you to that book on the Amazon.com or Foundation Center Web sites, where you can learn more about it or purchase it. A much more extensive bibliography appears in my The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grant Writing, 3rd Edition, Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books, 2007.

Funder Directories

Various directories of foundation and corporate funders are published by The Foundation Center

Miner, Jeremy T. and Miner, Lynn E., Funding Sources for Community and Economic Development 2005/2006: A Guide to Current Sources for Local Programs and Projects. Westport, CT: Oryx Press, 2005/6.

Schafer, Louis S. (ed.). Funding Sources for K-12 Education

Writing Guides

Thompson, Waddy. The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Writing and Winning a Grant. A quick guide on the basics of proposal writing.

Strunk Jr., William and White, E.B., The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2000. 

The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition

Heath, Chip and Dan Heath.Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
 

Fundraising Guides

Quick, James Aaron and New, Cheryl Cater, Grant Seeker's Budget Toolkit. New York: NY: John Wiley & Son's, Inc., 2001

Teitel, Martin,Thank You for Submitting Your Proposal. Emerson & Church, 2006.

Seymour, Harold J., Designs for Fund-Raising. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1966. For this one, you'll have to visit the library. It's out of print, although a classic. 
 

Resources for Individual Grant Seekers

Brogan, Kathryn Struckel (ed.), 2011 Writer's Market . Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, 2011.

Edelson, Phyllis (ed.), Foundation Grants to Individuals. New York: NY, Foundation Center, 2006.

Allworth Press, The Artist's Resource Handbook Allworth Press, 1997. Visual artists will find in this book a guide to organizations that can assist them along with information on legal, health, safety issues, and other topics.