Why Foundations Fund

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,

• Read the Introduction: An Overview of the Grant-Seeking Process from your textbook, Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing, and Writing Successful Proposals (5th ed.).
• Read Step 1: Developing the Proposal Idea from your textbook, Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing, and Writing Successful Proposals (5th ed.).
• Read Step 2: Developing Relationships with Funders from your textbook Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing, and Writing Successful Proposals (5th ed.).
• Review the Resource A: What is a Foundation? sections from the textbook.
• Review the article
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Every year, hundreds of billions of grant dollars are awarded. In your initial post,

• Identify three types of grant money sources and summarize why foundations award grant monies.
• Evaluate the motivations driving grant agencies to award grants.
• Analyze how understanding these motivations help guide you as a grant writer.

Required Text

O’Neal-McElrath, T., Kanter, L., & English, L. J. (2019).

(5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons.

• The full-text version of this ebook is available through the Ebook Central database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.