Provides a comprehensive how-to book for the people who write for America's 1.4 million nonprofit groups, furnishing helpful advice on how to write the best proposal--from initial research to final product--as well as how to create case statements, design and print newsletters, utilize the Web effectively, and more. Original. - (Baker & Taylor)

Provides tips for the novice on writing effective, persuasive grant proposals for non-profit organizations, and discusses researching donors, communicating the organization's needs, and editing drafts. - (Baker & Taylor)

Filled with tips and survival skills from writers and fund-raising officers at nonprofits of all sizes, Writing for a Good Cause is the first book to explain how to use words well to win your cause the money it needs. Whether you work for a storefront social action agency or a leading university, the authors' knowledgeable, practical advice will help you:

Write the perfect proposal—from the initial research and interviews to the final product

Draft, revise, and polish a "beguiling, exciting, can't-put-it-down and surely can't-turn-it-down" request for funds

Create case statements and other big money materials—also write, design, and print newsletters, and use the World Wide Web effectively

Survive last-minute proposals and other crises—with the Down-and-Dirty Proposal Kit!

Writing for a Good Cause provides everything fund raisers, volunteers, staff writers, freelancers, and program directors need to know to win funds from individual, foundation, and corporate donors. - (Simon and Schuster)

Joseph Barbato is president of Barbato Associates, which provides writing and design services to the fund-raising programs of nonprofits. He has worked with dozens of nonprofits, including New York University, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, and The United Nations Foundation. - (Simon and Schuster)

Joseph Barbato is president of Barbato Associates, which provides writing and design services to the fund-raising programs of nonprofits. He has worked with dozens of nonprofits, including New York University, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, and The United Nations Foundation. - (Simon and Schuster)

Booklist Reviews

Surprise! It may be a manual, and it may be aimed at those who write to elicit money, but it is also wise, funny, and useful for anyone who writes anything. In an informal but never sloppy style, the authors define fundraising ("Once, it was called begging") and offer a quick view of the nonprofit universe. They carry the reader through proposal writing, case statements, newsletters, and all of their myriad parts, from executive summaries and cover letters to budgets and appendixes, enlivening an already lively text with model sidebars. Pages are liberally peppered with boxes called "Hot Tip" and "Writer Beware!" The advice on organizing material, interviewing people, and sitting down to write would serve any writer. They even provide a special section, "the down-and-dirty proposal kit," for those times when you have two days in which to cram two weeks of work. Underlying it all is the energy that comes from working for a good cause and using your words to make the world better. ((Reviewed July 2000)) Copyright 2000 Booklist Reviews