Few principals realize that 750,000 nonprofit organizations are eligible to receive gifts and grants; $190 billion of corporate and private money was donated in 1999; and 75 percent was attributable to individual giving. Principals should go after federal and state grants (giant sources) to fund technology before pursuing private sources. (MLH)

This book is intended to assist principals of public and private P-12 schools in developing and maintaining a grants system that uses grant funds to meet their schools' mission. Its aim is to describe the basic elements of successful grant-seeking. The following 13 topics are treated in their own chapters: (1) "The Principal's Role in…

This book provides time-efficient strategies for teachers who undertake the grantseeking process. Chapter 1 cautions against the "shotgun" approach to grantseeking and describes the reasons for and basic rules of grantseeking. Chapter 2 outlines a successful proactive strategy, which begins with selection of the problem to be addressed. Chapters…

This book provides central-office administrators with detailed processes of evaluation and assessment designed to improve upon the deficiencies in the current decentralized grants system. It is designed to help the administrator discern what district support functions are necessary to ensure that legal, ethical, and financial grant requirements…