The Bread Game

GENERAL

Research Abstract
The Bread Game

If you are about to enter the world of grantmanship, the following pages will give you some ideas about the nature and feeding habits of the beast known as foundations. This creature comes in all shapes and sizes, and it is estimated that the U. S. abounds with a population of more than 22,000 of them. The ability and the willingness of the foundation beast to fund programs and projects are controlled by many factors which include everything from the animal known as super-beast (the government in general, and Internal Revenue Service in particular) to the wishes and quirks of the donors, boards of directors, executive staff and all the other parts that make up the beast. It will be helpful for you to remember that foundations are made up of mammals known as human beings. Their characteristics are not unlike yours: they have their problems, hopes, likes, dislikes, prejudices, goals, whims, concerns, and responsibilities.

The following pages explore in greater detail how one can prepare for this encounter. The grant seeker has an uphill struggle before him, but he can avoid many pitfalls by careful preparation and a general commitment to the task. By no means have we covered the whole subject, but hopeful you will find helpful clues and some insights into the rules of the bread game.

CONTENTS
  1. The bread game.
  2. Foundations: Some information you need to know.
  3. Funding the third world community: the struggle continues.
  4. Women and raising money: Twice as good for half as much.
  5. The proposal: how to get it all together.
  6. Sponsors: alternatives while you are getting incorporated.
  7. Formation of a tax-exempt organization: a drag but necessary.
  8. Suggested accounting procedures for grantees: do it right the first time.
  9. Reporting on a grant: 
           The paper work.
           Hypothetical grant agreement. 
           Hypothetical grantee report.
           Hypothetical grant expenditure report.
10. Two sample proposals: how somebody else did it.
11. From the ivory tower: a bird's eye view from within the foundation.
12. Self-support planning: An alternative to the handout.
13. Welcome to the zoo: some final thoughts.

Addenda: 
     I.   Fundraising bibliography. 
          Constituency bibliography. 
     II.   The foundation center: where to go for information on foundation funding.
     III.  Non-profit organizations: in law and in fact. 
     IV. Glossary.

If you are about to enter the world of grantmanship, the following pages will give you some ideas about the nature and feeding habits of the beast known as foundations. This creature comes in all shapes and sizes, and it is estimated that the U. S. abounds with a population of more than 22,000 of them. The ability and the willingness of the foundation beast to fund programs and projects are controlled by many factors which include everything from the animal known as super-beast (the government in general, and Internal Revenue Service in particular) to the wishes and quirks of the donors, boards of directors, executive staff and all the other parts that make up the beast. It will be helpful for you to remember that foundations are made up of mammals known as human beings. Their characteristics are not unlike yours: they have their problems, hopes, likes, dislikes, prejudices, goals, whims, concerns, and responsibilities.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Book
Allen, Herb
Revised and expanded edition
0-9606198-1-X
150 p.
December, 1980
PUBLISHER DETAILS

Regional Young Adult Project
San Francisco
CA,
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