Grant-Writing Business: Step-by-Step Startup Guide - Entrepreneur magazine

Start Your Own Grant Writing Business

Thanks to funders like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, grant writing is a growing industry and a vital service needed by nonprofit organizations. Order this guide and learn how to use your existing talents to get started as a grant writer—earning not only big profits but the priceless satisfaction that comes from helping laudable causes find funding.

Grant writing is a craft that can be cultivated and mastered, and we show you how. You learn the main elements of a grant proposal, how to identify a need and propose a solution for foundations, where to look for grant funders, and what tactics to use to approach them.

Learn everything you need to know to get started in this lucrative industry with step-by-step guidelines, including:

Who needs grants
Types of funders
Finding grants
Understanding a funders' guidelines
A to Z of the grant proposal
Effective grant-writing techniques
How to confidently run your business
If you enjoy delving into research, have great writing and speaking skills, and can passionately communicate the missions of organizations you believe in, you could have a bright future as the owner of a grant writing business. This guide gives you a one-of-a-kind grant-writing toolkit and shows you how to use it to win funding.

Whether you'd like to write full or part time, this guide's top-to-bottom look at the field ensures you start like a seasoned pro.

This kit includes:
• Essential industry and business-specific startup steps with worksheets, calculators, checklists and more.
• Entrepreneur Editors' Start Your Own Business, a guide to starting any business and surviving the first three years.
• Downloadable, customizable business letters, sales letters, and other sample documents
• Entrepreneur's Small Business Legal Toolkit.