We publish books and offer training courses, both online and in the classroom at various levels, to help you learn to write grant proposals that are more likely to succeed.
Full-Day Classroom Training Courses
 After the Grant: Building a Solid Path to the Next One
Builds skills for new and experienced grantseekers to enhance their relationships with funders and look toward winning the next grant. $195.00
Proposal Writing Seminar
Helps the novice nonprofit grantseeker gain the proposal writing experience needed to secure grants from foundations and corporate sources. $195.00
Proposal Budgeting Workshop
Teaches you to create a proposal budget for a special project or for operating support. We walk you through the elements of a detailed budget.
$195.00
Cultivating Grantmaker Relationships
Strengthen the partnership between your organization and its funders. $195.00
Grantseeker Training Institute
Five days of comprehensive training from the Foundation Center's experts. $795.00
Basic Classroom Training Courses
Free
Proposal Writing Basics
Provides instruction on the key components of a proposal to a foundation or corporation and answers questions that first-timers often have about the process of applying for a grant.
Proposal Writing Basics in Spanish: Principios de la escritura de propuestas
Aprenda cuales son los componentes clave de una propuesta. Aprenda el proceso de escritura y envío de propuestas a fundaciones y corporaciones.
Proposal Budgeting Basics
Teaches the essentials of budget preparation as part of a basic grant proposal, including compiling both financial elements and the budget narrative.
How to Approach a Foundation
How to initiate contact with potential funders, planning calls and meetings, and building partnerships with donors.
Online Training Courses
Proposal Writing: The Comprehensive Course
A thorough, step-by-step guide to preparing an effective proposal for foundation support, covering every section of the proposal. Includes a copy of The Foundation Center’s Guide to Winning Proposals, a $39.95 value.
$189.95
Online Guides and Tutorials
Free
Proposal Writing Short Course
(Available in English, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish)
Describes how to prepare of the various components of a funding proposal, and includes planning, research, and cultivation of potential foundation and corporate donors.
Proposal Budgeting Basics
(Available in English and Spanish)
The basics of developing a project budget, including overhead costs, employee fringe benefits, and links to sample budget templates.
Webinars
Free
Proposal Writing Basics
Provides instruction on the key components of a proposal to a foundation or corporation and answers questions that first-timers often have about the process of applying for a grant.
Principios de la escritura de propuestas
Ofrecemos una grabación del seminario virtual relacionado con este tema, Principios de la escritura de propuestas.
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Comprehensive instruction on the basic and finer points of proposal writing. Based on interviews with grantmakers, the Guide to Proposal Writing also provides insight into the decision-making process.
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Features 35 funded grant proposals reprinted in their entirety. Examples cover a wide variety of projects, and each proposal includes remarks by the program officer who approved the grant.