New Books: Grant management, measurements, and more

Executive Director’s Survival Guide: Thriving as a Nonprofit Leader by Mim Carlson & Margaret Donohoe

GIC#: HD62.6 C266 2003

Getting the Money: How to Succeed in Fundraising for Public and Nonprofit Libraries by Ken Dowlin

GIC#: Z683.2 U6 D69 2009

Grant Management: Funding for Public and Nonprofit Programs by Jeremey Hall

GIC#: HG177 H355 2010

The Law of Fundraising by Bruce Hopkins

GIC#: KF1389.5 H66 2009

Managing and delivering performance: How Government, Public Sector
and Not-for-profit Organizations Can Measure and Manage What Really Matters by Bernard Marr

GIC#: JF1525 P67 M37 2009

Nonprofit governance : Law, Practices, and Trends by Bruce Hopkins

GIC#: KF1388 H64 2009

Social Entrepreneurship: A Modern Approach to Social Value Creation by Arthur Brooks

GIC#: HD62.6 B745 2009

New Books on Benchmarking and More!

Benchmarking in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors: Best Practices for Achieving Performance Breakthroughs by Patricia Keehley and Neil Abercrombie

GIC Call #: JK468 T67 B45 2008










Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant

GIC Call #: HD62.6 C78 2008






ROI for Nonprofits: The New Key to Sustainability by Tom Ralser

GIC Call #: HG4028 C4 R35 2007

GIC Receives Friends of UW Libraries Grant

We are delighted to announce that the Grants Information Collection has been selected to receive a collection development grant from the Friends of the UW Libraries.

We will use the graciously given funds to update our print collection, particularly in the areas of nonprofit accountability, management, and benchmarking, as well as the topics of grantseeking and fundraising in difficult economic times.

Please check back to learn about the purchases as they become available for use in the GIC!

GIC Receives UW Libraries Friends Grant

For the second year in row, the Grants Information Collection of Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will receive a Collection Development Grant from the Friends of the University of Wisconsin--Madison Libraries. This year the generously given $1,100 will go toward the purchase of much needed subject-specific grant directories, the 21st edition of the National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations, and more!

As the new titles arrive, we'll feature them here on the GIC blog. So, stay tuned!

Last of the new books for '07

"Thank You for Submitting Your Proposal": A Foundation Director Reveals What Happens Next by Martin Teitel

GIC Call Number: HG177 T45 2006

Great Philanthropic Mistakes by Martin Morse Wooster.

GIC Call Number: HV91 W626 2006

(My Favorite) New Book

Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals, 5th ed. by Lawrence F. Locke, Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, and Stephen J. Silverman.

This, our most recent addition to the Grants Information Collection, is hands-down my favorite new book this year!

A practical, easy to read guide to funding your research--graduate, post-doc, or other--Proposals that Work guides you through the entire planning process from beginning to successful end. Whether you are conducting qualitative or quantitative research, regardless of your academic discipline, or even whether you're pursuing private or public funding, this book will be of use to you.

You can find it in Memorial Library's Grants Information Collection, Rm 262 D/E at call number Q180.55 P7 L63 2007.

New Books for November

How to Evaluate and Improve Your Grants Effort, 2nd Ed. by David G. Bauer - Series on Higher Education

Research Proposals: A Guide to Success, 3rd. Edition by Thomas E. Ogden & Israel Goldberg











Exposing the Elephants: Creating Exceptional Nonprofits by Pamela J. Wilcox

More New Books for the Grants Information Collection

Here's the latest round of new books to hit the shelves of the Grants Information Collection at Memorial Library. If any of you out there have any comments on these - or any of our other new books - please feel free to post your response below.




Grants for Libraries by Stephanie K. Gerding and Pamela H. MacKellar













Models of Proposal Planning & Writing by Jeremy T. Miner and Lynn E. Miner.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grant Writing, 2nd ed.: An Essential Resource for Securing the Funds You Need by Waddy Thompson

First Book Purchased by Friends Grant Arrives

Back in May, GIC news announced that the Grants Information Collection had just, "received a $600 grant from the Friends of the UW-Madison Library to be used for purchase of print materials."

Well, things can sometimes move slowly in Library Land, but the good news is that we have just received our first purchase from the Friends Grant Funds! Yeah!

And the winner is: Grant Seeker's Budget Toolkit, published by Wiley, 2001. Here you'll find "step-by-step guidance, insider tips, and all the tools you need to create budget s and financial plans..." It also includes a CD Rom with forms, spreadsheets and checklists, which visitors may use on-site in the Grants Information Collection room, 262 D/E of Memorial Library.

Please feel free to stop by and try it out!