As The Competition For Private Foundation Dollars Becomes Increasingly More Intense, Nonprofit Organizations Are Struggling To Find Competent Grant Writers Who Can Show Results. But Even A Perfectly Written Proposal, Or A Highly Qualified Grant Writer, Cannot Guarantee Funding. Best Practices In Grant Seeking: Beyond The Proposal Explores How To Involve An Organization’S Leadership In The Grant Seeking Process, And How To Work Together With Staff From Public Relations, Program, S And Even Other Fundraising Areas, To Make The Grant Proposal Process More Fruitful. The Best Practices In This Book Can Help Nonprofit Officials Determine Agency-Wide Activities – Both Short And Long Term – That Support And Enhance The Efforts Of The Grant Writer And That Will Ultimately Improve The Amount And Number Of Grants Receive From Foundations By Building Long-Lasting Relationships With Funders, Accessing The Power Of Their Communities, And Establishing Internal Communication And Cooperation.