The 4th Edition of the User-Friendly Guide will lead you through the maze of unfamiliar jargon and the wide range of resources used effectively by professional fundraisers. You'll learn about: securing tax exemption; searching for potential funders with the most recent fundraising directories; using online services and CD-ROMs to gather data on potential grantmakers; writing grant proposals; seeking grants as an individual; and more. If this is your first attempt to secure grant money, then this is the book for you!

Now in its Fourth Edition, Effectively Managing and Leading Human Service Organizations continues to provide invaluable creative ideas for achieving managerial success. Authors Ralph Brody and Murali Nair dissect and diagnose common workplace dilemmas, offering current and future managers the skills to implement positive changes in organizations large and small. Easy-to-read, this book connects a conceptual framework and essential managerial practices with hundreds of real-life examples and case studies of applied managerial skills in organizational settings.