Joseph Barbato - Writing for a Good Cause: The Complete Guide to Crafting Proposals and Other Persuasive Pieces for Nonprofits

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful for the assistance and resources of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (NSFRE), the Foundation Center, and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). In particular, we thank Rita Keener and Samantha Phillips at the NSFRE Resource Center, who made us feel right at home even as we ransacked their shelves.

Friends and former colleagues at The Nature Conservancy have helped, inspired, and even read the book in manuscript. They include Tracey Bedford, Beth Duris, Connie Gelb, Lisa Horak, and Patty Housman. Others who generously took time to read parts or all of the work in progress were Louise Barbato, Sheila Dennis, and Carma Fauntleroy.

We are indebted to the myriad foundation executives, development officers, and writers who took time to talk with us and send us their comments about proposals and the craft of writing.

Joe would like to thank his wife, Dusty, for her love and encouragement. He also expresses gratitude to two wise men: Fred English, who taught him to maintain high editorial standards, and Paul Eckhardt, who taught him to maintain his sense of humor. Both knew what matters in fund-raising writing.

Danielle would like to thank her parents, James Shirley and Beatrice Zanger, who never balked at launching yet another English major into the world. She gratefully acknowledges the many fund raisers and writers who showed her the ropes, especially Sally Wells, who taught her to get to the point.

We are both indebted to our agent, Deborah Grosvenor, and to our editor, Marah Stets, for their enthusiasm and support. Without them, we could not have had all this fun playing Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Cheers!

We would like to acknowledge the following individuals and organizations that allowed us to share portions of their fund-raising and writing materials, including:

D.S. Pensley, chief executive officer of Borealis Community
Land Trust and echoing green Public Service Fellow

Kim Coleman, president of Expanding Horizons

Public School Forum of North Carolina

Hill and Vale Affordable Housing

Dartmouth Life and Julie Sloane

The Nature Conservancy

Yale University

Diane Ullius

American Farmland Trust

The Virginia Engineering Foundation at the University of Virginia