In this book/CD-ROM guide, Thompson, director of external affairs for the New York Foundation for the Arts, walks readers through basic and advanced aspects of grant writing. After an overview of the grant-writing process, he takes readers behind the scenes of the different institutions that make grants, then describes the parts of a grant proposal and gives advice on writing each one. He shows how to find funding sources online and off, and outlines strategies for writing inquiry letters, managing contacts, and developing a grant-writing plan. There is also special advice for individual grant seekers. Some 55 pages of appendices list print and Internet resources, and provide sample proposals of different types. A glossary is also included. The CD-ROM contains grant writing, budgeting, and organizing worksheets, research tools, shortcut methods for assembling a proposal, and sample proposals and budgets from the book. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less