This six-part manual developed by Cowley County Community College, in Kansas, provides information on developing, researching, and writing proposals for grants. The first section describes characteristics of public funding sources (i.e., federal, state, and local governments) and private funding sources (i.e., foundations, corporations or…

If community colleges expect to effectively serve their diverse constituency, they must develop and refine effective fund-raising capabilities. Institutional development, which encompasses fund raising and other activities, often begins with the Development Office, which is considered in the document in terms of its purpose and functions in…

As many community colleges are facing a period of stabilizing enrollments combined with inflation in operating costs and the increasing need to protect themselves against fluctuations in public funding, seeking new sources of funding becomes an inevitability. Corporations and private foundations are two major untapped sources for fund raising…

The programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF), whose mission is to support basic research, science education, and general science literacy, should be seriously considered by two-year college science faculty and administrators as alternative sources of funding to accomplish institutional and personal objectives. The three divisions of NSF,…