Shaking the Money Tree: How to Get Grants and Donations for Film and Video

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Summary: The Elements of Fundraising
Review: This bare bones volume is lean on hyperbole - it's like The Elements of Style for fundraising. Like Strunk & White's classic, Morrie's book should be required reading. This book isn't a grocery list of foundations or grant sources; it's a set of rules, free of anecdote, to realistically assess how to present your passion in terms that the money people understand.

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Summary: A no nonsense guide to finding funding for film
Review: This book is a great resource for anyone who is looking to raise money to make films, covering the bases from individual investors, government agencies, private foundations, business and even non-profits. A MUST HAVE for the filmmaker's library - it's a great read, jam packed full of valuable advice and examples.

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Summary: Great resource for all filmmakers
Review: This is a classic that every filmmaker should read. "Shaking the Money Tree" de-mystifies the biggest challenge every filmmaker faces--fundraising. It identifies various funding sources, how to ask and when to ask. More importantly, it gets behind the minds and motivations of individual funders, foundations, and other sources, so the filmmaker is better prepared meet their needs.

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Summary: Great resource for all filmmakers
Review: This is a classic that every filmmaker should read. "Shaking the Money Tree" de-mystifies the biggest challenge every filmmaker faces--fundraising. It identifies various funding sources, how to ask and when to ask. More importantly, it gets behind the minds and motivations of individual funders, foundations, and other sources, so the filmmaker is better prepared meet their needs.

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Summary: Must Read!
Review: This is a great book...after searching high and low and all over the internet, I found a concise, informative and helpful resource to walk me through the complex world of fundraising for media. I'm applying Morrie's suggestions to my movie's business plan. Everyone interested in film/video should read this book.

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Summary: Shaking the Money Tree
Review: Warshawski's book is an indispensable guide to understanding the world of non-profit funding. It should be required reading for every documentary filmmaker. I particularly like the "Sample Grant" section and the fact that the book gives the grant seeker specific techniques for approaching foundations.

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Summary: Shaking the Money Tree
Review: Warshawski's book is an indispensable guide to understanding the world of non-profit funding. It should be required reading for every documentary filmmaker. I particularly like the "Sample Grant" section and the fact that the book gives the grant seeker specific techniques for approaching foundations.

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Summary: Shaking the Money Tree
Review: Warshawski's book is an indispensable guide to understanding the world of non-profit funding. It should be required reading for every documentary filmmaker. I particularly like the "Sample Grant" section and the fact that the book gives the grant seeker specific techniques for approaching foundations.