Exposing real world philanthropy to the next generation of social work leaders

Abstract

This article describes a method for instructing social work students in the art of enhanced collaboration with foundations, shifting the focus from ''writing a winning proposal'' and ''finding alternative funding sources'' to ''developing collaborative partnerships for sustainable community development and social change.'' The authors describe an instructional method consisting of four major steps to help give social work students a real sense of what is going on in their fields and how to work in partnership with foundations.