Plagarism

I can share a story of plagarism that really upset me because I had placed a lot of work into a project for a nonprofit group that was attempting to extend their funding for an afterschool program. I wrote several components to a grant that was submitted to the State of Louisiana Tanif Funds Division for consideration. The past grantwriter was affected by Hurricane Katrina and Rita and moved to Atlanta Ga. with all the records. The pastor of the church contacted me referred by some contacts he made in the area looking for a grantwriter available in this area. To make long story short, I wrote the needs assessment, program description, budget narrative (used a personal software program built for me by a computer engineer-my classmate) and outcome analysis for the program. Th draft information I submitted for review to the Pastor and his school administrator was taken and passed on as their own. To top it off, I not receive compensation or recognition for having completed the work. This was extremely hurtful and since this had happen once before to me but not to this degree, I decided that grantwriting can be a ruthless business if you do not have people that are honest or not forthcoming in their motives. Ultimately, the church did get the grant and to this date - 3 years later, I still have not been compensated for my work. I did receive a copy of the final grant submission, other than a few word changes, each component had indeed been plagarized.