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| Rime to full proposal...
Posted by Julie Rodda on 3/22/2008, 4:16 pm, in reply to "Re: A little intimidated - my 1st grant is for a huge capital project"
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Catherine:
This situation took a bit more time than I would have liked due to the fact that the NPO had two key positions resign and move for family reasons.
In the case of this proposal, $400,000 worth of construction labor was being donated by 8-10 different entities...those letters of commitment were from church and community groups who don't typically write these type of letters, and I had to gently walk them through the process (sometimes more than once). In the process, I found that writing a sample letter they could personalize was the best way to handle that. [Two of them copied it word for word and only inserted their name, so those had to be re-worked!] (Not only the grant writer, I also am on the BOD with this organization, which is why I was so involved).
If you can write what I call the BIG ONE which touches on Need of Area, Need for Program or Need for building project, Demographics served, Budget, Contributors, Collaborators, How your org. has measured it's effectiveness, how this project will be evaluated, etc., this will prove very helpful for getting future proposals out the door. Each one will need to be hand tailored to the specific funder, but once you have the major components written, it is much easier to cut and paste portions (with necessary editing) than starting from scratch.
Julie Rodda
http://www.roddaconsulting.com/
Funding Consulting, Grant Research
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