Grant Proposal Consulting
Developing a Successful Grant Proposal
Organizations and Institutions will significantly improve their chances of obtaining a grant by including the necessary elements of successful grant requests. Although each foundation or corporation is unique, Catholic Educational Services has found the following ten components fundamental to every successful grant proposal. Through workshops or individual counsel Catholic Educational Services can support the school in its attempts to secure funds though the grant process.
A Cover Letter highlighting the most significant aspects of the proposal. This assumes that you have done your homework and determined that the donor organization supports projects such as the one in your proposal.
A Table of Contents that gives page numbers to each document within the proposal.
An Executive Summary that describes the problem your proposal seeks to address. Included in the summary should be an outline of action, the budget of the project, and the expected outcomes.
A Brief Overview of your Institution/Organization with enough background to build confidence that you will be successful for the project.
The Statement of Need indicating, whenever possible, statistics or recent studies to validate the need. Make certain that the scope of your project is within your organization?s ability to achieve its goal.
A List of the Goals and Objective that specifically address the need. If you have a recent strategic plan, use these goals and objectives and indicate the process used to determine them.
The Implementation Timeline indicating who is going to do what by when.
The Evaluation process that will be used to measure the success of the project to be funded.
The Budget should indicate the resources that will be used to fund the project. Most foundations and corporations will expect a significant financial commitment from the organization before they will provide ?outside funding?.
What Future Funding will be needed to continue the project after the grant has been expended? In other words, how will your institution sustain itself and the project beyond the grant?
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