Saturday, August 11, 2012

Best practices for grant writers from CT Philanthropy


These are two good resources for grant writers from the CT Council for Philantrhopy.

Grantseeking from Foundations a good 2-page guide on grant writing, and includes 

  • You can't make up in writing what you missed in planning
  •  Find the match
  • When preparing the proposal be very clear; funders often comment that even after thoroughly reading a proposal, they cannot discern exactly what the applicants want!
The site also offers a 9-page document called Writing a Successful Grant Proposal. Author Barbara Davis notes that funders tend to want the “substantially the same information, even if they use different words or ask questions in a different order.” She goes on to enumerate the most common are: Summary, Organizational Information, Problem/Need/Situation Description, Work Plan/Specific Activities, Impact of Activities, Evaluation and more. 


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