Custom Proposal Templates
About
International NGOs and nonprofit staff are often stretched too thin to constantly write fresh grant applications for every new call for proposals. Many funding applications can be confusing, with questions that seem to change from donor to donor. It can be frustrating to sort through it all, and craft answers that adhere to your mission and vision, while aligning to the donor funding potential.
You walk away with a master proposal that can be easily adapted for multiple grant opportunities.
Your template includes
- Executive Summary/Abstract
- Organizational Overview/History
- Needs Assessment Summary and/or Purpose/Problem Statement summary
- Beneficiary/Target Group and Stakeholder narrative
- Program/Project Design
- Proposed Solution Statement summary
- Goal, Outcome, Output and Activity narrative
- Timelines
- Project team (if needed)
- implementation Plan outline
- Implementation Partners summary
- Evaluation Measures/Outcomes/Impact Summary
- Financing and Sustainability Summary
- High-level budget (i.e. total dollar amounts, no spreadsheet or budget development) and funding timeframe (i.e. years, not quarterly)
- Partner contributions summary (financial and in-kind)
- Funding gaps
- Sustainability plan
List of important internal documents for reference for grant applications (strategic plans, feasibility studies, annual plans, previous donor reports, etc.)
**Bonus: An annotated version of the template and a personalized video tutorial that highlights how to leverage your template for maximum grant success.
Benefits
- Reduce the amount of time that goes into grant writing
- Jump off the hamster wheel of writing and rewriting the same content for every new grant application
- Get a single senior staff approval (Director, VP and ED/CEO level) for the content and commitments in the application
- Reduce stress related to time-sensitive delays that happen while waiting on colleague input and senior staff approval from application to application
- Have a master application template that you can use and reuse for every application, with only minor tweaks
- Have a clear picture of your organization’s funding asks for the next 12-18 months, and potentially beyond
- Have a document that can be consulted and referred to for other types of funding opportunities by other resource mobilisation staff in your organisation (i.e. major gifts, direct mail)
- Have a document on hand to easily orient new staff to your grant strategy so they can hit the ground running
- The template contents can be adapted to create other fundraising collateral (one pagers, mini case for support)
- Raise more money because you are focused, strategic and ready for those last-minute opportunities that always pop up (not scattered, stressed, and in a last-minute panic to apply)
What to expect
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- A getting started email and checklist (to complete/submit prior to the initial pre-planning call)
- Creation & Access to a shared Master Project Folder
- Pre-Planning call to [1 hr.]
- Outline the process
- Clarify the funding ask
- Assign tasks and timelines to decision-makers (Staff, partners, etc.)
- Create a high-level first draft
- First draft
- Content clarity comments, notes and questions
- Identify gaps in information
- Client fills in the gaps
- Optional clarity call to confirm direction and understanding
- Create the 2nd draft
- Client reviews, edits, and provides feedback
- Create a proposed final draft
- Final review approval
- Personalized video and guide leveraging your template for grant success
*The standard process includes up to 3 template revisions after the first draft for a total of _4_ versions.