Contact a Grant Provider
To Send A Prospective Grant Provider:
Purpose Statement:
Finding a compatible grant provider is the most practical way to maximize your potential for actually receiving support for a project. Before you even begin looking for prospective funders, develop a statement of purpose for your project.
Example: The "Urban Tutoring and Enrichment Program" seeks to help bridge the racial achievement gap in the Chicago school system by offering underprivileged children free tutoring in math and science.
Next begin looking for companies and organizations whose mission statements reflect the same goals as your project.
- Think local: The single most important criteria for a grant being awarded is geographic location.
- Businesses and even state-owned agencies want to invest in the immediate community.
Finding a compatible grant provider is the most practical way to maximize your potential for actually receiving support for a project. Before you even begin looking for prospective funders, develop a statement of purpose for your project.
Example: The "Urban Tutoring and Enrichment Program" seeks to help bridge the racial achievement gap in the Chicago school system by offering underprivileged children free tutoring in math and science.
Next begin looking for companies and organizations whose mission statements reflect the same goals as your project.
- Think local: The single most important criteria for a grant being awarded is geographic location.
- Businesses and even state-owned agencies want to invest in the immediate community.
Finding a Grant Provider:
-The Foundation Center: The leading international database for philanthropic grant information. Tailored for non-profits seeking private or public funding.
-National Society of Fund-Raising Executives: A professional association for those involved in managing fundraising in non-profit organizations.
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-Hire a Certified Fundraising Executive (i.e. a consultant) to help you research
-Your organization's files of past funding recordsfor potential grant providers: previous donors are more likely to invest again.
-Local foundations, organizations, or individual investors who support or share your goals.
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