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Because of the tight conditions for funding these days, we are seeing more requests from organizations for review and editing of their grant proposals. With foundation guidelines and the selection process becoming tighter, it’s imperative that grant proposals have all their “I’s dotted and T’s crossed.”
While many nonprofits submit the same proposal year after year, changing only the date and minor details of the program they offer, this cannot be a standard procedure during an economic crunch. Competition is extremely high and it is worth the service fee to have a grant writer review your proposal before sending it in.
An extra pair of professional eyes on your proposal can find small but deadly mistakes in the rhetoric of their narrative, or simple grammar, punctuation or syntax errors that may have been missed. These are important!
Many small nonprofits are under staffed, rely on up to 90% of their funding from foundations, and need to re-submit last year’s proposals “with a few changes.” In some cases, up to 2 proposals per week, can cause a much higher risk of error or poor presentation. Recently we worked with an organization that did not follow last year’s guidelines and submitted their own cover letter, when a foundation letter was provided and required to be filled in and submitted.
All these small errors add up to a proposal not making it to the review committee and instead living in a waste basket until next year.
Find a qualified grant writer to review and edit last year’s proposals, if you are re-submitting to the same organization. Have them give it a new look as well – making all section titles clear, larger and in a separate font (within size guidelines by the foundation). A fresh perspective on a grant proposal can offer a unique and compelling pitch to get your the funds you need.
We offer grant editing and reviewing and have a high success rate in getting funded.
Grant funding is getting harder and harder to get. The current economic conditions have put restraints on foundations, so that the selection process is tighter than ever. There are new styles of internet fundraising emerging, such as crowdfunding and social giving and, while these are proving successful, they should be viewed as a part of a larger fundraising program.
Statistics show that solid grant grant writer services can achieve your goals and get your organization the funds it needs from existing foundation grants in 2012. But your proposal better be meticulously crafted and compelling to do the trick.
We focus on project-based grant proposal writing services specializing in:
- healthcare
- academic
- youth development
- education
- green projects
- the arts
- small business grant proposal writing in response to RFP’s
Grant Writer Issues
A grant proposal could easily be rejected because of its lack of professionalism and missing preliminary information by a gatekeeper in a larger foundation in, perhaps, New York or Boston. A gatekeeper at the regional foundation level could possibly read on, depending on a number of factors such as time availability on a specific day or possibly a personal connection with the cause.
If, hypothetically, a gatekeeper did approve a proposal for further review which does not follow specific guidelines, it could likely run amok at the funding stage if it lacks clarity in business planning, resulting in an absence of sustainability for the future. Many grant proposals get rejected, either at the gatekeeper stage or the funding stage, even though the subject experts may have passed it through to funders, due to a compelling local mission or synergy with the description of an organization’s history.
A few questions to review your grant proposal include:
- Does the proposal fit into the funder’s “Alignment” with its offered funding areas?
- Does the project demonstrate “Impact” as described by the funder?
- Does the grant proposal show “Capacity” within its organization?
- Does the proposed project demonstrate “Sustainability,” as described by the funder?
