Add 4 more entries

Drafts

Where to submit

File name

File format

Required deliverables (pages in one file)

doc or docx

1. 5 catalog entries (relevant funding sources: programs with individual foundations, RFPs, etc.)

2. document checklist

3. final grading rubric

doc or docx

1. a memo (1 page)

2. 10-15 catalog entries (relevant funding sources: programs with individual foundations, RFPs, etc.)

3. document checklist

4. final grading rubric

Peer review form

(Complete the review. Copy and paste the completed peer review form in a separate file. Name it accordingly. Respond to the selected post and attach the peer review form to your chosen post using Add Attachments.)

1. a memo (1-2 pages)

2. 10-15 catalog entries (relevant funding sources: programs with individual foundations, RFPs, etc.)

3. the peer review form that you have completed for another student in class

4. document checklist

5. final grading rubric

Sponsor # 1

Potential Sponsor’s Name:

(Specify the sponsor’s full name.)

Funder’s Web Address:

(Copy and paste the sponsor’s full web address here.)

Project Name:

(Add the name of a specific funding program or an individual RFP, if applicable.)

Contact Person:

Name:

Address:

Phone: Fax:

Email:

Description and Objectives of Current Funding Priorities (target population, problem, and purpose) Related to the Needs of the Nonprofit

(Paraphrase the funder’s mission and funding goals. Explain what types of projects this sponsor funds and how the sponsor can help your nonprofit.)

Restrictions on Funding:

(Describe any restrictions on how the funds can be used.)

Average Size of Grants or Range of Funding:

(Specify the range of grants.)

Granting Period for Average Grants:

(Specify the time period during which the grant must be used, if available.)

Eligibility Requirements for Funding:

(Describe who can and cannot apply for the funds.)

Preferred Method of Initial Contact:

(Explain how the funder wants to be contacted.)

Proposal Sections and Guidelines

(List some of the documents the sponsor requires.)

Deadlines

(Specify the deadlines for submitting essential documents to the funder.)

Keywords

(Write down 10 keywords from the RFP or the funding program.)

Source: Adapted from Mikelonis, Betsinger, and Kampf (2003), p. 93, pp 98-99.

Elements

Prompts

YES, NO, or NOT SURE.

Suggestions?

Context, Audience, and Purpose

Do the listings in the database respond to the needs of the nonprofit? If not, which ones should be omitted?

Organization and Content Development

Does the document contain all required parts? If not, what needs to be added?

Does the writer provide enough information about funding opportunities? What information is missing?

Visual Design and Formatting

Does the writer use a consistent typeface and type size (at least an 11-point font; no more than 2 different fonts)?

Are the major divisions clear visually (headings and space between paragraphs)?

Does the use of font treatments (bold, underline (only with links), italics, or color) enhance readability and aesthetics?

Do margins (1inch), visual columns, and white space around headings enhance navigation, readability, and aesthetics?

Does the document have a header or a footer with a page number and the writer’s last name (NOTE: Click Different First Page to remove the number from the first pages.)?

Style and Editing

Is the database easy to read and scan?

Does the writer organize paragraphs effectively with clear topic sentences and supporting details (4-6 sentences in each paragraph)?

Are there any problems with style, grammar, punctuation, or mechanics?

Deliverables in one file

· Memo

· Appendix with 10-15 catalog entries

· Peer review form that you have completed for another student in class

· Document Checklist

· Final Grading Rubric

Context, Audience, and Purpose

· Your documents respond to the assignment description for Unit 2.

· The appropriate level of detail is given (appropriate assessment of audience's knowledge and concerns).

· The documents focus on the reader's needs, not the writer's needs.

Organization and Content Development

· The memo discusses the funding sources (agencies and private foundations) included in the appendix.

· All catalog entries are sorted by sponsor types.

Visual Design and Formatting

· Pages look neat. The documents are single-spaced. The applicant uses a readable and consistent font.

· Major divisions are clear visually (space between paragraphs).

· The appearance of headings and subheadings establishes a hierarchy among parts.

· The use of treatments (bold, underline (only with links), italic, or color) enhances readability and aesthetics.

· Margins (1 inch), columns, and negative space around headings enhance navigation, readability, and aesthetics.

· The use of lists is helpful and appropriate to the audience.

· The document, except the first page, has a header or a footer with a page number and your last name.

· All pages, except the first one, are numbered.

· The document is written in a traditional memo format with an appendix.

· All direct quotations are listed in quotation marks.

Style and Editing

The writer

· has used paragraphs effectively (1 idea per paragraph; 4-6 sentences per paragraph).

· has used vocabulary appropriate to the audience.

· has used correct grammar and punctuation (plus no misspellings or typos).

Projected Grade and Comments

Grade

A

B

C

D

F

Plus

100 99 98 97

89 88 87

79 78 77

69 68 67

59-0

Full

96 95 94 93

86 85 84 83

76 75 74 73

66 65 64 63

Minus

92 91 90

82 81 80

72 71 70

62 61 60

Comment:

Issues of Grammar and Mechanics:

· Comma splices or fused sentences

· Fragments

· Missing commas with introductory clauses and elements

· Typos, misspelled words or misused words

· Other:

NOTE: If one (or several) of these boxes is checked or highlighted, you need to submit at least one set of completed exercises (located in BLACKBOARD LEARN) targeting the corresponding problem with your revisions. Copy and paste them at the end of your revised copy of the assignment, after the Grading Rubric. I will add 1% bonus point per assignment if all your exercises are completed correctly.

Criteria

Exemplary

Competent

Adequate

Inadequate

Unacceptable

Decision-makers …

· will be very pleased with your research and will be able to easily select the most appropriate sponsors

· will be satisfied with your research and will be able to select sponsors, but may ask for clarifications

· will have some difficulties understanding your descriptions and will ask you to conduct further research

· will not understand your document

· will disregard the document

because your work …

Context, Audience, and Purpose

· Demonstrates a thorough understanding of context, audience, and purpose that is responsive to the assigned tasks and focuses all elements of the work.

· Demonstrates mostly thorough consideration of context, audience, and purpose and a mostly clear focus on the assigned tasks.

· Demonstrates some awareness of context, audience, purpose, and to the assigned tasks, e.g., begins to show awareness of audience's perceptions and assumptions.

· Demonstrates minimal attention to context, audience, purpose, and to the assigned tasks.

· Is either mostly incomplete or does not satisfy any criteria for the assignment.

Organization and Content Development

· Presents the conventional information for the genre.

· Presents most of the conventional information for the genre.

· Presents some of the conventional information for the genre.

· Lacks the conventional information for the genre.

Visual Design and Formatting

· Demonstrates detailed attention to and successful execution of a wide range of conventions particular to a specific writing task including visual design and formatting.

· Demonstrates consistent use of important conventions particular to a specific discipline and/or writing tasks, including visual design and formatting.

· Follows some expectations appropriate to a specific discipline and writing tasks for basic visual design and formatting.

· Attempts to use a consistent system for basic presentation.

Style and Editing

· Is accurate and grammatically correct.

· Is mostly accurate and grammatically correct, with some minor problems.

· Is somewhat accurate, but has major grammatical errors and other problems.

· Is inaccurate and grammatically incorrect, with major problems.

Final Grade

A

B

C

D

F

Plus

Full

Minus

100 99 98 97

96 95 94 93

92 91 90

89 88 87

86 85 84 83

82 81 80

79 78 77

76 75 74 73

72 71 70

69 68 67

66 65 64 63

62 61 60

59-0