Final Project Grant Proposal

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Letter of Inquiry

The University of Arizona Global Campus

HUM 5060 Grant Writing

Instructor: Mark Knapp

March 15, 2022

Letter of Inquiry Questionnaire

1. What is the purpose of this letter of inquiry? To whom is it being sent, and what is the connection?

The letter is being sent to Mary Smith, PhD. The overall purpose of this letter is to seek more information regarding a grant proposal sent by her to the organization to finance the Kids In Distress Inc. (KID) organization. The fact that it was her who sent the proposal means that she should receive the letter of inquiry to respond to some unclear information critical to the proposal.

2. What year was the organization founded? What year was it incorporated?

The organization is said to have been founded in 1979 and was incorporated in the same year https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.kids_in_distress_inc.75f958914194348d57cb8e1f93112842.html. This is a message that original owners and investors were separated from the organization's assets and income immediately after its foundation, thereby allowing free and interfere with operations.

3. What is the mission of the organization?

KID has a great mission of preventing child abuse, preserving the family, and treating children who have been abused and neglected (Winning Grants Step by Step, 2013). The organization uses available resources to accommodate vulnerable children whose life appears threatened, offer free counseling to parent, and rehabilitate young children who have been exposed to drugs and prostitution.

4. What are the long-term goals for the organization?

The organization has several long-term goals. For instance, it is the goal of the organization to expand and reach out to people outside the city as a way of making the region free of child abuse and neglect. The second goal is to take parents through coaching and counseling to bring up and maintain social and culturally acceptable families.

5. What programs does the organization provide that support these goals?

The organization offers diverse programs to achieve long-term goals set. For instance, the organization provides individual, family, and group therapy and counseling, preschool, aftercare, and summer camp programs (Winning Grants Step by Step, 2013). These programs target children and parents alike.

6. What is the need in the community that you seek funding to address?

In this proposal, the primary community needs that I seek to address through funding is the expansion of the facility to accommodate more people. The community has been having increasing cases of child abuse and neglect to the extent of overwhelming KID abilities and potential (O'Neal-McElrath, 2013). Another facility under the KID management is required to recruit more professionals, which means more cases are addressed.

7. What does the organization propose to do about this need?

The organization has always been committed to assisting families and vulnerable children. They claim it is their passion, but the challenge is that they are a non-profit organization, and all provided resources are used to offer services to the public (Grantcraft, 2008). Hence, they propose to remain committed to the course, look for another piece of land, and put up necessary structures and systems that would enable them to offer excellent services to the people.

8. What outcome does the organization anticipate after the first year of funding?

After the first year of funding, the organization anticipates having identified, purchased the land, and commenced construction tasks. However, this means that the organization would have started its journey to achieve the tremendous long-term expansion goal.

9. What is the total cost of the proposed idea for the first year, or what is the cost to expand the current program? (Or multiple years if you plan to request multiple-year funding?) How much do you want from this funder?

The entire expansion program is expected to run for three years, which means that funding should be done in three consecutive years. The total cost of the program is approximately $250million. In the first year, the company expects to receive roughly $83million, the same amount expected from this funder.

10. Who will be contacting the funder to determine its interest and when? Who should the funder contact for more information?

The KID organization's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) would contact the funder whenever needs are (O'Neal-McElrath, 2013). It is also the same person the funder should contact for more information since they are the overall person in charge of all organizational operations and dealing with other corporate organizations on behalf of the organization.

References

Grantcraft. (2008). Reaching Beyond the Usual Networks. Retrieved from http://www.grantcraft.org/videos/reaching-beyond-the-usual-networks

Home. (n.d.). Kids in Distress. https://www.kidinc.org/

O'Neal-McElrath, T. (2013).  Winning grants step by step: The complete workbook for planning, developing, and writing successful proposals (Links to an external site.)  (4th ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-118-37834-2

Winning Grants Step by Step, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.