Two fundraising assignment

RFP Analysis

Purpose: To search for grant proposals, to get into the mind-frame of a grant-maker and their mission, and to learn how to tailor grants to different types of grant-funding sources.

Task: Students will locate two RFP’s from contrasting sources addressing similar topics (for example, seeking grants related to funding for improving health access equity from foundations vs. government). In a two to three-page (double-spaced) report, students will provide the following information for each grant: name and mission of the funder, requirements for grant proposal and requirements for winning the grant, level or amount of funding, (if available) what successful grants have looked like, and a summary explaining which types of organizations might be successful in applying for each grant.

Criteria: Successfully locating two comparable grants, answering all the questions noted in the section above.

To complete this assignment:

1. Select ONE of the grants that you identified in your funder list and locate their call for proposals.

2. Visit this website:  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html  and search for a grant that broadly covers the same area as you identified for the grant from your funder list. For example, if the grant you selected from your own list was geared toward addressing the needs of veterans, you could search for the keyword "veterans" in the grants.gov website. Click on the grant on the grants.gov website, and copy/paste all of the information into a word file.

3. Answer the following questions:

What is the Name and Mission of the Funder?

What are the Requirements for Grant Proposal and Requirements for Winning the Grant?

What are the Potential Amounts of Funding? (if available)

What Have Successful Grants Have Looked Like?

Which Types of Organizations Might be Successful in Applying for the Grant? In this section, please elaborate and consider what kinds of human resource needs might be required to manage the grant (evaluation, monitoring, etc.)

4. Your submission should include:

- A 2-3 page (double-spaced, Times New Roman 12pt Font, 1" margins) report, answering the questions outlined in item #3 above

- An appendix with copy/paste versions of the RFP's from the website of each funder

A sample assignment is linked below. Please note that there are some errors in this student sample- the student should have elaborated more on the last question for Funder #2, references at the end should have been in APA format, and the sample does not include the copy/pasted version of the RFPs. I don't have a perfect one to share at this time, so I will be reaching out to those of you who have well-done assignments to ask if I can use them as samples for future classes.