Grant Proposal

PMG 370 Portfolio Project

GRANT PROPOSAL

(this template is provided to CSU-Global students courtesy of The Chicago Community Trust)

ORGANIZATION NAME: __________________________________

Address:

Phone:

EIN Number:

Head of Organization:

Title:

Organization Mission: (500 characters with spaces)

Organization History: (3,000 characters with spaces)

Organization Programs: (3,000 characters with spaces)

(Please describe your current programs and services)

Financials:

(Please fill in the chart below. Use the appropriate fiscal year to the organization’s calendar. Amounts entered in the chart should match amounts found in your attached financials. If using a fiscal agent please use financial data from the organization that is applying, not the fiscal agent. Very large organizations such as universities or government agencies should use financial data that reflects the initiative, program or project that is being proposed.)

	FY 2011	Projected FY 2012	FY 2013 Budget
Revenue
Expenses
Surplus / (Deficit)
Net Assets			(leave blank)

Project total budget (if applicable) _________________

Fiscal year ends in (month) _____________

Please provide the names and dollar amount of the organization’s top five sources of funding including foundations, corporations and earned income:

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

What is Purpose of Request (check one):

Capital ______

General operating support ______

Project/program ______

Salary support ______

Is this request for your ongoing work or a new initiative?

______ Ongoing work ______ New initiative

One concise Statement Summarizing the Grant Request: (100 characters with spaces)

(Please complete the following sentence: [Name of organization] requests $0000 in support of X.)

Executive Summary of Project: (3,000 characters with spaces)

(Please be as concise as possible. Do not repeat this information in other sections)

Literature Review: (5,000 characters with spaces)

(Please provide a literature review on the proposed program for which you are requesting funding. Use APA guidelines when citing sources.)

Need or Issue Statement: (1,000 characters with spaces)

(Please write a short paragraph describing the issue that the organization is addressing or the problem that the organization is trying to solve. If the request is for general operating support, please select one issue of high priority for the organization in the year the requested grant would support. If the request is for renewal of a previous grant, briefly describe progress to date and why support is still needed.)

Goals Statement: (1,000 characters with spaces)

(Describe the overall long term and short term goals of the project. Tell us how you define long term goals [3, 5, or 10 years, for example]. Short term goals are for the 12 month grant period.)

Strategies/Activities: (2,000 characters with spaces)

(Please summarize the specific strategies and activities undertaken by the project to achieve the stated goals. If you would like to include a more detailed, complete description, you can email it to [email protected]. This would be particularly appropriate for research, complex initiatives or projects or capital requests. Please describe the strategies the organization is pursuing to achieve long term impact. If applying for general operating support, please illustrate strategies for the organization’s goals for the grant period.)

Assumptions/Rationale: (2,000 characters with spaces)

(Please explain the assumptions made or rationale used to justify the strategies selected for the grant period. Please state in one paragraph why the organization believes its strategies will be effective in addressing the issue and achieving the long term impact. What assumptions did the organization make in its approach to the issue? What is the rationale? You may cite studies but the Trust is most interested in what assumptions the organization made in developing its project.)

Workplan/Timetable: (3,000 characters with spaces)

(Please provide a workplan and timetable for the project. If this request is for general operating support, please enter “Not Applicable”.) Please do not insert a chart, or excel document. Please complete this section in a narrative format only . Proposals containing a chart or excel document will NOT be accepted.)

Project Budget

(If this is a request for general operating support, these fields are not required.

Salaries/Wages

Fringe Benefits

Contract Services/Professional Fees

Office Space

Equipment/Supplies

Staff/Board Development

Travel/Related Expenses

Indirect Costs

Other

Total

Project Revenue

(Not applicable if request is for general operating support. Amounts should be for the proposed grant period. Please list the top seven revenue sources including Government, Foundations and Corporations.)

Source	Requested	Committed
Contributions from individuals	(leave blank)	(please complete)
Earned income	(leave blank)	(please complete)
Other Revenue	(leave blank)	(please complete)

Organizational Capacity/Prior Experience: (1,000 characters with spaces)

(Please describe the organizational experience and capacity to achieve the goals of the project and the personnel responsible for the project.)

Evaluation Method: (1,500 characters with spaces)

(How will the evaluation be conducted? If there is a formal evaluation, explain how it will be conducted and describe the credentials of the external evaluator.)

Publicity: (250 characters with spaces)

(As appropriate, please indicate what tactics the organization intends to employ to publicize the project and/or to recognize the Trust’s support.)

IMPACT EVALUATION

(Please describe what the organization anticipates will be the overall impact of the project. List below each of the specific outcomes with measures and benchmarks your organization will use to assess the achievement of each outcome.)

Impact (250 characters with spaces)

(Please provide two outcomes and one measure for each.)

Outcome 1 (250 characters with spaces)

Measure 1 (250 characters with spaces)

Outcome 2 (250 characters with spaces)

Measure 2 (250 characters with spaces)

***ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED***

Board List

Budget details for the current operating fiscal year

Monica, we’ll need to include the appropriate instructions for delivering the grant to the instructor.

Please email the proposal, as a WORD document – not a pdf, to (INSERT APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS HERE). The attachments should also be emailed and can be in word, excel or pdf.

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