Answers to your most pressing social sector and nonprofit questions.
Existen pocos recursos para los que buscan postular un proyecto independiente (es decir, propuesto por un particular no vinculado a una organización) ante donantes filantrópicos. Como las fundaciones que tienen...
Demographic information can help your nonprofit to better identify your community's needs and to find gaps in its services. Using this data in a grant proposal can help make a...
Few proposal writing resources are specifically for individual grantseekers. Foundations that give to individuals have highly specific criteria, so creating a comprehensive "how-to" guide is hard. If you don't qualify,...
Some grantseekers ask if there is a single application form they can fill out and submit to multiple funders, saving the time and effort required to create customized proposals for...
The cover letter often is your proposal's first chance to connect your project with the reader's philanthropic mission. It goes on top of a proposal, but it is not the...
Your goal is to make it easy for your readers to find and refer to your original source, so that they can confirm the information that you presented and judge...
Note: If you want information on writing grant proposals for an individual project, click here. This might be our most popular question, and we have many resources to help...
In Securing Your Organization's Future, Michael Seltzer defines the case statement in the following way: "A case statement is simply a written document that states the most important facts about...
There's an old saying in the nonprofit world, "If you've seen one foundation, you've seen....one foundation." Foundations vary so widely that there's virtually no research on the question of what...
Una carta de interés bien redactada podría ser fundamental en el éxito de una solicitud de financiamiento para su organización o proyecto. Hoy en día, existen fundaciones donantes que prefieren recibir...
Although many foundations prefer to support direct programmatic activities, many do give grants to help nonprofits cover administrative costs, also known as general operating expenses or overhead costs. Overhead rate...
When funders ask for a letter of inquiry (LOI), they want a few pages that will make them excited about giving you a grant. Some foundations will then invite you...
De seguro, esta es la pregunta más frecuente que se nos hace acá en Candid. Nuestra página Web sobre la redacción de propuestas contiene toda la información sobre nuestros cursos...
It is always a good idea to know about other organizations and funders working in the same areas as you. You may wish to collaborate, check out an innovative program,...
La mayoría de las fundaciones donantes prefieren dirigir sus fondos programáticos al apoyo de servicios directos. Sin embargo, sí existen muchas fundaciones que otorgan fondos para cubrir los gastos administrativos...