Sample documents
A winning collection of grant proposals, letters of inquiry, business plans, and other documents you need to make your case to funders.
Cover letters
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Cover Letter from Outdoor Explorations to the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation
Request for multi-year support for capacity building.
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Cover Letter from New York Hall of Science to the Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund
Request for general operating support for science museum in Queens, NY.
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Cover Letter from Center for Effective Philanthropy to Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Request for multiyear general operating support for capacity building for an organization focused on the development of data and insight to enable higher-performing funders.
Letters of inquiry
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Letter of Inquiry from Family Mankind®
A letter of inquiry for unrestricted funding, in-kind considerations, and board service.
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Letter of Inquiry from Cleveland Entrepreneurial Preparatory School to Burton D Morgan Foundation
Request from charter school for start-up funding.
Proposal budgets
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Budget from 100 Black Men of Metropolitan House to Holthouse Foundation for Kids
Projected budget and budget narrative from 100 Black Men of Metropolitan House for a mentorship program.
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Budget from Family Mankind®
Projected 2023 annual organization budget to accompany grant proposals.
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Budget from Recovery Resources to Saint Luke's Foundation of Cleveland
Budget request for a collaboration of multiple agencies to serve children of alcoholics.
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Budget from Outdoor Explorations to Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation
Budget to request multiyear support for an inclusive disability organization that inspires personal growth through outdoor adventures for individuals with all types of disabilities.
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Budget from New York Hall of Science to KeySpan Foundation
Projected budget for outreach programs from a science museum in Queens, NY.
Full proposals
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Proposal from Academy for Grassroots Organizations
Proposal from Academy for Grassroots Organizations for continued general operating support to provide professional development to nonprofit leaders.
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Proposal from 100 Black Men of Metropolitan House to Holthouse Foundation for Kids
Proposal from 100 Black Men of Metropolitan House to Holthouse Foundation for Kids for infrastructure to expand mentoring activities and collaboration with partners.
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Proposal from Buck Out Cleveland to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
Proposal from Buck Out Cleveland to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture for their work using dance to successfully bridge the gap between Northeast Ohio (NEO) youth and higher education at Historically Black Colleges & Universities.
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Proposal from the Battered Women's Shelter of Summit & Medina Counties to the Reinberger Foundation
The Battered Women's Shelter of Summit & Medina Counties (BWS) received $10K for the their work leading the community in the prevention of domestic abuse.
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Proposal from Refresh Collective to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
Proposal from Refresh Collective to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture to fund the Fresh Force digital-arts mastery program for teenagers from inner-city Cleveland.
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Proposal from Lylesart to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
Proposal from Lylesart to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture to fund point and shoot photography in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Proposal from Art of Me to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
Proposal from Art of Me to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture to fund their work with Cleveland youth through storytelling, visual arts, and media literacy.
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Proposal from Baldwin Wallace University to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
Proposal from Baldwin Wallace University to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture for their Summer Arts Programs.
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Proposal from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio to the Reinberger Foundation
Proposal from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio to the Reinberger Foundation to support BGCNEO Cleveland’s Out of School Time Programming.
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Proposal from Refugee Response to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
Proposal from Refugee Response to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture to fund youth arts programing with immigrant children.