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 Cleveland Entrepreneurial Preparatory School to Burton D Morgan Foundation
Request from charter school for start-up funding.
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Letter of Inquiry from Exalt to Blue Ridge Foundation
Request for start-up funding.
Letter proposals
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Letter Proposal from the Foundation Center San Francisco to the S. H. Cowell Foundation
Request for funds to conduct nonprofit management training.
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Letter Proposal from Puppies Behind Bars to Planet Dog Foundation
Letter proposal for training support.
Proposal budgets
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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 Yale University Medical Center to the Avon Foundation
Request to fund salaries of clinical and advocacy staff to visit homes of immigrant families with children that have reported domestic violence. Contains funder's application form, letter of endorsement, and is for staffing/salary support.
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Proposal from the Corps Network to Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
Request for multiyear support to include youth with disabilities in corps programs designed to develop job skills and promote education. Contains an executive summary for a multi-year grant.
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Proposal from St. Lukes Chamber Ensemble to the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Request for support of a chamber music festival celebrating contemporary women composers. Contains ask for grant renewal and increase in amount funded.
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Proposal from Southeast Community College to Community Health Endowment of Lincoln
Request to fund a community college program to train medical interpreters.
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Proposal from Rush University Medical Center to the Retirement Research Foundation
Request for support of online curriculum to train physicians in assessing patients' capacity to make decisions.
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Proposal from Project Return to Allianz Foundation for North America
Request to fund a community training program to increase awareness of issues and challenges facing adolescent girls.
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Proposal from Project Open Hand Atlanta to The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Request for support of meal delivery program for low-income people with HIV/AIDS and their families.
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Proposal from Planned Parenthood of Georgia to the Atlanta Women's Foundation
Funding request to increase awareness and accessibility of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine. Organization applying for grant is acting in the capacity of a fiscal agent.
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Proposal from Pivotal Point Youth Services to Pottruck Family Foundation
Funding request to provide employment and vocational training for emancipated foster youth. The proposal features the funder's application form.
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Proposal from Partners in Hope to Miami County Foundation
Funding request from a faith-based social services organization.
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Proposal from Park Pride to Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
Request for multiyear support for a re-granting program that provides matching funds for park improvement projects in Atlanta.
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Proposal from Out of Hand Theater to The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Funding request for staff salaries for a community theater company. Multi-year grant proposal with funder application form.
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Proposal from New York Industrial Retention Network to F.B. Heron Foundation
Request for general operating support for direct services to save and create manufacturing jobs and for research and development of economic policies for low- and moderate-income families in New York City.
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Proposal from New Visions for Public Schools to Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Request for multiyear general operating support for a program to help schools create extended learning opportunities linked to college and career readiness.
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Proposal from New Settlement Apartments to Charles Hayden Foundation
Request for capacity building support to expand college and career counseling program for low-income youth in the South Bronx.
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Proposal from New Jersey Conservation Foundation to the Fund for New Jersey
Proposal for a single-year grant to promote and defend policies that further natural resource conservation and combat sprawl on state and local levels. This is a request for a grant renewal with the organization.
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Proposal from National Senior Citizens Law Center to Retirement Research Foundation
Request for multiyear support for legal efforts to challenge state Medicaid cutbacks.
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Proposal from Lincoln Literacy Council to the Cooper Foundation
Request to fund a literacy and workforce training program for women refugees, using the Common Grant Appplication form for Lincoln/Lancaster County.
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Proposal from LifeLong Medical Care to Bella Vista Foundation
Request for funding to conduct evaluation of parenting support program for low-income, high-risk women with infants.
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Proposal from Higher Achievement Program to the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Request for general operating support. The proposal uses the Washington Grantmakers Common Grant Application Form.
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Proposal from Habitat for Humanity to Austin Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation
Request for renewed building/renovation funds to build four homes with accessibility features. Proposal includes a bios of the people who will benefit from the project.
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Proposal from Georgia Appleseed to The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Request to partially fund staff salaries for juvenile advocacy project. The proposal features the funder's application form.
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Proposal from Elizabeth Eton Pediatric Center to the Hyde and Watson Foundation
Request for grant renewal and increase for building/renovation support to buy furnishings. Features funder application form.
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Proposal from Easter Seals Inc. to the Retirement Research Foundation
Request for multiyear support to train workers in adult day services and hospice/palliative care.
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Proposal from Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland to United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland
Proposal request for pilot program about diabetes education and monitoring.
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Proposal from Consejo Popular de Echo Park to Agape Foundation
Proposal for a single-year grant, using the funder's application form.
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Proposal from Community Preparatory School to William Bingham Foundation
Request for funding for school's scholarship fund.
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Proposal from Cleveland Entrepreneurship Preparatory School to the Burton D Morgan Foundation
Request for start-up funds for charter school.
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Proposal from Building Tomorrow to Echoing Green
Request for start-up funds for NGO that encourages U.S. college students to raise funds for educational infrastructure to benefit orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. The proposal features the funder's application form.
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Proposal from Bobby Dodd Institute to The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Request to fund a class for individuals with severe cognitive and developmental disabilities. Features the funder's application form.
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Proposal from Beth Israel Medical Center Foundation to Aetna Foundation Inc.
Request to fund programming for seniors about depression using the Regional Community Health Grant Proposal form.
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Proposal from Asociación de la Gente Unida por el Agua (AGUA) to Agape Foundation
An application to support advocacy regarding drinking water issues in the Central Valley of California. This organization is under fiscal sponsorship, and the proposal features the funder's application form.
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Proposal from The Griot Project to Neighborhood Connections
The Griot Project received funds to increase a neighborhood's engagement with and appreciation of Black culture through poetry and creative writing events and workshops. This project had a fiscal sponsor. The proposal features the funder's application form, a letter of support from a local library, and the funder's proposal review process form.
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Proposal from Rocky Ridge Neighborhood Association to Raymond Jean Wean Foundation
Received funds to add signs and landscaping to neighborhood entrances, and to create an association website to market the area and enable communication and document sharing among residents. This project had a fiscal sponsor.
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Proposal from Larchmere PorchFest to Neighborhood Connections
Neighborhood received funds to host a one-day festival, free and open to all, in which local musicians perform on porches of residents and businesses throughout the neighborhood. This project had a fiscal sponsor.
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Proposal from Fairfax Inter-organizational Network to Neighborhood Connections
Faith-based group received funds for a quilting project that aimed to engage underserved youth and seniors and build community pride and connections among residents and area churches. This project had a fiscal sponsor.
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Proposal from Healthy Eating & Active Living Buckeye, Larchmere & Woodland Hills Community Council to Neighborhood Connections
Received funds to plant organic gardens and provide training to neighborhood residents with limited access to quality, affordable, fresh produce. This project had a fiscal sponsor. Features funder application form.