Posts Tagged ‘grant proposal’

A Grant Proposal is…

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

A grant proposal is a detailed description of the nonprofit organizaton’s work (usually several pages) that is submitted to a grantmaker when being considered for funding.

A Preliminary Proposal is…

Friday, August 21st, 2009

A preliminary proposal (also known as a letter of inquiry) is a short, informal outline of how grant money would be used by the organization that receives it. The purpose of a preliminary proposal is to see if a foundation is interested in the full proposal and might want to award a grant. It’s like reading the back cover of a book to decide if you want to read the whole thing.