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2. DO YOUR RESEARCH: grant writing is not about the shotgun approach but research and focused writing. send a proposal to a funder who doesn't fund your type of project will result in a rejection and a reputation of not doing your research.
1. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS: You followed the rules putting the proposal together
they can seem like more trouble than they are worth but they are not. understand the implications of a challenge grant ($ you must raise for the match, time period and from whom you must raise the money)
Some funders Dont want to be the only funders so they will challenge organizations to raise 1x, 2x, or even 3x their grant before funding their own grant.
Grants for new buildings (bricks and mortar grants). For anything with some durability like buildings all the way to computers
General operating support also known as GOS are the needs of the organization of function daily including programs, staffing salaries, rent, utilities, office supplies these are very valuable finder most grants from these types of founders will be small as little as a thousand dollars. having a bunch of smaller donors is not a bad thing considering eggs in one basket. Spend some time every month looking for new GOS
funders especially like grants that help a nonprofit build earned income
Funders like projects because projects have defined beginning and end. This makes it easy to judge if a project has been successful. Funders of a charity coming back are wary again and again expecting support for the thing. Although renewal grants are fairly common, the funder will almost always make it clear in your grant letter that their grant does not imply any promise of future funding
it is not mailers or junk mail