As an added bonus, taking these steps consistently and gathering the required attachments ahead of a deadline can strengthen your program design and help further your goals. All it takes is an intentional focus on staying organized and a commitment to making the effort to file items properly the first time. Despite this foreboding picture, supplementing winning proposals with strong supporting material doesn’t need to be a puzzle of PDFs, spreadsheets, and constantly outdated staff lists. Remarkably, gathering these components can be daunting for both small and large organizations, as you will either be responsible for gathering everything yourself or need to coordinate documentation from multiple departments within your organization. For almost all foundations, it isn’t enough to submit a compelling narrative and clearly defined goals-you’ll also need to be able to back up your words with budgets, financial statements, board lists, diversity tables, logic models, funder lists, and more.
NOVEMFor organizations just starting explore the world of foundation fundraising and grant applications, the intricacies of attachments and additional proposal elements can be downright intimidating.