Grant Seekers Toolkit Step 3: Identify a Foundation Match
Consider yourself a matchmaker. An important part of your job as you seek foundation grants is to identify and nurture successful matches between your station and potential funders.
Major and Planned Giving
Discover everything you need to build relationships with your station’s most generous donors, including proven resources for moves management and step-by-step guides to prepare you for the ask.
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Grant Seekers Toolkit Step 4: Approach a Foundation
There are four principal ways to begin a conversation with a foundation regarding the possibility of a grant.
Grant Seekers Toolkit Step 5: Write the Proposal Narrative
So, you've gathered information about the project you want to propose to a foundation, you've researched the foundation, and you've determined that there is a reasonable fit.
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Qualified Charitable Distribution Marketing Samples
Connect the right donors to the option to make Qualified Charitable Distributions using these sample letters, emails, and on-air promotional copy.
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Qualified Charitable Distribution Tools & Templates
Make annual donations easier via IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions with these tools, links, and templates, including sample on-air, mail, and email copy.
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Bequest Brochure Copy Template
Use this template to create your stations Legacy Giving brochure.
Grant Seekers Toolkit Step 6: Cultivation
Is successful grantseeking all about "who you know?" No, it's not. But who you know - and who knows you - does matter.
Grant Seekers Toolkit Checklist: Proposal Attachments
Most foundation proposals that you submit will be accompanied by a series of standard attachments - documents that provide additional information and support for your request.