4 Factors of a Successful Proposal
1) The quality of the organization
2) The innovative nature or critical importance of the proposed project.
3) The appropriateness for a funding source or the competition level in a particular grantmaking cycle.
4) The skills of the grantwriter in building a compelling case.
Successful grant applications have these elements :
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An attention getting project
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Grant providers look for projects that will maximize the use of the grant but also get them noticed. They want funds to be instruments of social change.
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Project commitment
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Funders are looking for applicants to prove their commitment to the project usually with matching funds or resources (such as personnel, facilities, equipment, etc.)
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Show benefit to the community or show of community support
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Demonstrate that you know your community, and what others have done in the same program area. Funders do not want to fund the same old-same old, but build on success.
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Grant or organizational track record
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Experience and success with grant funding or with community to be served program area.
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Life after funding
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Funders want assurance that the project will continue once the grant money runs out, usually called sustainability.
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Grantmakers often say they have no dearth of good ideas.
It's the lack of a realistic, measurable implementation plan that often gets in the way.
