Nonprofit Management All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 9

Sharing Your Organizational History and Developing the Narrative

IN THIS CHAPTER

Following the funder’s instructions

Demonstrating organizational capability and presenting your current programs

Presenting validated facts about your target population

Building in validating statistics

Creating a compelling narrative to validate your statement of need

Whether your organization is a first-time grant applicant or a veteran proposal writing machine, you must write current and relevant boilerplate information about the organization in the organization background/history section of the narrative. (A boilerplate is information that has minimal changes from year to year.) The section of the grant application narrative that houses this information, whether up front, in the middle, or at the end, communicates who the grant applicant organization is, where it’s located, and what services and programs it provides. This section also includes information on your organization’s primary ...