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Storytelling for Grantseekers: A Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising
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Storytelling for Grantseekers: A Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising

by Cheryl A. Clarke
January 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
212 pages
5h 33m
English
Jossey-Bass
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SUMMARY

A proposal story builds to the point where something is about to happen. That something is the objectives or outcomes the agency intends to achieve through the services it provides. In this chapter, I covered two major sections in any grant proposal: goals and objectives and methods. When drafting these components, keep the following in mind:
• Think broad (goals) and narrow (objectives).
• Think prospectively. Objectives and methods describe what your agency intends to make happen and how during the grant period.
• Take a mental photograph of the community served by your agency, before and after the grant. Objectives measure the change that occurs to this client population between the beginning and the end of the grant period.
• Keep ...
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