Claravo

Templates Events, personal and nonprofit

Document · 2 pages

Grant proposal template for Word

Ask a funder for support: the need, the project, the outcomes, the budget and the team.

Free: it uses no credits. You get your own copy to edit, in the look you pick here.

Look: Mint

When to use it

Use it to ask a funder for support, with the need, the project, the outcomes, the budget and who will do it.

How to use it

  1. Make your own copy. It opens in the editor, where you can change the theme and edit anything.
  2. Fill in the fields below, and answer the question each section asks with your own content and numbers.
  3. Download it as an editable Word file, or as a PDF. The file is reopened and checked before it is offered.

Section by section

  1. Grant proposal: [project] [organisation] to [funder] · [date]
  2. Summary We ask [funder] for [amount] to [project]. What will change, and for whom?
  3. The need What is the problem, who is affected, and how do we know?
  4. The project What will we do, where, and over what period: [start date] to [end date]?
  5. Outcomes What will be different at the end? How will we measure it?
  6. Budget A table: Item, Cost, Funded by
  7. Our organisation Who are we, and what have we done before? Who will lead this project?
  8. Next steps What happens after [funder] decides, and who is the contact: [contact name]?

Fields to fill

Fill them once in the editor, or from a spreadsheet to make one copy per client. Where a slide needs content, it asks the question it must answer instead of showing a made-up answer.

  • {{project}}
  • {{organisation}}
  • {{funder}}
  • {{date}}
  • {{amount}}
  • {{start_date}}
  • {{end_date}}
  • {{cost_1}}
  • {{source_1}}
  • {{cost_2}}
  • {{source_2}}
  • {{contact_name}}

What is inside

Grant proposal: {{project}}
{{organisation}} to {{funder}} · {{date}}
Page 1
Summary
We ask {{funder}} for {{amount}} to {{project}}. What will change, and for whom?
The need
What is the problem, who is affected, and how do we know?
The project
What will we do, where, and over what period: {{start_date}} to {{end_date}}?
Outcomes
What will be different at the end?
How will we measure it?
Budget
ItemCostFunded by
What is it for?{{cost_1}}{{source_1}}
What is it for?{{cost_2}}{{source_2}}
Our organisation
Who are we, and what have we done before?
Who will lead this project?
Next steps
What happens after {{funder}} decides, and who is the contact: {{contact_name}}?
Page 2