OK. Your non-profit has a purpose statement of some kind. Now surf the internet looking for foundations interested in your goals. Contact them for grant application procedures and follow them EXACTLY. Try to use the same jargon the foundation uses in describing its purposes, to the extent they fit. There are some key words that just have to get in there: the name of a specific disease if your job it to combat it or offer support services for it. The name of your specific mentor or inspiration (e.g., Martin Luthor King for anything about minority rights or nonviolence). And exactly what you want the money for: rental on a storefront, salary for an executive secretary, food to donate to the poor, whatever.
Don't take the first "no" for final, if you get one. Generally, they will tell you (you may have to ask) why your application failed. If so, try to rewrite your application and resubmit it, curing whatever defects you can, and justifying whatever you cannot change. For example, they may say "We don't believe in store-fronts. You must have an office in a respectible office building." Then you would go into detail about the prevailing conditions in your community, how each type of location is perceived by the potetial beneficiaries of your program, etc.
I've done it, although not since the 1970s. Some things are clearly faster now, due to faster communications technology. But the principal is the same: you must convince the foundation that your organization's goals are consistent with theirs, and that you will be effecting in meeting the goals you describe.
Good luck!
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OK. Your non-profit has a purpose statement of some kind. Now surf the internet looking for foundations interested in your goals. Contact them for grant application procedures and follow them EXACTLY. Try to use the same jargon the foundation uses in describing its purposes, to the extent they fit. There are some key words that just have to get in there: the name of a specific disease if your job it to combat it or offer support services for it. The name of your specific mentor or inspiration (e.g., Martin Luthor King for anything about minority rights or nonviolence). And exactly what you want the money for: rental on a storefront, salary for an executive secretary, food to donate to the poor, whatever.
Don't take the first "no" for final, if you get one. Generally, they will tell you (you may have to ask) why your application failed. If so, try to rewrite your application and resubmit it, curing whatever defects you can, and justifying whatever you cannot change. For example, they may say "We don't believe in store-fronts. You must have an office in a respectible office building." Then you would go into detail about the prevailing conditions in your community, how each type of location is perceived by the potetial beneficiaries of your program, etc.
I've done it, although not since the 1970s. Some things are clearly faster now, due to faster communications technology. But the principal is the same: you must convince the foundation that your organization's goals are consistent with theirs, and that you will be effecting in meeting the goals you describe.
Good luck!
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