As promised earlier, this blog is created to help you find the right resources for your business as well as provide actual help in applying for those and guiding you throughout the whole application and processing period.

In order to do so, our team has researched and analyzed several websites and information sources, as available on the websites http://www.usafundingapplications.org/, http://www.grants.gov/, http://nonprofit.about.com/od/foundationfundinggrants/a/Government-Grants-What-Grant-Writers-Need-To-Know.htm, and others, and the following points have been considered the most important ones in the proposal checklist for each applicant. We are sure that those would be of a great help for you.

Before sending out the application, please make sure that the following checklist has been taken into account (for the clarity reasons, we call the business/venture a project in the following points):

1. Has the foundation/government source you have chosen confirmed its interest in receiving your proposal?

2. Does your proposal include information on other individuals working with your project?

3. Have you followed your funding sources guidelines completely?

4. Have you outlined innovative features of your project to set it apart from others?

5. Has your draft been reviewed by an impartial party for clarity and understanding?

6. Have you accurately outlined your budget – and is your budget complete and math correct?

7. Has your proposal been proofread to catch any typing errors?

The above mentioned are important initial points to check before moving on with the project and the following aspects are significant errors that people make and it cause their proposals to fail. We are here to help you avoid those:

1. The project you proposed is not convincing or well documented;

2. The proposal is poorly written, confusing, or difficult to follow;

3. The objectives are not within the interest of the funding organization;

4. The proposal’s supporting documentation is not convincing to the funding organization,

5. The goals and objectives appear to be unrealistic or overly ambitious;

6. The budgetary outline that was submitted was incomplete;

7. The proposal does not follow the funding organization’s guidelines;

8. There is no indication that the project can be sustained beyond the funding period.

Let’s move forward together! We are here to help you!