Appendices
Any supporting documents such as a needs assessment, community profile or
information about your organization, should be included in the Appendices.
Appendices are attachments to the proposal that provide useful additional
information for the funders. It is helpful to use appendices rather than
overcrowding the proposal itself. Any supporting documents that demonstrate the
need for your project or the structure of your organization can be attached to your
proposal as appendices. For example, if you held community consultations about
the need for an oral history project, include information from the consultation in
your appendices.
Top Ten Ways to Get Your Proposal Read!
- Make sure you know something about the funder – the organization, company
or agency – before you submit your request. Call and ask them for their
guidelines.
- Individualize the proposal. ‘To whom it may concern’ indicates
you haven’t done your homework. Find out the name of the person you
must submit the proposal to.
- Be sure to include all the information they request.
- Don’t overwhelm them with support materials such as videos. The ideal length
of a proposal should be four to six pages.
- Be sure to call and follow up on your request three to four weeks after
submitting it.
- If an organization supported you in the past, make sure to say thank you.
Keep in touch with them and let them know how the funds were spent.
- If this is your first time requesting funds from this organization ‘don’t
ask for too much’ – $5,000 to $10,000.
- If you are turned down – call the organization to find out why.
- Illustrate the benefits of supporting your cause to the organization.
- Be passionate about your goals and objectives and make your enthusiasm
clear in the proposal.
(See Funding Sources for Language and Literacy-based Projects in the Useful
Resources section for information about funding options in Nunavut.)
