For your LOI, you identified an open grant opportunity (Pride foundation) that supports work closely aligned with your area of interest (LGTBQ+ Youth). Please provide a link to the call for proposal or webpage that lists the grant opportunity with your submitted RFP.
Your grant proposal should address the following. For the proposal, each section should be single-spaced, with 12-point font and 1-inch margins all around. Each section after the cover letter should begin with the title of the project and the section title.
Brief Cover Letter. Introduces the project (please refer to your LOI, paragraph 1); provides the requisite information about the amount of funding you are requesting from RCF and over what time period you are requesting the funding; indicates whether this is a new or continuation project (may be continuing an RCF-funded project or project funded by other mechanisms); and highlights innovation and connectivity to our core principles.
Need Statement (1–2 pages, single spaced). Utilize appropriate statistics and data to support your cause. Graphics may be embedded into the document or may be submitted as appendices. If submitted as an appendix, you must adequately reference the material in the need statement and refer to the named appendix and provide its page number within the packet. Your need statement should provide a compelling rationale for your project and its impact within the community. This is inclusive of community and individual information. References should be included in this document. The RCF utilizes APA formatting for in-text citations and a reference list with minor exceptions: References should be placed at the end of the document, not on an additional page, and may be single-spaced. In-text references should follow APA guidelines, as should tables, graphics, etc.
Innovation and Evidence (1–2 pages, single spaced). Utilize appropriate references to demonstrate that you are utilizing an innovative approach to community change and that your approach is supported by evidence from the field/the literature within the field. Broadly speaking, we would like to see that you have done your research and that you are utilizing best practices. Change efforts should empower and elevate the communities served or target population. Demonstrate competency and understanding of the academic literature and best practices in your discipline. References should be included in this document. Please see above for details on formatting.
Proposed Grant Activities, Timeline, and Evaluation Plan (2–3 pages, single spaced, including a visual timeline of grant activities). For this section of the grant, you should detail the proposed activities, outcomes, and plans for evaluating them. How will your activities meet the overall goals of the program, and how do those align with the grant funder’s core values? This fills out the details of the “what” and “how” and the evaluation plan you submitted with your LOI. In this section, be sure to articulate measurable outcomes for your activity(ies) and link those outcomes to the foundation’s core values.
Budget and Budget Narrative. Develop the budget for your proposed project or program. Utilize the budget worksheet provided. Please submit your budget worksheet as a single page. The budget justification narrative should follow on a separate page and should include a discussion of matching source(s). Additionally, the narrative should address the viability of the activities (should they continue) after the grant cycle. Only include categories that are applicable to your proposal.
Collaborative Partners and Credentials (1 page). Detail collaborative partners and the credentials of the team to implement the work presented.
All elements of the proposal are submitted as one PDF file, clearly labeled with the name of the person submitting and the title of the project
The packet should be in this order:
Cover Letter
Table of Contents
Parts 1–6
Any Appendices
The total document may not exceed 15 pages.
