Creating Winning Proposals

Post-Course Assessment
1. Funding organizations these days:
a. Are looking for easy ways to allocate their money
b. Are becoming more hands-off in dealing with those they give
money to
c. Are looking for measurable results.
2. The best funding portfolio contains funders who :
a. Provide small funds frequently
b. Provide large funds infrequently
c. Do both
3. When looking to partner with another organization the most
successful way to begin communication is:
a. Face-to-face
b. Letter
c. Phone
4. True or False: Form proposals are the easiest ones to complete.
5. True or False: If you do not like the funders proposal format its
best to use your own format.
6. True or False: The Executive Summary is usually the last piece
of the proposal that you write.
7. True or False: Funders are interested in the sustainability of
the organization they are giving monies to.
8. Why would Business Want to Partner with a Not-for-Profit?
a. Corporate Social responsibility is more important to businesses
now
b. They could sell things to the Not-for-profit
c. It would enable the business to avoid taxes

9. Why
a.
b.
c.

would Not-for-Profits want to Partner with Business?

Access to the products the company sells
Access to Funding
Cheaper rate on insurance

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with
a.
b.
c.

When deciding whether a particular funder is a good fit

your organization, the most important consideration is:
Do they require rigorous pre and post project evaluation
How large a fund they have and how much of it you can access
Will their programs help fulfill your goals and objectives.

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