Achieving Sustainability Needs Assessment

a I have never written a proposal seeking funding from federal, private or corporate agencies or foundations

b I have some experience writing proposals to federal agencies

c I have some experience writing proposals to private or corporate foundations

d I am very experienced at writing proposals to federal agencies

e I am very experienced at writing proposals to private and corporate foundations

Other (please specify)

1. How to identify prospective targets for proposals.

2. How to research an organization so I can write a stronger proposal.

3. How to initiate a connection to the target.

4. How and when to make the pitch, when meeting face to face with the target.

5. How and when to communicate with the target before and after the first meeting.

6. How and when to communicate with the target after getting funding, if they give no guidelines.

7. Strategies for making a strong proposal.

8. Building relationships with future targets.

9. Basic elements of a proposal

10. How private and corporate foundation proposals are different than federal.

11. How to make the pitch within my own organization that the Cafe should be sustained.

12. How to navigate the system inside my institution so I can get permission to submit proposals.

13. The strengths and pitfalls of joining a group effort to ask for Teen Cafe funds from a major funder to my institution.

14. The biggest mistake novices make all the time.

Other (please specify)