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KnowledgeBases > The Writing Successful Grants KnowledgeBase > Element 1: Assess Organizational Needs and Basis for Desired Funding

Purpose:

Writing a successful grant application begins with  understanding the reason for seeking grant funding from a governmental agency or private foundation. If the grant seeker is a school, the organizational assessment undertaken for improvement planning may provide useful reasons for the desired funding.

The grant seekers organizational assessment must address the subject area the funding organization has an interest in supporting. In regards to a governmental grant proposal, the assessment must address the request for proposal's focus.

Element 1 outlines the tasks involved in creating an organizational assessment.

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