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Identifying Your Target(s)

Foundation Collection Centers
The Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10003-3076
800-424-9836

http://fdncenter.org

The Foundation
Directory

The Foundation
Grants Index

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Identifying Your Target(s)

The Family
Foundation
Community

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Scouting Report:
Family Foundation Trends

• Roughly half of all family foundations anticipate the influx of
additional assets during the next four years.

• As millennials continue to come of age and take an interest in
philanthropy, they will have a greater voice in their family
foundations.

• During the next four years, 43 percent of family foundations
expect to add to or increase the number of younger-generation
family members on their boards.

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Understanding Your Target(s)

“People (i.e. Funding Sources) Give Money . . .

(1) To People . . .
(2) To People They Know . . .

(3) To People They Know AND Trust”

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1. After Identifying potential funding sources (People-Know-Trust)

• Information gathering. A = Funding Source
• Rating compatibility. B = Your Program
C = Timing

• Identifying relationships (Board members)

• Scheduling meetings.

• Making a decision.

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W
Game
Plan

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Core Game Plan Elements (Outcome of

breaking down the RFP into its smallest elements)
• Background to and History of Your Program

• The Problem/Needs Your Program Addresses
• Objectives of Your Program That Meet the Problems/Needs
• Methods Your Program Uses to Achieve the Objectives
• How Do You Evaluate (Objectives, Outcomes & Processes)
• What is Your Sustainability Plan to Continue Your Program/Operations
• What is Your Operating and/or Program Budget
• Strategic Plan, Recent Independent Audit, 990 & Interim Financial Statements,

Recent Annual Report, Program Reports/Newsletter, etc.

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Writing Grants is a Fierce Competitive Process!!!!!

W My original
Game Plan
from 1991
from which I
wrote my first
successful
Federal grant
application

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How it
has
evolved

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To compete effectively (and write compelling grant
,applications) you need to develop a Game
Plan (and have some fun in the process!)

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Additional Resources

National Mentoring Resource Center
Apply for no-cost help for your mentoring program
www.nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org

Mentoring Connector
Recruit mentors by submitting your program to the
Mentoring Connector (previously called the VRS)
https://connect.mentoring.org/admin

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