This document is a letter from the President of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites (ISMHS) asking for a donation to support the museum. The letter discusses a recent exhibition on the work of Pulitzer Prize winning Hoosier photojournalist Bill Foley. It took over two years to curate the exhibition, which showcases Foley's photos from assignments in 47 countries over several decades. As a public-private partnership, donations are needed to fund exhibitions that tell stories of amazing Hoosiers to visitors. The president asks for a donation to help continue their mission of celebrating Indiana's history and providing free field trips for schools.
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When he was 15 years old, Justin Menendez lost his 13 year‒old brother, Jason An- thony Menendez, to suicide. It was in the wake of that tragedy that Justin founded The J.A.M. Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The mission of The J.A.M.- Foundation is to educate the youth of today, as well as parents, educators and the general public, to Stand Up and Speak about the often‒taboo topic of suicide.
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CHAPTER NINE Sample ProposalsThis chapter presents seven actual .docxchristinemaritza
CHAPTER NINE Sample Proposals
This chapter presents seven actual proposals that successfully won federal, state, and foundation grants. The first proposal was submitted by the Midwest Music Fest to the Winona Fine Arts Commission in Minnesota. The second was submitted by the Winona Dakota Unity Alliance to the Elizabeth Callender King Foundation in Minnesota. The third was submitted by the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation to the Will Rogers Institute-Variety Children’s Charity of Wisconsin. The fourth proposal was submitted by the Winter Park Day Nursery to the Winter Park Health Foundation in Florida. The fifth proposal was submitted by the Mentor Parent Program in Pennsylvania to the U.S. Department of Education. The sixth was submitted by the La Crosse Medical Health Sciences Consortium to the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant Program in Wisconsin. The seventh proposal was submitted to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program by Lancaster Emergency Medical Services Association in Pennsylvania.
You will note that the last three grants, all submitted to either a federal department, federal agency, or state program, tend to have longer narratives and are more complex than the other four grants. The Winona Fine Arts Commission application is relatively short and took far less time to write than the others.
These seven examples were chosen to illustrate the vast differences between the formats of proposals and funder specifications. They are concrete, real examples of proposals that combine the art of proposal writing with the technical aspects of what the funders were looking for.
These proposals are not perfect—they never are! However, the reviewers felt that each applicant responded clearly to the RFP or guidelines and presented a project they felt was worthy of being funded.
PROPOSAL #1
Form name:
On-line grant application
Date Submitted:
03/01/2010
Form type:
Email
Contact Name
Samuel Brown
Address
Phone
E-mail
[email protected]
Title of Project
Mid West Music Fest
Project Location
throughout downtown Winona
Amount Requested from the Fine Arts Commission $
$4,000
Will the FAC receive any funds from the project?
Yes
Approximate amount of funds the FAC will receive.
40% of profits generated
Please check the deadline you are submitting this application for:
March 1
Please provide a brief description of your project. (150–200 words)
Mid West Music Fest (MWMF) is a music festival scheduled for JULY 30–31, 2010. MWMF will be a fundraiser for both the WFAC (pending approval) and Semcac Head Start in Winona. This event will serve as a platform for musicians, artists and their fans to celebrate the diversity of music in the Winona community. The event will encompass multiple venues in local businesses downtown Winona. Along with live music the event will feature music workshops, hands on demos, arts and crafts and musical programming for both children and adults. It will feature l ...
When he was 15 years old, Justin Menendez lost his 13 year‒old brother, Jason An- thony Menendez, to suicide. It was in the wake of that tragedy that Justin founded The J.A.M. Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The mission of The J.A.M.- Foundation is to educate the youth of today, as well as parents, educators and the general public, to Stand Up and Speak about the often‒taboo topic of suicide.
Get Ready for #GivingTuesday: How to Mobilize a Successful Campaign
Wednesday, September 16
Panelist: Kim Jackson, Director of Communications for Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports
CHAPTER NINE Sample ProposalsThis chapter presents seven actual .docxchristinemaritza
CHAPTER NINE Sample Proposals
This chapter presents seven actual proposals that successfully won federal, state, and foundation grants. The first proposal was submitted by the Midwest Music Fest to the Winona Fine Arts Commission in Minnesota. The second was submitted by the Winona Dakota Unity Alliance to the Elizabeth Callender King Foundation in Minnesota. The third was submitted by the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation to the Will Rogers Institute-Variety Children’s Charity of Wisconsin. The fourth proposal was submitted by the Winter Park Day Nursery to the Winter Park Health Foundation in Florida. The fifth proposal was submitted by the Mentor Parent Program in Pennsylvania to the U.S. Department of Education. The sixth was submitted by the La Crosse Medical Health Sciences Consortium to the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant Program in Wisconsin. The seventh proposal was submitted to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program by Lancaster Emergency Medical Services Association in Pennsylvania.
You will note that the last three grants, all submitted to either a federal department, federal agency, or state program, tend to have longer narratives and are more complex than the other four grants. The Winona Fine Arts Commission application is relatively short and took far less time to write than the others.
These seven examples were chosen to illustrate the vast differences between the formats of proposals and funder specifications. They are concrete, real examples of proposals that combine the art of proposal writing with the technical aspects of what the funders were looking for.
These proposals are not perfect—they never are! However, the reviewers felt that each applicant responded clearly to the RFP or guidelines and presented a project they felt was worthy of being funded.
PROPOSAL #1
Form name:
On-line grant application
Date Submitted:
03/01/2010
Form type:
Email
Contact Name
Samuel Brown
Address
Phone
E-mail
[email protected]
Title of Project
Mid West Music Fest
Project Location
throughout downtown Winona
Amount Requested from the Fine Arts Commission $
$4,000
Will the FAC receive any funds from the project?
Yes
Approximate amount of funds the FAC will receive.
40% of profits generated
Please check the deadline you are submitting this application for:
March 1
Please provide a brief description of your project. (150–200 words)
Mid West Music Fest (MWMF) is a music festival scheduled for JULY 30–31, 2010. MWMF will be a fundraiser for both the WFAC (pending approval) and Semcac Head Start in Winona. This event will serve as a platform for musicians, artists and their fans to celebrate the diversity of music in the Winona community. The event will encompass multiple venues in local businesses downtown Winona. Along with live music the event will feature music workshops, hands on demos, arts and crafts and musical programming for both children and adults. It will feature l ...
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Working on the assumption that the sum is greater than the parts, two Arizona counties are working on a regional scale to optimize their respective resources.
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Above images:
A. Bill Foley at the U.S. Marine base in Beirut, 1983
B & D. Opening reception of Art Meets News: The Work of Photojournalist Bill Foley
C. TIME Magazine, July 2, 1990, cover photo by Bill Foley
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Dear ____:
As President of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites (ISMHS). I am continually amazed by
the contributions of Hoosiers to our world. Some are household names like John Wooden or Eli Lilly;
others are not, like Levi and Catharine Coffin or May Wright Sewall.
One of these Hoosiers, Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Bill Foley — whose exhibition Art Meets
News you can see on display until July 19th
— has won several national and international awards and
worked on assignments in 47 countries. Foley’s work has spanned continents, subjects and decades.
He has brought major news stories to the world and covered everything from political upheaval
to celebrities.
It’s the contributions of Hoosiers like Bill Foley that the ISMHS wants to share with other Hoosiers
and visitors from around the world; however, creating an exhibition like this is not easy work.
It took more than two years for Art Meets News to come to life. From initial conversations between
curators Katherine Gould and Mark Ruschman came years of work involving dozens of people. They
worked with Bill to select the right images, researched photojournalism, the political history of the
Middle East, and Bill Foley himself. Other departments created the marketing, secured funding,
created a layout for the exhibition, built the frames and cases, and promoted the exhibition so the
public could learn about this amazing Hoosier’s work.
As a public-private partnership the ISMHS is dependent on individual supporters like you to bring
these incredible Hoosier stories to life. Funding from the state keeps our doors open, the lights on
and our 12 locations staffed, but it is your support that allows us to create exhibitions like Art Meets
News to tell the story of the Hoosier state to the world.
I would like to thank you for your continued generous support. It is supporters like you that help us
provide free school field trips to all Indiana K-12 schools while fulfilling our mission to celebrate, explore
and steward all that is truly wondrous about Indiana. I hope that you will join me today in further
supporting the ISMHS so that we can continue to tell these amazing stories of Indiana to the next
generation of Hoosiers and visitors from around the world.
Sincerely,
Tom King
President & CEO