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Fundraising Proposal Writing: A Step by Step Guide for Beginners
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ISBN10: 1654801267
ISBN13: 9781654801267
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 3 2020
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781654801267
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 3 2020
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The first grant proposal writing guide built specifically for African nonprofits and development professionals. Billions of dollars flow into Africa every year for development work. Too little of it reaches the organisations closest to the communities that need it most - not because those organisations lack strong projects, but because they lack the proposal writing skills to compete for funding. This book closes that gap. Fundraising Proposal Writing is a practical, step-by-step guide for nonprofit professionals, NGO staff, community development workers, and first-time grant seekers across Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and the wider African development sector. Written by Michael Ukwuma, a nonprofit consultant and trainer with over a decade of experience in West Africa, it takes you from a blank page to a submission-ready proposal - and then walks you through what happens after you win. What you will learn:
- How to design projects that address root causes, not symptoms - using the Problem Tree and Theory of Change frameworks
- The twelve sections every fundable proposal must contain, and exactly what each one must do to survive scoring
- How to write SMART objectives, build a logframe, conduct a needs assessment, and calculate cost per beneficiary
- How to construct a budget that donors trust - including guidance on currency risk, indirect costs, and procurement
- How to write a concept note that earns an invitation to submit a full proposal
- How to package, format, and submit a proposal without losing points on presentation
- How to manage the grant you win: signing agreements, financial reporting, audit preparation, and positioning for follow-on funding What makes this book different:
Every example, case study, and worked sample in this guide is grounded in the African development context. The funding landscape covered - USAID, FCDO, EU, Ford Foundation, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mastercard Foundation, and more - reflects where African nonprofits actually apply. The challenges addressed - currency devaluation, cross-country salary disparities, community ownership, traditional authority structures - are the challenges African proposal writers actually face. The book includes a complete annotated sample proposal for a West African youth leadership project, with section-by-section commentary explaining what reviewers notice and why it matters to their scoring decisions. It also includes five connected exercises that build from a problem analysis in Chapter 1 to a complete concept note by Chapter 5. Who this book is for:
Programme officers writing their first proposal. Executive Directors reviewing applications before submission. Capacity building trainers running grant writing workshops. Community development workers ready to move beyond volunteer-funded work. Consultants supporting civil society organisations across sub-Saharan Africa. If you work in the African development sector and need to raise funds for the work that matters to you, this book gives you everything you need to write proposals that win. Topics covered include: grant writing, proposal development, nonprofit fundraising, resource mobilisation, logical framework (logframe), monitoring and evaluation (M&E), theory of change, needs assessment, project management, donor relations, budget writing, concept notes, grant management, USAID proposals, NGO capacity building, development sector Africa.
- The twelve sections every fundable proposal must contain, and exactly what each one must do to survive scoring
- How to write SMART objectives, build a logframe, conduct a needs assessment, and calculate cost per beneficiary
- How to construct a budget that donors trust - including guidance on currency risk, indirect costs, and procurement
- How to write a concept note that earns an invitation to submit a full proposal
- How to package, format, and submit a proposal without losing points on presentation
- How to manage the grant you win: signing agreements, financial reporting, audit preparation, and positioning for follow-on funding What makes this book different:
Every example, case study, and worked sample in this guide is grounded in the African development context. The funding landscape covered - USAID, FCDO, EU, Ford Foundation, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mastercard Foundation, and more - reflects where African nonprofits actually apply. The challenges addressed - currency devaluation, cross-country salary disparities, community ownership, traditional authority structures - are the challenges African proposal writers actually face. The book includes a complete annotated sample proposal for a West African youth leadership project, with section-by-section commentary explaining what reviewers notice and why it matters to their scoring decisions. It also includes five connected exercises that build from a problem analysis in Chapter 1 to a complete concept note by Chapter 5. Who this book is for:
Programme officers writing their first proposal. Executive Directors reviewing applications before submission. Capacity building trainers running grant writing workshops. Community development workers ready to move beyond volunteer-funded work. Consultants supporting civil society organisations across sub-Saharan Africa. If you work in the African development sector and need to raise funds for the work that matters to you, this book gives you everything you need to write proposals that win. Topics covered include: grant writing, proposal development, nonprofit fundraising, resource mobilisation, logical framework (logframe), monitoring and evaluation (M&E), theory of change, needs assessment, project management, donor relations, budget writing, concept notes, grant management, USAID proposals, NGO capacity building, development sector Africa.
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