Proposal Outline
Follow this document to outline the key components of a proposal. This is a general template. Required format varies from funder to funder.

Types of Funding (Public vs. Private)
Find out major differences in submitting grant applications to public and private funders

Featured Funding Tip
Below are useful grantwriting tips to help you submit a succesful application.

Nonprofit Toolbox
Google Offers Nonprofits Free Web Services

Grants.gov Online Application Submission Suggestions

 If your agency has submitted a federal grant via the Grants.gov electronic portal and had to wait for long periods and/or your submission was rejected due to a “timed out” message, Grants.gov suggests that these are due to unusually high numbers of applications being processed. The website reported receiving more than 1,300 electronic applications per day from various agencies.

To provide applicants with information on website flow, Grants.gov features a link to a blog (grants-gov.blogspot.com/) on its homepage called a “Daily Status Update” updating applicants with the processing speed of the site and noting how many grant opportunities are closing that day. The federal government suggests to checking the blog regularly to be aware of processing time and will always recommend submitting applications a day to a few days early.

Google opened a new portal of its site to help charities raise funds and spread the word about their work. Available tools include mapping software, blog software, tools to analyze Internet traffic and a grants search engine. These are all available free to nonprofits. The software is equipped to actively engage donors with software like calendar features to send reminders to donors about upcoming events and technology to collect and process donations online. Nonprofits can also set up an email account through Gmail, customized for the charity’s domain.