REPACKAGING YOUR PROPOSAL: THE LETTER FORMAT
In Chapter Three, I discussed letters of inquiry, and in subsequent chapters, I described how to write a successful formal proposal. There is one additional type of written narrative in the grantwriting field: the letter proposal. A letter proposal presents your narrative story in a letter format. Letter proposals have always been favored by corporate grantmakers, no doubt because they mirror the business letter format. However, today the letter format is popular among both corporate and foundation grantmakers, so it is important that you be acquainted with it.
There are two major differences between a formal proposal and a letter proposal. First, a letter proposal is printed on agency letterhead, ...
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