This is a group project. Together you will write a proposal for the following (hypothetical) request for proposals. You will be assigned to one of the following organizations: American Red Cross, Salvation Army, The Y (YMCA), Boys & Girls Clubs, or Goodwill Industries. While each of these is a national or international organization, you may find it helpful to a collectively pick a Tennessee chapter to write for. You may use the organization’s website to help you write the proposal.
Funder: Happy Go Lucky Foundation, a private foundation started in 2011 with the mission of improving health and human services in Tennessee.
Grant Amount: $25,000 per year for three (3) years
Grant Focus: Three interconnected issues that represent the biggest levers in permanently moving individuals and families out of poverty- housing, education and jobs. Through our grants, we want to increase housing stability, improve educational achievement and ensure financial stability. When applying for a grant, you only need to address one of the following funding priorities.
Criteria to Apply:*
§ Increasing Housing Stability: Support for individuals and families who are homeless to quickly obtain housing and have ongoing access to the supportive services needed to retain that housing. This is accomplished by focusing on three strategies: rapid re-housing, permanent supportive housing, and policy and advocacy work.
§ Improving Educational Achievement: Funding to support programs that increase the high school graduation rate and ensure every graduate is prepared for college and the workforce. Our focus is in secondary education, primarily in the middle school arena. We are focusing on those organizations engaging in academic support, such as after-school programming as well as parent and student engagement activities associated with parent and student education, training and organizing.
§ Ensuring Financial Stability: Long-term building blocks to financial stability and success are achievable for people at all income levels. We are focused on helping individuals access employment and asset building resources by focusing on two initiatives of workforce development and asset building, which can enable families to tap into all of the services and supports for which they qualify.
To Apply: Your application must include the following items:
§ Cover letter – The cover letter should include the mission of your organization, a brief outline of the program for which you are seeking funds and how it relates to our mission, contact information, and service area.
§ Grant Proposal – In three to four pages (double-spaced), provide detailed information on the program you wish to have funded, outlined as followed:
o Program – what does the program do, how is it run, are there guiding principles that suggest it will be successful
o Expectations – why is this program needed, how will it address one of the focus areas of the grant, how many pe