Step 4.7

Organization Information

You may be tempted to display information about the experience of your organization close to the beginning of a proposal. However, it is generally better to focus on selling the project ideas in the early sections; a detailed case for why your agency should carry out the work can be saved until the end of your proposal.

In two pages or less, organizational details that should be included are:

• Mission
• Relationship between the mission and this project
• Audience served, including its characteristics and size
• Organization's structure
• Activities, programs, and special expertise
• Board details, including its size, method of recruitment, level of participation, and membership (possibly as an appendix)
• Role of volunteers
• Staff details, including the number of full- and part-time staff, and their levels of expertise
• Specific relevant experience
• When your organization came into existence.