This sample letter of inquiry may give you ideas. Some elements may not apply to you, but hopefully this will get you started.
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If not using your organization’s letterhead stationary, begin with standard business letter form with the following information flush left, in five separate lines: street address; city, state/province zip code; email address; phone number; date.
To the Board of the __________ Foundation: [or to the designated contact person]
I am writing to ask whether your foundation [use the full name if you have addressed the contact person instead of the board] would be interested in receiving a proposal for a ________ program [or project] for [target group that would benefit].
As you may be aware, [describe the difficulty facing this target group and a sentence or two of statistics about the difficulty and a statement by an authoritative organisation that your type of solution would be advantageous.]
- The _______ program/project is intended to provide [number of beneficiaries] with ________. At the same time, participants will develop _________ which will enable them to ________.
My [organization, group] currently provides the following resources [or benefits] for [target group you will help, or the community you will serve or impact]: [bullet list if there are several]. Resources I currently have include _______. The commitment we bring to the project is shown by _______. [State your qualifications such as work experience and/or education in the relevant area. Describe briefly two or three projects you or your group ran or completed successfully]. we are partnering with _________, which is underfunded but has agreed to act as a fiscal sponsor.
Funding for [startup costs, operating expenses, a specific purchase, consultant fees] would give us the opportunity to ________. We expect the project to cost $-$$. I hope you will consider helping us to develop the program/project.
Sincerely,
[after your signature, add below it a printed version of your name]
That’s it! If you’d like help to review your letter of inquiry, you might check the rates and availability of experienced grant writers listed in our consultants page. For additional tips on a letter of inquiry, Foundant Technologies has further suggestions you may want to consider.