What should leading universities include in their initial letter to the Foundations seeking support?
Initial proposals should focus on the grant purpose and its potential to assist others. Our Institutional Information form should be enclosed as well. Trustee decisions are based, ultimately, on both the quality of the institution and the proposed grant’s potential as a model for undergraduate education beyond your university. • You are asking for a good deal of data to be provided with an initial grant request. How can we determine if we have a chance to be competitive before committing the time to providing this? Without knowing what proposals we have in hand, it is very difficult determine how a potential request would fair against others. On the institutional side, however, the best way to gauge the competition is by comparing your college/university to past grantees, which can be found by clicking on the Recent Grants section above. Please understand that grants are provided in three competitive categories: residential liberal arts colleges, underserved colleges (Appalachian, hist
