Foundations
and corporations
tend to give most of their grants to programs and projects, since
they can be measured and produce quantifiable results.
According to Giving in Illinois, "Program support [can
cover] a wide range of activities, from seed
money to jump start initiatives, commissions of new works,
development of media and communications resources." However, the
report notes that most program support dollars went toward general
program/project support.
There are important things to know when planning to submit your
program or project for funding consideration:
- Donors offer support for self-contained projects, new initiatives
or additions/expansions of existing programs or projects.
- Research and evaluation projects are a special category of
projects.
- Donors are often more inclined to fund a project meeting a
specific need (an initiative to get former welfare recipients
to work, to do a strategic plan) or a new project being launched
by a nonprofit.
- Funders understand that a program cannot be run well without
an organization behind it. Therefore, you should consider what
portion of your organization's expenses go toward this program.
So while funders may be less likely to fund only general operating
expenses, those expenses may get funded through the programs
that they enable.
Giving
in Illinois 2005 found that
the majority of grants (52 percent) by Illinois funders were
given to program support.
Purchase Giving
in Illinois 2005 to find out which subject areas received
the most program support.
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