Think of the Possibilities Funding
2009 Request for Proposals - Sample Letter of Interest form
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Note: Application for this funding is a two-stage process. Stage 1 was a Letter of Interest completed using a simple online form. A limited number of concepts will be selected from the LOIs to submit final Stage 2 proposals. The below is a sample of the simplified LOI form. Note: the deadline for Letters of Interest was September 1. Thank you to all who submitted an LOI.
Sample LOI form questions:
Applicant Organization Background
- Organization name and contact information (address, phone, email, etc.)
- Type of organization
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit / Governmental / Other (explain)
- Year organization was established
- Annual organizational budget
- Number of employees
- Number of members on organization's governing board
- Do organization employees serve on the board? (Yes/No)
LOI Preparer / Key Contact Information
- Contact information for the person preparing the LOI (title, address, phone, email, etc.)
- Contact information for the key contact at the organization (if key contact is other than LOI preparer)
Project Basics
- Project title
- Amount requested from the Health Fund ($)
- Field of work
(choose one):
- Healthful physical activity and nutrition for young children (ages 0-6);
- Early screening, identification, prevention, and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral health issues of young children (ages 0-6); or,
- Access to primary care for unserved and underserved Kansans.
- Special opportunity type (choose one):
- start-up or material expansion of an activity which should have some degree of sustainability beyond the term of the grant;
- a meaningful innovation in an existing activity which would improve the efficiency, quality or scale of the work;
- a highly leveraged project which attracts new dollars from outside the State of Kansas or support from a source not previously supporting similar work in a significant way (potential matching funds); or
- bridge funding for an existing service threatened by current economic conditions (the potential of restored or new funding must be from an identified source which has a high probability of funding after this grant).
- Geographic area(s) to be served by the project (e.g. western Kansas, statewide, particular counties, cities, etc.)
- Statement of need / problem to be addressed (very brief narrative)
Project Description
A 1 to 2 page narrative outlining the concept, not full details, of the proposed project.
Proposed Budget
Include entire project budget, including income from sources other than the Health Fund. The budget may consist of rough estimates for this stage of application, and would be expected to be refined if a full proposal is invited.
| Income | ||
| Item: | Year 1 | Year 2 (if applicable) |
| Health Fund grant | $ | $ |
| Other funding source | $ | $ |
| In-kind support | ||
| Item: | Year 1 | Year 2 (if applicable) |
| Donated services | $ | $ |
| Donated goods | $ | $ |
| Expenses | ||
| Item: | Year 1 | Year 2 (if applicable) |
| Expense 1 | $ | $ |
| Expense 2 | $ | $ |