✅ Use case studies to illustrate your points, either from your own portfolio or from your research. 

✅ Write using short, concise sentences: Don’t use 100 words when 10 will do. 

⚠️ Avoid unnecessary elements or superfluous detail.

✅ Remember, pitch the idea, not the organisation!

✅ Clarity: Focus on ensuring that a document is readable, usable and well signposted. 

✅ Ensure coherence and continuity (more on this in the quote below⬇️)
 

A proposal is a story that needs to be told in a logical sequence. The narrative should build a comprehensive picture of the need for the project, its approach and methodology, its target groups and the techniques that will be used to evaluate impact and ensure long-term resonance.
 

More on all of this in Module 8 of the Fundraising Guide.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) coordinates the Japanese government’s official development assistance.

JICA extends assistance for a range of measures to strengthen the foundations for democratic rule in developing countries. 

The agency has supported media development by providing technical assistance to improve bills and regulations governing media activity; supporting the reorganisation of state media into public broadcasting institutions; fostering a journalistic culture by providing training on election reporting and investigative reporting; and providing equipment to improve the quality of program production.

See the GFMD profile for JICA here.

• The Massive Open Online Course ( MOOC) “La Philanthropie: Comprendre et Agir” (Philanthropy: Understand it and Act) is the first French-based course on philanthropy. This 4-weeks long training will provide you with basic knowledge of philanthropy in a French-speaking environment. This project is the result of a collaboration between Fondation de France and the Philosophic Chair of the ESSEC Business School. Whether you are simply curious about the subject, already a donor, involved in a philanthropic process, or a professional who accompanies or solicits philanthropists, this MOOC is for you!

• Anya Schiffrin, Hannah Clifford, and Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey have co-authored the second instalment of the 2021 report Saving Journalism: A Vision for the Post-Covid World, which examined the state of journalism during the pandemic. This second instalment, Saving Journalism 2: Global Strategies and a Look at Investigative Journalism goes back to look at some of the promising measurements identified in the original report. GIJN has been granted permission to publish three excerpts from the report on finding the right funding, the dire situation for news outlets in Africa, and the difficulties facing investigative journalism.

• Join The Lenfest News Philanthropy Network on Tuesday March 1, 2022 at 3pm EST/noon PST for “Newsletters for Fundraising”, a free one-hour workshop on how to best utilize email newsletters for fundraising and stewardship.