Assignment:
1. What is the purpose of this letter of inquiry? To whom is it being sent, and what is the connection?
2. What year was your organization founded? What year was it incorporated?
3. What is the mission of your organization?
4. What are the long-term goals for your organization?
5. What programs does your organization provide that support these goals?
6. What is the need in your community that you seek funding to address?
7. How in your organizaiton's view is the need related to our programs, long-term goals, and mission?
8. What do we propose to do about this need?
9. What outcome do we anticipate after the first year of funding?
10. What is the total cost of our proposed idea for the first year (or multiple years if we plan to request multiple-year funding)? How much do we want from this funder?
11. Who will be contacting the funder to determine its interest and when? Whom should the funder contact for more information?
Now that you have finished answering the questions, you can take the information and build a letter of inquiry. The ideal way to write the letter is to follow this format: opening, background, problem statement, proposed solution, closing. The questions you answered here followed this format.