6.5 Examples: Visually Appealing Grant Proposals
Of course, there are graphics and data visualization companies that will be happy to charge for use of their templates, but often, funders will have templates of their own or examples of past successful grant proposals. Venngage has a variety of aesthetically pleasing and functional templates available for a fee. However, Word and Google Docs have templates that are a great place to start and FREE!
Here are a few examples of real-life grant proposals with graphics that were appealing and effective.
2023 Winners
Together Women Rise: Timeline of Activities[1]
| Major Activity to be Accomplished | When will the activity be completed? | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Leadership workshops 1x/month | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Homework help & tutoring hours (daily M-F) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Academic check-ins with scholarship recipients (quarterly and at semester breaks) | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| Education program end-of-year report | x | x | ||||||||||
| Team-building activities (1–2 days/week) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Soccer team activities (2–3 days/week) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Scholarship recipient selections | x | x | ||||||||||
Gateway Pet Guardians: Outputs and Outcomes[2]
| Outputs and Outcomes (Drafted during application) | Progress Against Performance Measures
(Left blank during application) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who | What and how much? | By when? | How will it be known? | |
| Goal 1: Decrease the homeless pet population | ||||
| Outputs | ||||
| GPG—Clinic | Spay/neuter 400 community pets per year in 2022 and 2023 (800 total) | 12/31/23 | Though Cornerstone/ Database reporting | |
| GPG—Clinic | TNR 325 feral cats per year in 2022 and 2023 (650 total) | 12/31/23 | Through reporting managed by volunteer | |
| GPG—Clinic | Ensure 100% of pets adopted out by GPG are spayed or neutered | 12/31/23 | Though Cornerstone/ Database reporting | |
Women’s Audio Mission (WAM): Bullet List of Gender-Diverse Youth[3]
Women’s Audio Mission increases access to arts and creative youth development programming to students from the most vulnerable communities in Northern California, addressing music and arts education gaps at 50+ school partners (majority Title 1, low-income serving schools):
- 96% low-income
- 93% BIPOC
- 37% Latinx
- 34% Black
- 16% AAPI
- 7% White
- 5% Multiracial
- 1% Native American/Alaskan Native
- 78% have never played a musical instrument
- 43% primarily speak Spanish
- 73% had no access to a computer/mobile device before the pandemic
The above examples have a unique way of illustrating the main points they want the reviewers to consider, and they were all awarded funding. Further, each of the grant proposals did a great job of staying within the grant requirements. Although the applications contain a great deal of information, it may have been strategic use of visuals like these that brought funding to their organizations.
- Together Women Rise. (n.d.). SWB Nicaragua education & leadership program [PDF]. GrantStation. https://grantstation.com/sites/default/files/2023-08/Soccer_Without_Borders_Winning_Proposal_2023.pdf ↵
- Vianello, A. (n.d.). Beyond rescue [PDF]. GrantStation. https://grantstation.com/sites/default/files/2023-08/Gateway_Pet_Guardians_Final_Proposal_2023.pdf ↵
- Winston, T. (n.d.). CAC creative youth development [PDF]. GrantStation. https://grantstation.com/sites/default/files/2023-08/Womens_Audio_Mission_Final_Proposal_2023.pdf ↵
