| WORKSHEET 2.1: Letter of Inquiry Questionnaire
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| 1. What is the purpose of this letter of inquiry? To whom is it being sent, and what is the connection? |
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| 2. What year was your organization founded? What year was it incorporated? |
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| 3. What is the mission of your organization? |
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| 4. What are the long-term goals for your organization? |
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| 5. What programs does your organization provide that support these goals? |
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| 6. What is the need in your community that you seek funding to address? |
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| 7. How in your organizaiton’s view is the need related to our programs, long-term goals, and mission? |
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| 8. What do we propose to do about this need? |
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| 9. What outcome do we anticipate after the first year of funding? |
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| 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? |
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| 11. Who will be contacting the funder to determine its interest and when? Whom should the funder contact for more information? |
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| 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.
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